This plugin invokes git describe and captures the output in a build variable.
The plugin might be configured in your pom like so:
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lukegb.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gitdescribe-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version><!-- Version --></version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>gitdescribe</goal>
</goals>
<id>git-describe</id>
<phase>initialize</phase>
<configuration>
<!-- configuration properties go here. -->
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
The following configuration properties are available:
descriptionProperty (Default: describe)
The name of the build property that will contain the output of git
describe.
dirty (Default: false)
If true, pass the `--dirty` flag to git-describe.
dirtyMark (Default: dirty)
The <mark> value for the `--dirty` parameter.
failOutput (Default: unknown)
String indicating full output if getting version fails
outputPrefix (Default: git-)
String to prepend to git describe/shorttag output
outputSuffix
String to append to git describe/shorttag output.