From 9b8f2a1431c42da702d08ba2fbc1ab7bff1aa99f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seokhyun Lee <7948302+henrylee97@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:36:17 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(java): maven-release (#113)

---
 Java-base/maven-release/Dockerfile            |   28 +
 Java-base/maven-release/src/Jenkinsfile       |   20 +
 Java-base/maven-release/src/README.TXT        |   11 +
 Java-base/maven-release/src/README.md         |   99 +
 Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.bat    |   21 +
 Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.sh     |   23 +
 .../src/maven-release-api/pom.xml             |   68 +
 .../release/ReleaseExecutionException.java    |   39 +
 .../release/ReleaseFailureException.java      |   34 +
 .../maven/shared/release/ReleaseResult.java   |  135 +
 .../release/config/ReleaseDescriptor.java     |  495 ++++
 .../release/env/ReleaseEnvironment.java       |   51 +
 .../release/phase/AbstractReleasePhase.java   |   72 +
 .../shared/release/phase/ReleasePhase.java    |   66 +
 .../release/phase/ResourceGenerator.java      |   42 +
 .../release/policy/PolicyException.java       |   39 +
 .../release/policy/naming/NamingPolicy.java   |   41 +
 .../policy/naming/NamingPolicyRequest.java    |   67 +
 .../policy/naming/NamingPolicyResult.java     |   44 +
 .../release/policy/version/VersionPolicy.java |   53 +
 .../policy/version/VersionPolicyRequest.java  |   57 +
 .../policy/version/VersionPolicyResult.java   |   41 +
 .../shared/release/strategy/Strategy.java     |   58 +
 .../release/versions/AetherVersion.java       |   53 +
 .../versions/MavenArtifactVersion.java        |  109 +
 .../shared/release/versions/Version.java      |  337 +++
 .../VersionComparisonConflictException.java   |   53 +
 .../versions/VersionParseException.java       |   32 +
 .../src/maven-release-api/src/site/site.xml   |   35 +
 .../src/maven-release-manager/pom.xml         |  289 +++
 .../src/main/components-fragment.xml          |  261 ++
 .../release/AbstractReleaseRequest.java       |   87 +
 .../shared/release/DefaultReleaseManager.java |  699 ++++++
 .../DefaultReleaseManagerListener.java        |  109 +
 .../shared/release/ReleaseBranchRequest.java  |   80 +
 .../shared/release/ReleaseCleanRequest.java   |   30 +
 .../maven/shared/release/ReleaseManager.java  |   94 +
 .../release/ReleaseManagerListener.java       |   40 +
 .../shared/release/ReleasePerformRequest.java |   87 +
 .../shared/release/ReleasePrepareRequest.java |  101 +
 .../release/ReleaseRollbackRequest.java       |   49 +
 .../release/ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest.java |   63 +
 .../PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore.java     |  425 ++++
 .../config/ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.java      |  459 ++++
 .../config/ReleaseDescriptorStore.java        |   53 +
 .../ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.java      |   34 +
 .../shared/release/config/ReleaseUtils.java   |  292 +++
 .../env/DefaultReleaseEnvironment.java        |  124 +
 .../release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutor.java   |  202 ++
 .../release/exec/CommandLineFactory.java      |   40 +
 .../exec/DefaultCommandLineFactory.java       |   52 +
 .../release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutor.java     |  256 ++
 .../release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutor.java    |  554 ++++
 .../shared/release/exec/MavenExecutor.java    |   49 +
 .../release/exec/MavenExecutorException.java  |   48 +
 .../shared/release/exec/RawStreamPumper.java  |  128 +
 .../shared/release/exec/TeeConsumer.java      |   76 +
 .../shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStream.java  |   94 +
 .../phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhase.java        |   58 +
 .../phase/AbstractReleasePomsPhase.java       |   80 +
 .../phase/AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java       |  682 +++++
 .../release/phase/AbstractRunGoalsPhase.java  |  139 ++
 .../release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhase.java |  259 ++
 .../CheckCompletedPreparePhasesPhase.java     |   86 +
 .../phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java  |  535 ++++
 .../shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhase.java   |  120 +
 .../release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScm.java |  275 ++
 .../release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhase.java  |  100 +
 .../shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhase.java |   68 +
 .../phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhase.java       |  700 ++++++
 .../release/phase/InputVariablesPhase.java    |  286 +++
 .../release/phase/MapVersionsPhase.java       |  396 +++
 .../release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhase.java |  157 ++
 .../release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhase.java      |  160 ++
 .../release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhase.java |  143 ++
 .../phase/RewritePomVersionsPhase.java        |   78 +
 .../phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhase.java      |  257 ++
 .../phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhase.java |  106 +
 .../phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java     |  252 ++
 .../release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhase.java  |   71 +
 .../release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhase.java   |  145 ++
 .../release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhase.java   |   70 +
 .../shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhase.java  |  165 ++
 .../phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhase.java     |  206 ++
 .../phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase.java      |  103 +
 .../phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhase.java      |   86 +
 .../shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhase.java     |  193 ++
 .../release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicy.java |   42 +
 .../policies/DefaultVersionPolicy.java        |   56 +
 .../release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslator.java   |   75 +
 .../shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslator.java  |   75 +
 .../scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator.java |  214 ++
 .../shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslator.java  |   54 +
 .../shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslator.java   |   54 +
 .../shared/release/scm/IdentifiedScm.java     |   53 +
 .../shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslator.java |  104 +
 .../scm/ReleaseScmCommandException.java       |   38 +
 .../scm/ReleaseScmRepositoryException.java    |   54 +
 .../scm/ScmRepositoryConfigurator.java        |   70 +
 .../shared/release/scm/ScmTranslator.java     |   66 +
 .../release/scm/SubversionScmTranslator.java  |   72 +
 .../release/strategies/DefaultStrategy.java   |  112 +
 .../release/transform/MavenCoordinate.java    |   39 +
 .../shared/release/transform/ModelETL.java    |   43 +
 .../release/transform/ModelETLFactory.java    |   30 +
 .../release/transform/ModelETLRequest.java    |   67 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomBuild.java     |  329 +++
 .../transform/jdom/JDomDependency.java        |  169 ++
 .../jdom/JDomDependencyManagement.java        |   87 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomExtension.java |   82 +
 .../transform/jdom/JDomMavenCoordinate.java   |   82 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomModel.java     |  227 ++
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 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETL.java  |  234 ++
 .../transform/jdom/JDomModelETLFactory.java   |   46 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomParent.java    |   93 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomPlugin.java    |  193 ++
 .../transform/jdom/JDomPluginManagement.java  |   98 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomProfile.java   |   63 +
 .../transform/jdom/JDomProperties.java        |  161 ++
 .../transform/jdom/JDomReportPlugin.java      |  165 ++
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomReporting.java |  123 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomScm.java       |   87 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomUtils.java     |  132 +
 .../maven/shared/release/util/PomFinder.java  |  305 +++
 .../shared/release/util/ReleaseUtil.java      |  240 ++
 .../release/versions/DefaultVersionInfo.java  |  425 ++++
 .../shared/release/versions/VersionInfo.java  |   56 +
 .../src/main/mdo/release-descriptor.mdo       | 1165 +++++++++
 .../resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml  |   45 +
 .../resources/release-messages.properties     |   21 +
 .../resources/release-messages_en.properties  |   23 +
 .../src/site/apt/index.apt.vm                 |   39 +
 .../maven-release-manager/src/site/site.xml   |   35 +
 .../release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.java    |  799 ++++++
 .../shared/release/PlexusJUnit4TestCase.java  |  291 +++
 .../PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStoreTest.java |  499 ++++
 .../config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub.java    |   55 +
