Adding SCM Revision number in property file using maven plugin

One of the requirement in my project was to create an entry of last SCM Revision number in web application property file every time a release build is done. So that we can show this while user logged in as support and also add this in logging for tracking purpose. We achieved the same using svn-revision-number-maven-plugin.
Add svn revision number maven plugin in your project plugin Management section of pom (in case of parent child maven modules add this in parent pom file)

POM File Svn Revision Number Maven Plugin Configuration

POM.xml

	<pluginmanagement>
	<plugins>
	....
	....
	....
	<plugin>
	<groupid>
	com.google.code.maven-svn-revision-number-plugin
	</groupid>
	<artifactid>svn-revision-number-maven-plugin</artifactid>
	<version>1.13</version>
	<executions>
	<execution>
	<goals>
	<goal>revision</goal>
	</goals>
	</execution>
	</executions>
	<configuration>
	<entries>
	<entry>
	<prefix>prefix</prefix>
	</entry>
	</entries>
	</configuration>
	<dependencies>
	<dependency>
	<groupid>org.tmatesoft.svnkit</groupid>
	<artifactid>svnkit</artifactid>
	<version>1.7.11</version>
	</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	</plugin>
	....
	....
	....
	</plugins>
	</pluginmanagement>

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In case of parent child relation add following in the child project POM

Child Project Pom.xml

	<plugin>
	<groupId>com.google.code.maven-svn-revision-number-plugin</groupId>
	<artifactId>svn-revision-number-maven-plugin</artifactId>
	</plugin>

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Web Project Property File

build.properties

	build.path=${prefix.path}
	build.revision.number=${prefix.revision}
	build.committed.revision.number=${prefix.committedRevision}
	build.committed.date=${prefix.committedDate}

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Final result will be some thing like this

result.properties

	build.path=branches/1.0.0/xyz-project
	build.revision.number=16523
	build.committed.revision.number=16521
	build.committed.date=2014-05-02 17:57:02 +0530 (Fri, 02 May 2014)

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