How to get revision number from subversion using maven?

Question

I\'d like to put revision number on main page of webapp, how can i do that using maven?

P.S. Its two part question, how to get revision number and how to write it in

Answer 1

The maven build number plugin is the way to go. An example of how to use it is here:

http://www.mojohaus.org/buildnumber-maven-plugin/usage.html

You would use this together with the maven jar plugin to print the SVN commit number to your manifest.

This is a better solution than using a file that contains the SVN commit number, because that adds more moving parts than is really necessary.