 .../release/config/ReleaseUtilsTest.java      |  306 +++
 .../exec/AbstractMavenExecutorTest.java       |  110 +
 .../release/exec/CommandLineFactoryTest.java  |   56 +
 .../release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.java |  365 +++
 .../exec/InvokerMavenExecutorTest.java        |  198 ++
 .../shared/release/exec/TeeConsumerTest.java  |   61 +
 .../release/exec/TeeOutputStreamTest.java     |   63 +
 .../phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest.java    |   93 +
 ...EditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java |  206 ++
 .../phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java        |  422 ++++
 ...AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java |  770 ++++++
 .../phase/AbstractScmCommitPhaseTest.java     |  100 +
 .../phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.java  |  333 +++
 .../CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.java    | 1261 ++++++++++
 .../release/phase/CheckPomPhaseTest.java      |  227 ++
 .../phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.java     |  262 ++
 .../phase/CreateBackupPomsPhaseTest.java      |  136 +
 .../release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.java    |   69 +
 .../phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.java   |  321 +++
 .../phase/InputVariablesPhaseTest.java        |  381 +++
 .../release/phase/IsScmBranchEquals.java      |   46 +
 .../phase/IsScmBranchParametersEquals.java    |   47 +
 .../release/phase/IsScmFileSetEquals.java     |   58 +
 .../shared/release/phase/IsScmTagEquals.java  |   49 +
 .../phase/IsScmTagParametersEquals.java       |   45 +
 .../phase/MapDevelopmentVersionPhaseIT.java   |   65 +
 .../release/phase/MapVersionsPhaseTest.java   | 2224 +++++++++++++++++
 .../release/phase/ReleasePhaseStub.java       |  102 +
 .../phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.java     |  253 ++
 .../release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.java  |  246 ++
 .../phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhaseTest.java     |  112 +
 .../phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.java  |  476 ++++
 .../RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.java   |  430 ++++
 .../phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.java |  493 ++++
 .../phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.java      |  233 ++
 .../phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.java       |  381 +++
 .../phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.java       |  234 ++
 .../release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.java     |  442 ++++
 .../phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.java |  442 ++++
 .../phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.java  |  204 ++
 .../phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.java  |  551 ++++
 .../shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.java |  445 ++++
 .../policies/DefaultNamingPolicyTest.java     |   44 +
 .../policies/DefaultVersionPolicyTest.java    |   73 +
 .../scm/ClearCaseScmTranslatorTest.java       |   55 +
 .../release/scm/CvsScmTranslatorTest.java     |   55 +
 .../DefaultScmRepositoryConfiguratorTest.java |  221 ++
 .../release/scm/GitScmTranslatorTest.java     |   55 +
 .../release/scm/HgScmTranslatorTest.java      |   54 +
 .../release/scm/JazzScmTranslatorTest.java    |   60 +
 .../scm/SubversionScmTranslatorTest.java      |   56 +
 .../release/stubs/MavenExecutorWrapper.java   |   47 +
 .../release/stubs/NamingPolicyStub.java       |   40 +
 .../shared/release/stubs/ScmManagerStub.java  |   82 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomBuildTest.java |  306 +++
 .../jdom/JDomDependencyManagementTest.java    |   71 +
 .../transform/jdom/JDomDependencyTest.java    |  186 ++
 .../transform/jdom/JDomExtensionTest.java     |  102 +
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomModelTest.java |   98 +
 .../transform/jdom/JDomParentTest.java        |  101 +
 .../transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java    |  157 ++
 .../release/transform/jdom/JDomScmTest.java   |  138 +
 .../shared/release/util/PomFinderTest.java    |   75 +
 .../shared/release/util/ReleaseUtilTest.java  |  225 ++
 .../versions/DefaultVersionInfoTest.java      |  373 +++
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 ...Id-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom |   30 +
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 .../CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.xml     |   32 +
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 .../src/test/resources/pomfinder/pom1.xml     |  223 ++
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diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/Dockerfile b/Java-base/maven-release/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e208c4890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y software-properties-common \
+    && add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y \
+        build-essential \
+        git \
+        vim \
+        jq \
+    && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean -y && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/list/*
+
+RUN apt-get -y install sudo \
+      openjdk-8-jdk \
+      maven
+
+RUN bash -c "echo 2 | update-alternatives --config java"
+
+COPY src /workspace
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+RUN mvn install -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100 -DskipTests=true -DskipITs=true -Dtest=None -DfailIfNoTests=false
+
+RUN mvn test -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100
+
+ENV TZ=Asia/Seoul
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/Jenkinsfile b/Java-base/maven-release/src/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9f05f7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+asfMavenTlpPlgnBuild()
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/README.TXT b/Java-base/maven-release/src/README.TXT
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..793e8f3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/README.TXT
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Issue Tracking
+--------------
+
+https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/MRELEASE/summary
+
+GitHub is provided only for Pull Requests.
+
+Deploying web site
+-------------------
+
+see http://maven.apache.org/developers/website/deploy-component-reference-documentation.html
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/README.md b/Java-base/maven-release/src/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..604ea89c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<!---
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+-->
+Contributing to [Apache Maven Release (Plugin)](https://maven.apache.org/maven-release/)
+======================
+
+[![ASF Jira](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaven.apache.org%2Fbadges%2Fasf_jira-MRELEASE.json)][jira]
+[![Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004](https://img.shields.io/github/license/apache/maven.svg?label=License)][license]
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-release-plugin.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-release-plugin)
+[![Jenkins Status](https://img.shields.io/jenkins/s/https/builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven-release/job/master.svg?)][build]
+[![Jenkins tests](https://img.shields.io/jenkins/t/https/builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven-release/job/master.svg?)][test-results]
+
+
+You have found a bug or you have an idea for a cool new feature? Contributing
+code is a great way to give something back to the open source community. Before
+you dig right into the code, there are a few guidelines that we need
+contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of
+things.
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
++ Make sure you have a [JIRA account](https://issues.apache.org/jira/).
++ Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free).
++ If you're planning to implement a new feature, it makes sense to discuss your changes 
+  on the [dev list][ml-list] first. 
+  This way you can make sure you're not wasting your time on something that isn't 
+  considered to be in Apache Maven's scope.
++ Submit a ticket for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
+  + Clearly describe the issue, including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
+  + Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue.
++ Fork the repository on GitHub.
+
+Making and Submitting Changes
+--------------
+
+We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing list][ml-list] is the
+main channel of communication for contributors.  
+There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
++ Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work (this is usually the master branch).
+  Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
++ Make commits of logical units.
++ Respect the original code style: by using the same [codestyle][code-style],
+  patches should only highlight the actual difference, not being disturbed by any formatting issues:
+  + Only use spaces for indentation.
+  + Create minimal diffs - disable on save actions like reformat source code or organize imports. 
+    If you feel the source code should be reformatted, create a separate PR for this change.
