Development

Requirements

• Java 11 or later
• Maven 3.x
• GPG key for releases

Verify the active Java version:

mvn -v

Building the Project

Full build including tests and site:

./mvnw clean install site

Fast build skipping slow checks:

./mvnw clean install -Dfast

Releasing a Version

1. Prepare the Release

# Example: releasing 5.0.1
./mvnw release:prepare \
  -DreleaseVersion=5.0.1 \
  -Dtag=v5.0.1 \
  -DdevelopmentVersion=5.0.2-SNAPSHOT

2. Perform the Release

export MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE=...
./mvnw release:perform -Darguments="-Dgpg.keyname=YOUR_GPG_KEY_ID"

If release:perform fails, restart it from target/checkout:

cd target/checkout
./mvnw deploy -Dgpg.keyname=YOUR_GPG_KEY_ID -DperformRelease=true

3. Publish to Maven Central

Go to https://oss.sonatype.org/ and close and release the staging repository.

The new version will appear on Maven Central within a few minutes.

Generating the Site

./mvnw clean install site

The generated site (Maven Plugin Reports) will be written to target/site/.

Project Structure

Module	Description
license-maven-plugin	Core plugin — goals, configuration, header processing
license-maven-plugin-git	Optional Git SCM integration
license-maven-plugin-svn	Optional Subversion SCM integration
license-maven-plugin-fs	Optional filesystem integration

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before submitting pull requests.

Report bugs and request features via GitHub Issues.