Hi Andreas, I am not sure but maybe this would be worth a try.
In my projects I always refer to the trunk folder in the SCM configuration and point to the tags or releases folder in the tagBase property of the maven-release-plugin. So your configuration would look like this in your pom.xml: <scm> <connection>scm:svn:http://xxx/svndir/project/trunk</connection> <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://xxx /svndir/project/trunk</develope rConnection> <url>http://xxx /svndir/project/</url> </scm> ... <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <tagBase>http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/svndir/project/tags</tagBase> <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules> <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals> </configuration> </plugin> My idea behind this is, that it might be a problem to point to a tag-directory within the scm connection. I my understanding those folders should be on the same level. Hope to help Stefan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andreas Heinecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. August 2008 10:04 An: users@maven.apache.org Betreff: Release fails during SVN commit Hi there, I encountered a strange problem. Since a few weeks I'm not able to perform a release with Maven. The release process fails during executing the release:prepare goal at the same position, always. The point at which the release fails is when Maven tries to commit the release POM's to SVN. This commit fails with the error message that the file which is about to be committed already exists at the position in SVN. But it isn't there. Strange, uh? I actually checked the tagbase configuration of the plugin and tried to alter it, but the effect remains. I don't know what I can try to fix this issue. The last thing altered at the configuration is a switch of the SVN server. We had to switch to a newer SVN version 1.5.0. We also switched to the new 1.5.0 SVN client as we know that there are problems with newer server software and older client software. Please find parts of my pom.xml configuration attached below. Any pointers are welcome. Regards, Andreas. My SCM configuration: <scm> <connection>scm:svn:http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/svndir/project</connection> <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/svndir/project</develope rConnection> <url>http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/svndir/project</url> </scm> My release plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <tagBase>http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/svndir/project/tags</tagBase> <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules> <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals> </configuration> </plugin> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]