+  + Check for unnecessary whitespace with `git diff --check` before committing.
++ Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format. Your commit message should contain the key of the JIRA issue.
+```
+[MASSEMBLY-XXX] - Subject of the JIRA Ticket
+ Optional supplemental description.
+```
++ Make sure you have added the necessary tests (JUnit/IT) for your changes.
++ Run all the tests with `mvn -Prun-its verify` to assure nothing else was accidentally broken.
++ Submit a pull request to the repository in the Apache organization.
++ Update your JIRA ticket and include a link to the pull request in the ticket.
+
+If you plan to contribute on a regular basis, please consider filing a [contributor license agreement][cla].
+
+Making Trivial Changes
+----------------------
+
+For changes of a trivial nature to comments and documentation, it is not always
+necessary to create a new ticket in JIRA.  In this case, it is appropriate to
+start the first line of a commit with '(doc)' instead of a ticket number.
+
+Additional Resources
+--------------------
+
++ [Contributing patches](https://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-maven-development.html#Creating_and_submitting_a_patch)
++ [Apache Maven Release JIRA project page][jira]
++ [Contributor License Agreement][cla]
++ [General GitHub documentation](https://help.github.com/)
++ [GitHub pull request documentation](https://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/)
++ [Apache Maven Twitter Account](https://twitter.com/ASFMavenProject)
++ #Maven IRC channel on freenode.org
+
+[jira]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/MRELEASE/
+[license]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+[ml-list]: https://maven.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
+[code-style]: https://maven.apache.org/developers/conventions/code.html
+[cla]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas
+[maven-wiki]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Index
+[test-results]: https://builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven-release/job/master/lastCompletedBuild/testReport/
+[build]: https://builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven-release/job/master/
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.bat b/Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1cc989fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+mvn -Preporting site site:stage %*
+mvn scm-publish:publish-scm %*
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.sh b/Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6c265d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/deploySite.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+mvn -Preporting site site:stage $@
+mvn scm-publish:publish-scm $@
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03985e6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Release APIs</name>
+  <description>APIs to implement to extend maven-release-plugin.</description>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-util</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0.v20140518</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseExecutionException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseExecutionException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afaf6ad8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseExecutionException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Exception occuring during release execution.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseExecutionException
+    extends Exception
+{
+    public ReleaseExecutionException( String message )
+    {
+        super( message );
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseExecutionException( String message, Throwable t )
+    {
+        super( message, t );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseFailureException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseFailureException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b93f4ef82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseFailureException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A failure during the release process.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseFailureException
+    extends Exception
+{
+    public ReleaseFailureException( String message )
+    {
+        super( message );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseResult.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04547ed3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+public class ReleaseResult
+{
+    public static final int UNDEFINED = -1, SUCCESS = 0, ERROR = 1;
+
+    private StringBuilder stdOut = new StringBuilder();
+
+    private int resultCode = UNDEFINED;
+
+    private long startTime;
+
+    private long endTime;
+
+    private static final String LS = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
+
+    public void appendInfo( String message )
+    {
+        stdOut.append( "[INFO] " ).append( message ).append( LS );
+    }
+
+    public void appendWarn( String message )
+    {
+        stdOut.append( "[WARN] " ).append( message ).append( LS );
+    }
+
+    public void appendDebug( String message )
+    {
+        stdOut.append( "[DEBUG] " ).append( message ).append( LS );
+    }
+
+    public void appendDebug( String message, Exception e )
+    {
+        appendDebug( message );
+
+        stdOut.append( getStackTrace( e ) ).append( LS );
+    }
+
+    public void appendError( String message )
+    {
+        stdOut.append( "[ERROR] " ).append( message ).append( LS );
+
+        setResultCode( ERROR );
+    }
+
+    public void appendError( Exception e )
+    {
+        appendError( getStackTrace( e ) );
+    }
+
+    public void appendError( String message, Exception e )
+    {
+        appendError( message );
+
+        stdOut.append( getStackTrace( e ) ).append( LS );
+    }
+
+    public void appendOutput( String message )
+    {
+        stdOut.append( message );
+    }
+
+    public String getOutput()
+    {
+        return stdOut.toString();
+    }
+
+    public int getResultCode()
+    {
+        return resultCode;
+    }
+
+    public void setResultCode( int resultCode )
+    {
+        this.resultCode = resultCode;
+    }
+
+    public long getStartTime()
+    {
+        return startTime;
+    }
+
+    public void setStartTime( long startTime )
+    {
+        this.startTime = startTime;
+    }
+
+    public long getEndTime()
+    {
+        return endTime;
+    }
+
+    public void setEndTime( long endTime )
+    {
+        this.endTime = endTime;
+    }
+
+    private String getStackTrace( Exception e )
+    {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        PrintStream stream = new PrintStream( byteStream );
+
+        e.printStackTrace( stream );
+
+        stream.flush();
+
+        return byteStream.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptor.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a48272749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,495 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+public interface ReleaseDescriptor
+{
+    /**
+     * Get if updateDependencies is false, dependencies version won't be updated to the next development version.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isUpdateDependencies();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to use the release profile that adds sources and javadocs to the released artifact, if appropriate.
+     * If set to true, this will set the property "performRelease" to true.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isUseReleaseProfile();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to use the parent pom version for submodule versions.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isAutoVersionSubmodules();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether a SNAPSHOT of the release plugin is allowed.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the commits must be done by modules or not. Set it to true in case of flat directory structure.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isCommitByProject();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to create a branch instead of do a release.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isBranchCreation();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to update branch POM versions.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isUpdateBranchVersions();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to update working copy POM versions.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isUpdateWorkingCopyVersions();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to suppress a commit of changes to the working copy before a tag or branch is created.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch();
+
+    /**
+     * Get should timestamped SNAPSHOT dependencies be allowed? Default is to fail when any SNAPSHOT dependency is
+     * found.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isAllowTimestampedSnapshots();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to update branch versions to SNAPSHOT.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isUpdateVersionsToSnapshot();
+
+    /**
+     * Get nOTE : currently only implemented with svn scm. Enable a workaround to prevent issue due to svn client &gt;
+     * 1.5.0 (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SCM-406).
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isRemoteTagging();
+
+    /**
+     * Get if the scm provider should use local checkouts via file://${basedir} instead of doing a clean checkout over
+     * the network. This is very helpful for releasing large projects!
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isLocalCheckout();
+
+    /**
+     * Get should distributed changes be pushed to the central repository? For many distributed SCMs like Git, a change
+     * like a commit is only stored in your local copy of the repository. Pushing the change allows your to more easily
+     * share it with other users.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isPushChanges();
+
+    /**
+     * Get default version to use for new working copy.
+     *
+     * Some SCMs may require a Work Item or a Task to allow the
+     * changes to be pushed or delivered.
