[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-13671) parent pom should use last-mod-timestamp from git for a plugin/feature instead of current timestamp when building

[Mickael Istria (JIRA)]

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Mickael Istria commented on JBIDE-13671:
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In order to change the version, you need to make a commit. So it will use the timestamp of the commit that changed the version. So it won't ignore the version.
Using this git timestamp will allow us to use some new workflows, which won't require us to bump version and rebuild old stuff when nothing actually changes.

In my opinion, the problem is not really what we use as qualifier, it's more that we bump version of things that don't change because we want all components to use the latest version of parent pom. We should avoid that, by replacing some parent pom configuration with build job configuration.
                
> parent pom should use last-mod-timestamp from git for a plugin/feature instead of current timestamp when building
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-13671
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-13671
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Build/Releng
>    Affects Versions: 4.1.0.Alpha1
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 4.1.0.Alpha2
>
>         Attachments: jbide13671-before-and-after.png
>
>
> This needs to be added to master parent pom:
> {code}
>        <plugin>
>           <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
>           <artifactId>tycho-packaging-plugin</artifactId>
>           <version>${tycho.version}</version>
>           <dependencies>
>             <dependency>
>               <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
>               <artifactId>tycho-buildtimestamp-jgit</artifactId>
>               <version>${tycho-extras.version}</version>
>             </dependency>
>           </dependencies>
>           <configuration>
>             <strictBinIncludes>false</strictBinIncludes>
>             <format>'v'yyyyMMdd-HHmm</format>
>             <timestampProvider>jgit</timestampProvider>
>             <jgit.ignore>
>             </jgit.ignore>
>           </configuration>
>         </plugin>
> {code}
> Ref: http://pweclipse.blogspot.ch/2012_09_01_archive.html

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