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

If you are using subversion, you can use this plugin to make the SVN revision number available as a maven property

http://code.google.com/p/maven-svn-revision-number-plugin/

I combine this with jar plugin to add the SVN revision to the MANIFEST.MF file for our jar's and war's.