+     * This field allows you to specify that Work Item
+     * or Task. It is optional, and only relevant if pushChanges is true.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getWorkItem();
+
+    /**
+     * Get default version to use for new working copy.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getDefaultDevelopmentVersion();
+
+    /**
+     * Get relative path of the project returned by the checkout command.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the directory where the tag will be checked out.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getCheckoutDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the goals to execute in perform phase for the release.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getPerformGoals();
+
+    /**
+     * Get default version to use for the tagged release or the new branch.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getDefaultReleaseVersion();
+
+    /**
+     * Get nOTE : currently only implemented with svn scm. It contains the revision of the committed released pom to
+     * remotely tag the source code with this revision.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmReleasedPomRevision();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to add the model schema to the top of the rewritten POM if it wasn't there already. If
+     * <code>false</code> then the root element will remain untouched.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isAddSchema();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to generate release POMs.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isGenerateReleasePoms();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether the release process is interactive and the release manager should be prompted to confirm values, or
+     * whether the defaults are used regardless.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isInteractive();
+
+    /**
+     * Get whether to use edit mode when making SCM modifications. This setting is disregarded if the SCM does not
+     * support edit mode, or if edit mode is compulsory for the given SCM.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isScmUseEditMode();
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return list of profiles to activate
+     */
+    List<String> getActivateProfiles();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the last completed phase.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getCompletedPhase();
+
+    /**
+     * Method getCheckModificationExcludes.
+     *
+     * @return List
+     */
+    List<String> getCheckModificationExcludes();
+
+    /**
+     * Get additional arguments to pass to any executed Maven process.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getAdditionalArguments();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the goals to execute in preparation for the release.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getPreparationGoals();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the goals to execute in on completion of preparation for the release.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getCompletionGoals();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the file name of the POM to pass to any executed Maven process.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getPomFileName();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the prefix of SCM modification messages.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmCommentPrefix();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SCM commit comment when setting pom.xml to release.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    String getScmReleaseCommitComment();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SCM commit comment when setting pom.xml back to development.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    String getScmDevelopmentCommitComment();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SCM commit comment when branching.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    String getScmBranchCommitComment();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SCM commit comment when rolling back.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    String getScmRollbackCommitComment();
+
+    /**
+     * Get pass phrase for the private key.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the password for the user interacting with the scm.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmPassword();
+
+    /**
+     * Get private key for an SSH based SCM repository.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmPrivateKey();
+
+    /**
+     * Get tag or branch name: the identifier for the tag/branch. Example: maven-release-plugin-2.0.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmReleaseLabel();
+
+    /**
+     * Get where you are going to put your tagged sources Example https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmTagBase();
+
+    /**
+     * Get where you are going to put your branched sources Example
+     * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/branches.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmBranchBase();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the id can be used to get the credentials by the server-id from the settings.xml.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmId();
+
+    /**
+     * Get this is a MavenSCM of where you're going to get the sources to make the release with. Example:
+     * scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/trunk/maven-release-plugin.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmSourceUrl();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the user name to interact with the scm.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmUsername();
+
+    /**
+     * Get wait the specified number of seconds before creating a tag.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    int getWaitBeforeTagging();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the directory where the release is performed.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getWorkingDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Get specifies the format for generating a tag name. Property expansion is used with the optional prefix of
+     * project, where properties are delimited with @{ and }.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getScmTagNameFormat();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the role-hint for the NamingPolicy implementation used to calculate the project branch and tag names.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getProjectNamingPolicyId();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the role-hint for the VersionPolicy implementation used to calculate the project versions.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getProjectVersionPolicyId();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the role-hint for the release Strategy implementation.
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getReleaseStrategyId();
+
+    /**
+     * @return {@code String} The original version for the resolved snapshot dependency.
+     *
+     * @param artifactKey the artifact key {@code String}
+     */
+    String getDependencyOriginalVersion( String artifactKey );
+
+    /**
+     * @return {@code String} the release version for the resolved snapshot dependency.
+     *
+     * @param artifactKey the artifact key {@code String}
+     */
+    String getDependencyReleaseVersion( String artifactKey );
+
+    /**
+     * @return {@code String} the release version for the resolved snapshot dependency.
+     *
+     * @param artifactKey the artifact key {@code String}
+     */
+    String getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( String artifactKey );
+
+
+    String getProjectOriginalVersion( String projectKey );
+
+    String getProjectDevelopmentVersion( String projectKey );
+
+    String getProjectReleaseVersion( String key );
+
+    /**
+     * @return the original {@code Scm} information.
+     *
+     * @param projectKey the project key {@code String}
+     */
+    Scm getOriginalScmInfo( String projectKey );
+
+    // Modifiable
+    void addDependencyOriginalVersion( String versionlessKey, String string );
+
+    void addDependencyReleaseVersion( String versionlessKey, String version );
+
+    void addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( String versionlessKey, String version );
+
+    void addReleaseVersion( String projectId, String nextVersion );
+
+    void addDevelopmentVersion( String projectId, String nextVersion );
+
+    void setScmReleaseLabel( String tag );
+
+    void setScmReleasedPomRevision( String scmRevision );
+
+    void setScmRelativePathProjectDirectory( String scmRelativePathProjectDirectory );
+
+    void setScmSourceUrl( String scmUrl );
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether unresolved SNAPSHOT dependencies should automatically be resolved.
+     * If this is set, then this specifies the default answer to be used when unresolved SNAPSHOT
+     * dependencies should automatically be resolved ( 0:All 1:Project Dependencies 2:Plugins
+     * 3:Reports 4:Extensions ). Possible values are:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>"all" or "0": resolve all kinds of snapshots, ie. project, plugin, report and extension dependencies </li>
+     * <li>"dependencies" or "1": resolve project dependencies</li>
+     * <li>"plugins" or "2": resolve plugin dependencis</li>
+     * <li>"reports" or "3": resolve report dependencies</li>
+     * <li>"extensions" or "4": resolve extension dependencies</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @return String
+     */
+    String getAutoResolveSnapshots();
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether the {@code --pin-externals} option in {@code svn copy} command is enabled
+     * which is new in Subversion 1.9.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    boolean isPinExternals();
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/env/ReleaseEnvironment.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/env/ReleaseEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88ef9e20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/env/ReleaseEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.env;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public interface ReleaseEnvironment
+{
+
+    String DEFAULT_MAVEN_EXECUTOR_ID = "forked-path";
+
+    String getMavenExecutorId();
+
+    File getLocalRepositoryDirectory();
+
+    Settings getSettings();
+
+    File getMavenHome();
+
+    File getJavaHome();
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return the locale
+     * @since 2.4
+     */
+    Locale getLocale();
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleasePhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleasePhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..672c18e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleasePhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all phases.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReleasePhase
+    extends AbstractLogEnabled
+    implements ReleasePhase
+{
+    protected void logInfo( ReleaseResult result, String message )
+    {
+        result.appendInfo( message );
+        getLogger().info( message );
+    }
+
+    protected void logWarn( ReleaseResult result, String message )
+    {
+        result.appendWarn( message );
+        getLogger().warn( message );
+    }
+
+    protected void logError( ReleaseResult result, String message )
+    {
+        result.appendWarn( message );
+        getLogger().error( message );
+    }
+
+    protected void logDebug( ReleaseResult result, String message )
+    {
+        result.appendDebug( message );
+        getLogger().debug( message );
+    }
+
+    protected void logDebug( ReleaseResult result, String message, Exception e )
+    {
+        result.appendDebug( message, e );
+        getLogger().debug( message, e );
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseResult getReleaseResultSuccess()
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ReleasePhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ReleasePhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1170856f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ReleasePhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A phase in the release cycle.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public interface ReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Execute the phase.
+     *
+     * @param releaseDescriptor the configuration to use
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the environmental configuration, such as Maven settings, Maven home, etc.
