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title: Maven Release
author: 
  - Hervé Boutemy
date: 2011-06-24
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# Maven Release

Maven Release provides tooling to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work.

It consists of the following modules:

| Module                                                                                 | Description                                                                                           |
|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [maven-release-api](./maven-release-api/)                                              | APIs to implement to extend maven-release-plugin                                                      |
| [maven-release-manager](./maven-release-manager/)                                      | core classes                                                                                          |
| [maven-release-plugin](./maven-release-plugin/)                                        | release plugin to use from Maven                                                                      |
| [maven-release-oddeven-policy](./maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/) | a version policy that proposes even version numbers only for releases and odd numbers for development |
| [maven-release-semver-policy](./maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/)   | version policies that enforces [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) format                      |
