Can Maven release:prepare update snapshot version to the release version in batch mode

Question

mvn release:prepare

It constantly asks me to resolve snapshot dependencies. Is there a way to do this in batch mode so that maven automatically uses the associated release. i.e. if a dependency is 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT it will automatically update this dependency to the 1.0.0 release?

[INFO] Checking dependencies and plugins for snapshots ...
There are still some remaining snapshot dependencies.: Do you want to resolve them now?     (yes/no) no: : yes
Dependency type to resolve,: specify the selection number ( 0:All 1:Project Dependencies 2:Plugins 3:Reports 4:Extensions ): (0/1/2/3) 1: : 1
Resolve Project Dependency Snapshots.: 'com.my.project' set to release? (yes/no) yes: : yes
What is the next development version? (0.0.2-SNAPSHOT) 0.0.2-SNAPSHOT: : 0.0.2-SNAPSHOT

Answer 1

Note that you can configure Maven ignore SNAPSHOT dependencies checking by using allowTimestampedSnapshots, according to maven-release-plugin documentation:

allowTimestampedSnapshots:

Whether to allow timestamped SNAPSHOT dependencies. Default is to fail when finding any SNAPSHOT.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 2.0-beta-7
• Required: No
• Expression: ${ignoreSnapshots}
• Default: false

Or simply run the command below:

mvn release:prepare -DignoreSnapshots=true

However, it is still recommended to resolve all SNAPSHOT dependencies before doing the final release, as it is the convention used by most people. You should always consider to do it manually at developing phase rather than automatically batching at release phase, as change/upgrade project's dependencies (either your own or third party jar) may sometimes introduce bug or incompatibility and break your project, which usually need developer's attention and fix them before doing final release.

In another word, dependency resolution is not a task which should be done at release phase, moreover, it is not a task which should be done automatically without developer's attention.