+     * @param reactorProjects   the reactor projects
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException an exception during the execution of the phase
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   a failure during the execution of the phase
+     * @return the release result
+     */
+    ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                           List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+
+    /**
+     * Simulate the phase, but don't make any changes to the project.
+     *
+     * @param releaseDescriptor the configuration to use
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the environmental configuration, such as Maven settings, Maven home, etc.
+     * @param reactorProjects   the reactor projects
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException an exception during the execution of the phase
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   a failure during the execution of the phase
+     * @return the release result
+     */
+    ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                            List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ResourceGenerator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ResourceGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f85e3eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ResourceGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+
+/**
+ * Additional interface for ReleasePhase if the phase generates resources, which should be cleaned up afterwards.
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+public interface ResourceGenerator
+{
+    /**
+     * Clean up after a phase if it leaves any additional files in the checkout.
+     *
+     * @param reactorProjects the reactor projects
+     * @return the release result
+     */
+    ReleaseResult clean( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects );
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/PolicyException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/PolicyException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3d7c340a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/PolicyException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @since 2.5.1 (MRELEASE-431)
+ */
+public class PolicyException
+    extends Exception
+{
+
+    public PolicyException( String message )
+    {
+        super( message );
+    }
+    
+    public PolicyException( String message, Exception exception )
+    {
+        super( message, exception );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..467f2cd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+
+/**
+ * API for branch and tag naming. Used by maven-release-plugin to suggest names for tags and branches.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.0 (MRELEASE-979)
+ */
+public interface NamingPolicy
+{
+    /**
+     * @return the calculation of the name used for branching or tagging.
+     * 
+     * @param request the {@code NamingPolicyRequest}
+     * 
+     * @throws PolicyException if exception in the policy
+     */
+    NamingPolicyResult getName( NamingPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException;
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicyRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicyRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6181425a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicyRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+public class NamingPolicyRequest
+{
+    private String groupId;
+    
+    private String artifactId;
+    
+    private String version;
+
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return groupId;
+    }
+
+    public NamingPolicyRequest setGroupId( String groupId )
+    {
+        this.groupId = groupId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return artifactId;
+    }
+
+    public NamingPolicyRequest setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+    {
+        this.artifactId = artifactId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    public NamingPolicyRequest setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        this.version = version;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicyResult.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicyResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..411e8b724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/naming/NamingPolicyResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.0 (MRELEASE-979)
+ */
+public class NamingPolicyResult
+{
+    /**
+     * The tag or branch name to use.
+     */
+    private String name;
+
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public NamingPolicyResult setName( String name )
+    {
+        this.name = name;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..607080247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+
+/**
+ * API for next version calculations, used by maven-release-plugin to suggest release and next develoment versions.
+ *
+ * @since 2.5.1 (MRELEASE-431)
+ */
+public interface VersionPolicy
+{
+    /**
+     * @return the calculation of the release version from development state.
+     * 
+     * @param request the {@code VersionPolicyRequest}
+     *                
+     * @throws PolicyException if exception in the policy
+     * @throws VersionParseException if exception parsing the version
+     */
+    VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the calculation of the next development version from release state.
+     *
+     * @param request the {@code VersionPolicyRequest}
+     *
+     * @throws PolicyException if exception in the policy
+     * @throws VersionParseException if exception parsing the version
+     */
+    VersionPolicyResult getDevelopmentVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException;
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicyRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicyRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36bd1a148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicyRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @since 2.5.1 (MRELEASE-431)
+ */
+public class VersionPolicyRequest
+{
+
+    private String version;
+    
+    private Metadata metaData;
+
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    public VersionPolicyRequest setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        this.version = version;
+        return this;
+    }
+    
+    public Metadata getMetaData()
+    {
+        return metaData;
+    }
+    
+    public VersionPolicyRequest setMetaData( Metadata metaData )
+    {
+        this.metaData = metaData;
+        return this;
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicyResult.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicyResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de7fb5836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/version/VersionPolicyResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @since 2.5.1 (MRELEASE-431)
+ */
+public class VersionPolicyResult
+{
+    private String version;
+
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    public VersionPolicyResult setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        this.version = version;
+        return this;
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategy/Strategy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategy/Strategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43300b012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategy/Strategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to override default strategy.
+ * 
+ * If a method returns {@code null}, the default will be used, otherwise the provided collection of phaseIds  
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+public interface Strategy
+{
+    /**
+     * @return The release phases to execute the calling the prepare goal
+     */
+    List<String> getPreparePhases();
+    
+    /**
+     * @return The release phases to execute the calling the perform goal 
+     */
+    List<String> getPerformPhases();
+    
+    /**
+     * @return The release phases to execute the calling the branch goal 
+     */
+    List<String> getBranchPhases();
+    
+    /**
+     * @return The release phases to execute the calling the rollback goal 
+     */
+    List<String> getRollbackPhases();
+    
+    /**
+     * @return The release phases to execute the calling the update-versions goal 
+     */
+    List<String> getUpdateVersionsPhases();
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/AetherVersion.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/AetherVersion.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55a014c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/AetherVersion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.version.GenericVersionScheme;
+import org.eclipse.aether.version.InvalidVersionSpecificationException;
+
+class AetherVersion
+    implements org.eclipse.aether.version.Version
+{
+    private final org.eclipse.aether.version.Version version;
+
+    AetherVersion( String version )
+        throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            this.version = new GenericVersionScheme().parseVersion( version );
+        }
+        catch ( InvalidVersionSpecificationException e )
+        {
+            throw new VersionParseException( e.getMessage() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return this.version.toString();
+    }
+
+    public int compareTo( org.eclipse.aether.version.Version other )
+    {
+        return this.version.compareTo( other );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/MavenArtifactVersion.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/MavenArtifactVersion.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25a2acb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/MavenArtifactVersion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
+
+class MavenArtifactVersion
+    implements ArtifactVersion
+{
+    private final ArtifactVersion version;
+
+    MavenArtifactVersion( String version )
+    {
+        this.version = new DefaultArtifactVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    public int compareTo( Object o )
+    {
+        if ( o instanceof MavenArtifactVersion )
+        {
+            return version.compareTo( ( (MavenArtifactVersion) o ).version );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return version.compareTo( version );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public int getMajorVersion()
+    {
+        return version.getMajorVersion();
+    }
+
+    public int getMinorVersion()
+    {
+        return version.getMinorVersion();
+    }
+
+    public int getIncrementalVersion()
+    {
+        return version.getIncrementalVersion();
+    }
+
+    public int getBuildNumber()
+    {
+        return version.getBuildNumber();
+    }
+
+    public String getQualifier()
+    {
+        return version.getQualifier();
+    }
+
+    public void parseVersion( String version )
+    {
+        this.version.parseVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return this.version.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return this.version.hashCode();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals( Object other )
+    {
+        if ( this == other )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ( other == null )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ( other instanceof MavenArtifactVersion )
+        {
+            return version.equals( ( (MavenArtifactVersion) other ).version );
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/Version.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/Version.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d4fbcded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/Version.java
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+public class Version
+    implements Comparable<Version>, Cloneable
+{
+    private final AetherVersion aetherVersion;
+
+    private final MavenArtifactVersion mavenArtifactVersion;
+
+    private final String strVersion;
+
+    private final List<String> digits;
+
+    private String annotation;
+
+    private String annotationRevision;
+
+    private final String buildSpecifier;
+
+    private String annotationSeparator;
+
+    private String annotationRevSeparator;
+
+    private String buildSeparator;
+
+    private static final int DIGITS_INDEX = 1;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_SEPARATOR_INDEX = 2;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_INDEX = 3;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX = 4;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_REVISION_INDEX = 5;
+
+    private static final int BUILD_SEPARATOR_INDEX = 6;
+
+    private static final int BUILD_SPECIFIER_INDEX = 7;
+
+    private static final String SNAPSHOT_IDENTIFIER = "SNAPSHOT";
+
+    private static final String DIGIT_SEPARATOR_STRING = ".";
+    
+    private static final String DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR = "-";
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_BUILD_SEPARATOR = "-";
+
+    public static final Pattern STANDARD_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "^((?:\\d+\\.)*\\d+)" // digit(s) and '.' repeated -
+                                                                                          // followed by digit (version
+                                                                                          // digits 1.22.0, etc)
+        + "([-_])?" // optional - or _ (annotation separator)
+        + "([a-zA-Z]*)" // alpha characters (looking for annotation - alpha, beta, RC, etc.)
+        + "([-_])?" // optional - or _ (annotation revision separator)
+        + "(\\d*)" // digits (any digits after rc or beta is an annotation revision)
+        + "(?:([-_])?(.*?))?$" ); // - or _ followed everything else (build specifier)
+
+    /* *
+     * cmaki 02242009 FIX for non-digit release numbers, e.g. trunk-SNAPSHOT or just SNAPSHOT This alternate pattern
+     * supports version numbers like: trunk-SNAPSHOT branchName-SNAPSHOT SNAPSHOT
+     */
+    // for SNAPSHOT releases only (possible versions include: trunk-SNAPSHOT or SNAPSHOT)
+    public static final Pattern ALTERNATE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "^(SNAPSHOT|[a-zA-Z]+[_-]SNAPSHOT)" );
+    
+    private Version( List<String> digits, String annotation, String annotationRevision, String buildSpecifier,
+                               String annotationSeparator, String annotationRevSeparator, String buildSeparator )
+    {
+        this.digits = digits;
+        this.annotation = annotation;
+        this.annotationRevision = annotationRevision;
+        this.buildSpecifier = buildSpecifier;
+        this.annotationSeparator = annotationSeparator;
+        this.annotationRevSeparator = annotationRevSeparator;
+        this.buildSeparator = buildSeparator;
+        this.strVersion = getVersionString( this, buildSpecifier, buildSeparator );
+
+        // for now no need to reparse, original version was valid 
+        this.aetherVersion = null;
+        this.mavenArtifactVersion = null;
+    }
+
+    public Version( String version )
+        throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        this.strVersion = version;
+        this.aetherVersion = new AetherVersion( version );
+        this.mavenArtifactVersion = new MavenArtifactVersion( version );
+
+        // FIX for non-digit release numbers, e.g. trunk-SNAPSHOT or just SNAPSHOT
+        Matcher matcher = ALTERNATE_PATTERN.matcher( strVersion );
+        // TODO: hack because it didn't support "SNAPSHOT"
+        if ( matcher.matches() )
+        {
+            annotation = null;
+            digits = null;
+            buildSpecifier = version;
+            buildSeparator = null;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Matcher m = STANDARD_PATTERN.matcher( strVersion );
+        if ( m.matches() )
+        {
+            digits = parseDigits( m.group( DIGITS_INDEX ) );
+            if ( !SNAPSHOT_IDENTIFIER.equals( m.group( ANNOTATION_INDEX ) ) )
+            {
+                annotationSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                annotation = nullIfEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_INDEX ) );
+
+                if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX ) )
+                    && StringUtils.isEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_REVISION_INDEX ) ) )
+                {
+                    // The build separator was picked up as the annotation revision separator
+                    buildSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                    buildSpecifier = nullIfEmpty( m.group( BUILD_SPECIFIER_INDEX ) );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    annotationRevSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                    annotationRevision = nullIfEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_REVISION_INDEX ) );
+
+                    buildSeparator = m.group( BUILD_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                    buildSpecifier = nullIfEmpty( m.group( BUILD_SPECIFIER_INDEX ) );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Annotation was "SNAPSHOT" so populate the build specifier with that data
+                buildSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                buildSpecifier = nullIfEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_INDEX ) );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new VersionParseException( "Unable to parse the version string: \"" + version + "\"" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSnapshot()
+    {
+        return ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( strVersion );
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return strVersion;
+    }
+
+    protected static String getVersionString( Version info, String buildSpecifier, String buildSeparator )
+    {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+        if ( info.digits != null )
+        {
+            sb.append( joinDigitString( info.digits ) );
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( info.annotation ) )
+        {
+            sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( info.annotationSeparator ) );
+            sb.append( info.annotation );
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( info.annotationRevision ) )
+        {
+            if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( info.annotation ) )
+            {
+                sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( info.annotationSeparator ) );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( info.annotationRevSeparator ) );
+            }
+            sb.append( info.annotationRevision );
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( buildSpecifier ) )
+        {
+            sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( buildSeparator ) );
+            sb.append( buildSpecifier );
+        }
+
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simply joins the items in the list with "." period
+     * 
+     * @return a {@code String} containing the items in the list joined by "." period
+     * @param digits the list of digits {@code List<String>}
+     */
+    protected static String joinDigitString( List<String> digits )
+    {
+        return digits != null ? StringUtils.join( digits.iterator(), DIGIT_SEPARATOR_STRING ) : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Splits the string on "." and returns a list containing each digit.
+     * 
+     * @param strDigits
+     */
+    private List<String> parseDigits( String strDigits )
+    {
+        return Arrays.asList( StringUtils.split( strDigits, DIGIT_SEPARATOR_STRING ) );
+    }
+
+    private static String nullIfEmpty( String s )
+    {
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty( s ) ? null : s;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getDigits()
+    {
+        return digits;
+    }
+    
+    public String getAnnotation()
+    {
+        return annotation;
+    }
+
+    public String getAnnotationRevSeparator()
+    {
+        return annotationRevSeparator;
+    }
+
+    public String getAnnotationRevision()
+    {
+        return annotationRevision;
+    }
+
+    public String getBuildSeparator()
+    {
+        return buildSeparator;
+    }
+
+    public String getBuildSpecifier()
+    {
+        return buildSpecifier;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param newDigits the new list of digits
+     * @return a new instance of Version
+     */
+    public Version setDigits( List<String> newDigits )
+    {
+        return new Version( newDigits, this.annotation, this.annotationRevision, this.buildSpecifier,
+                            this.annotationSeparator, this.annotationRevSeparator, this.buildSeparator );
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param newAnnotationRevision the new annotation revision
+     * @return a new instance of Version
+     */
+    public Version setAnnotationRevision( String newAnnotationRevision )
+    {
+        return new Version( this.digits, this.annotation, newAnnotationRevision, this.buildSpecifier,
+                            this.annotationSeparator,
+                            Objects.toString( this.annotationRevSeparator, DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR ),
+                            this.buildSeparator );
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param newBuildSpecifier the new build specifier
+     * @return a new instance of Version
+     */
+    public Version setBuildSpecifier( String newBuildSpecifier )
+    {
+        return new Version( this.digits, this.annotation, this.annotationRevision, newBuildSpecifier,
+                            this.annotationSeparator, this.annotationRevSeparator,
+                            Objects.toString( this.buildSeparator, DEFAULT_BUILD_SEPARATOR ) );
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @throws VersionComparisonConflictException if {@link org.eclipse.aether.version.Version} and
+     *             {@link org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion ArtifactVersion} give different results
+     */
+    public int compareTo( Version other )
+        throws VersionComparisonConflictException
+    {
+        int aetherComparisonResult = this.aetherVersion.compareTo( other.aetherVersion );
+        int mavenComparisonResult = this.mavenArtifactVersion.compareTo( other.mavenArtifactVersion );
+
+        if ( aetherComparisonResult < 0 && mavenComparisonResult < 0 )
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        else if ( aetherComparisonResult == 0 && mavenComparisonResult == 0 )
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else if ( aetherComparisonResult > 0 && mavenComparisonResult > 0 )
+        {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new VersionComparisonConflictException( this.strVersion, other.strVersion, aetherComparisonResult,
+                                                          mavenComparisonResult );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionComparisonConflictException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionComparisonConflictException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..441692eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionComparisonConflictException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+public class VersionComparisonConflictException
+    extends RuntimeException
+{
+
+    private final String lhsVersion;
+
+    private final String rhsVersion;
+
+    private int aetherComparisonResult;
+
+    private int mavenComparisonResult;
+
+    public VersionComparisonConflictException( String lhsVersion, String rhsVersion, int aetherComparisonResult,
+                                               int mavenComparisonResult )
+    {
+        this.lhsVersion = lhsVersion;
+        this.rhsVersion = rhsVersion;
+        this.aetherComparisonResult = aetherComparisonResult;
+        this.mavenComparisonResult = mavenComparisonResult;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMessage()
+    {
+        return "Conflict when comparing " + lhsVersion + " with " + rhsVersion + "; Aether: " + aetherComparisonResult
+            + "; Maven: " + mavenComparisonResult;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionParseException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionParseException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d37cd9218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionParseException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+public class VersionParseException
+    extends Exception
+{
+    public VersionParseException( String message )
+    {
+        super( message );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/site/site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..220ecbb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-api/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent" inherit="top" />
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f1edb004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+  <!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Manager</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-interactivity-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plexus-component-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-interpolation</artifactId>
+      <version>1.17</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-sec-dispatcher</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-invoker</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.7</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.6</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- scm dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-providers-standard</artifactId>
+      <type>pom</type>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-svn-commons</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact-transfer</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-connector-file</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-connector-wagon</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Xmx256m</argLine>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <settings.security>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/settings-security.xml</settings.security>
+            <injectedMavenHome>${maven.home}</injectedMavenHome>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
+        <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>xpp3-reader</goal>
+              <goal>java</goal>
+              <goal>xpp3-writer</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
+          <packageWithVersion>false</packageWithVersion>
+          <useJava5>true</useJava5>
+          <models>
+            <model>src/main/mdo/release-descriptor.mdo</model>
+          </models>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <extractors>
+                <extractor>class</extractor>
+              </extractors>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>merge</id>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>merge-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <output>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/plexus/components.xml</output>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/plexus/components.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/components-fragment.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>integration-test</goal>
+              <goal>verify</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- Excluding this package to avoid running doclint 
+          in generated sources for Modello -->
+          <excludePackageNames>org.apache.maven.shared.release.config</excludePackageNames>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>reporting</id>
+      <reporting>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.8</version>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </reporting>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb0f3165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/components-fragment.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+<!-- START SNIPPET: default-strategy -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy</role>
+      <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategies.DefaultStrategy</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <preparePhases>
+          <phase>check-poms</phase>
+          <phase>scm-check-modifications</phase>
+          <phase>check-dependency-snapshots</phase>
+          <phase>create-backup-poms</phase>
+          <phase>map-release-versions</phase>
+          <phase>input-variables</phase>
+          <phase>map-development-versions</phase>
+          <phase>rewrite-poms-for-release</phase>
+          <phase>generate-release-poms</phase>
+          <phase>run-preparation-goals</phase>
+          <phase>scm-commit-release</phase>
+          <phase>scm-tag</phase>
+          <phase>rewrite-poms-for-development</phase>
+          <phase>remove-release-poms</phase>
+          <phase>run-completion-goals</phase>
+          <phase>scm-commit-development</phase>
+          <phase>end-release</phase>
+        </preparePhases>
+        <performPhases>
+          <phase>verify-completed-prepare-phases</phase>
+          <phase>checkout-project-from-scm</phase>
+          <phase>run-perform-goals</phase>
+        </performPhases>
+        <rollbackPhases>
+          <phase>restore-backup-poms</phase>
+          <phase>scm-commit-rollback</phase>
+          <phase>remove-scm-tag</phase>
+        </rollbackPhases>
+        <branchPhases>
+          <phase>check-poms</phase>
+          <phase>scm-check-modifications</phase>
+          <phase>create-backup-poms</phase>
+          <phase>map-branch-versions</phase>
+          <phase>branch-input-variables</phase>
+          <phase>map-development-versions</phase>
+          <phase>rewrite-poms-for-branch</phase>
+          <phase>scm-commit-branch</phase>
+          <phase>scm-branch</phase>
+          <phase>rewrite-poms-for-development</phase>
+          <phase>scm-commit-development</phase>
+          <phase>end-release</phase>
+        </branchPhases>
+        <updateVersionsPhases>
+          <phase>check-poms-updateversions</phase>
+          <phase>create-backup-poms</phase>
+          <phase>map-development-versions</phase>
+          <phase>rewrite-pom-versions</phase>
+        </updateVersionsPhases>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+<!-- END SNIPPET: default-strategy -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>map-release-versions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.MapVersionsPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <convertToSnapshot>false</convertToSnapshot>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter</role>
+          <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>versionPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>map-development-versions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.MapVersionsPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <convertToSnapshot>true</convertToSnapshot>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter</role>
+          <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>versionPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>map-branch-versions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.MapVersionsPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <convertToSnapshot>true</convertToSnapshot>
+        <convertToBranch>true</convertToBranch>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter</role>
+          <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>versionPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>scm-commit-release</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ScmCommitPreparationPhase</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+      <configuration>
+        <descriptorCommentGetter>getScmReleaseCommitComment</descriptorCommentGetter>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>scm-commit-development</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+      <configuration>
+        <descriptorCommentGetter>getScmDevelopmentCommitComment</descriptorCommentGetter>
+        <rollbackMessageFormat>rollback changes from release preparation of {0}</rollbackMessageFormat>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>scm-commit-branch</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ScmCommitPreparationPhase</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+      <configuration>
+        <descriptorCommentGetter>getScmBranchCommitComment</descriptorCommentGetter>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>scm-commit-rollback</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ScmCommitPreparationPhase</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+      <configuration>
+        <descriptorCommentGetter>getScmRollbackCommitComment</descriptorCommentGetter>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>check-poms</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckPomPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <scmRequired>true</scmRequired>
+        <snapshotsRequired>true</snapshotsRequired>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>check-poms-updateversions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.CheckPomPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <scmRequired>false</scmRequired>
+        <snapshotsRequired>false</snapshotsRequired>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>input-variables</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.InputVariablesPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <branchOperation>false</branchOperation>
+        <defaultNamingPolicy>default</defaultNamingPolicy>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter</role>
+          <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>namingPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>branch-input-variables</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.InputVariablesPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <branchOperation>true</branchOperation>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter</role>
+          <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator</role>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>namingPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/AbstractReleaseRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/AbstractReleaseRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..470c6c24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/AbstractReleaseRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+    private List<MavenProject> reactorProjects;
+
+    private ReleaseManagerListener releaseManagerListener;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseDescriptor
+     */
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder getReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptorBuilder;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseDescriptor the releaseDescriptor to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        this.releaseDescriptorBuilder = releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the reactorProjects
+     */
+    public List<MavenProject> getReactorProjects()
+    {
+        return reactorProjects;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param reactorProjects the reactorProjects to set
+     */
+    public void setReactorProjects( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        this.reactorProjects = reactorProjects;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseManagerListener
+     */
+    public ReleaseManagerListener getReleaseManagerListener()
+    {
+        return releaseManagerListener;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseManagerListener the releaseManagerListener to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseManagerListener( ReleaseManagerListener releaseManagerListener )
+    {
+        this.releaseManagerListener = releaseManagerListener;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManager.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f023ab680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,699 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.BuilderReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStore;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStoreException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ResourceGenerator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the release manager.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleaseManager.class )
+public class DefaultReleaseManager
+    extends AbstractLogEnabled
+    implements ReleaseManager
+{
+    @Requirement
+    private Map<String, Strategy> strategies;
+
+    /**
+     * The available phases.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private Map<String, ReleasePhase> releasePhases;
+
+    /**
+     * The configuration storage.
+     */
+    @Requirement( hint = "properties" )
+    private ReleaseDescriptorStore configStore;
+
+    private static final int PHASE_SKIP = 0, PHASE_START = 1, PHASE_END = 2, GOAL_END = 12, ERROR = 99;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult prepareWithResult( ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        result.setStartTime( System.currentTimeMillis() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            prepare( prepareRequest, result );
+
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException | ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            captureException( result, prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), e );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            result.setEndTime( System.currentTimeMillis() );
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void prepare( ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        prepare( prepareRequest, new ReleaseResult() );
+    }
+
+    private void prepare( ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = prepareRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // Create a config containing values from the session properties (ie command line properties with cli).
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( prepareRequest.getUserProperties(),
+                new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+                {
+                    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDevelopmentVersion( String key,
+                                                                           String value )
+                    {
+                        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( key, value );
+                        return this;
+                    }
+
+                    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addReleaseVersion( String key,
+                                                                       String value )
+                    {
+                        builder.addReleaseVersion( key, value );
+                        return this;
+                    }
+
+                    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDependencyReleaseVersion( String dependencyKey,
+                                                                                String version )
+                    {
+                        builder.addDependencyReleaseVersion( dependencyKey, version );
+                        return this;
+                    }
+
+                    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( String dependencyKey,
+                                                                                    String version )
+                    {
+                        builder.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( dependencyKey, version );
+                        return this;
+                    }
+                } );
+
+        BuilderReleaseDescriptor config;
+        if ( BooleanUtils.isNotFalse( prepareRequest.getResume() ) )
+        {
+            config = loadReleaseDescriptor( builder, prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            config = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+        }
+
+        Strategy releaseStrategy = getStrategy( config.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+
+        List<String> preparePhases = getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "prepare" );
+
+        goalStart( prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "prepare", preparePhases );
+
+        // Later, it would be a good idea to introduce a proper workflow tool so that the release can be made up of a
+        // more flexible set of steps.
+
+        String completedPhase = config.getCompletedPhase();
+        int index = preparePhases.indexOf( completedPhase );
+
+        for ( int idx = 0; idx <= index; idx++ )
+        {
+            updateListener( prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), preparePhases.get( idx ), PHASE_SKIP );
+        }
+
+        if ( index == preparePhases.size() - 1 )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Release preparation already completed. You can now continue with release:perform, "
+                + "or start again using the -Dresume=false flag" );
+        }
+        else if ( index >= 0 )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Resuming release from phase '" + preparePhases.get( index + 1 ) + "'" );
+        }
+
+        // start from next phase
+        for ( int i = index + 1; i < preparePhases.size(); i++ )
+        {
+            String name = preparePhases.get( i );
+
+            ReleasePhase phase = releasePhases.get( name );
+
+            if ( phase == null )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to find phase '" + name + "' to execute" );
+            }
+
+            updateListener( prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_START );
+
+            ReleaseResult phaseResult = null;
+            try
+            {
+                if ( BooleanUtils.isTrue( prepareRequest.getDryRun() ) )
+                {
+                    phaseResult = phase.simulate( config,
+                                                  prepareRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                                                  prepareRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    phaseResult = phase.execute( config,
+                                                 prepareRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                                                 prepareRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if ( result != null && phaseResult != null )
+                {
+                    result.appendOutput(  phaseResult.getOutput() );
+                }
+            }
+
+            config.setCompletedPhase( name );
+            try
+            {
+                configStore.write( config );
+            }
+            catch ( ReleaseDescriptorStoreException e )
+            {
+                // TODO: rollback?
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error writing release properties after completing phase", e );
+            }
+
+            updateListener( prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_END );
+        }
+
+        updateListener( prepareRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "prepare", GOAL_END );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rollback( ReleaseRollbackRequest rollbackRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor =
+            loadReleaseDescriptor( rollbackRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder(), null );
+
+        Strategy releaseStrategy = getStrategy( releaseDescriptor.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+
+        List<String> rollbackPhases = getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "rollback" );
+
+        goalStart( rollbackRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "rollback", rollbackPhases );
+
+        for ( String name : rollbackPhases )
+        {
+            ReleasePhase phase = releasePhases.get( name );
+
+            if ( phase == null )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to find phase '" + name + "' to execute" );
+            }
+
+            updateListener( rollbackRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_START );
+            phase.execute( releaseDescriptor,
+                           rollbackRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                           rollbackRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+            updateListener( rollbackRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_END );
+        }
+
+        //call release:clean so that resume will not be possible anymore after a rollback
+        clean( rollbackRequest );
+        updateListener( rollbackRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "rollback", GOAL_END );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult performWithResult( ReleasePerformRequest performRequest )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        try
+        {
+            result.setStartTime( System.currentTimeMillis() );
+
+            perform( performRequest, result );
+
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException | ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            captureException( result, performRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), e );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            result.setEndTime( System.currentTimeMillis() );
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void perform( ReleasePerformRequest performRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        perform( performRequest, new ReleaseResult() );
+    }
+
+    private void perform( ReleasePerformRequest performRequest, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        List<String> specificProfiles =
+            ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( performRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() )
+            .getActivateProfiles();
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor =
+            loadReleaseDescriptor( performRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder(),
+                                   performRequest.getReleaseManagerListener() );
+
+        if ( specificProfiles != null && !specificProfiles.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            for ( String specificProfile : specificProfiles )
+            {
+                if ( !releaseDescriptor.getActivateProfiles().contains( specificProfile ) )
+                {
+                    releaseDescriptor.getActivateProfiles().add( specificProfile );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Strategy releaseStrategy = getStrategy( releaseDescriptor.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+
+        List<String> performPhases = getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "perform" );
+
+        goalStart( performRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "perform", performPhases );
+
+        for ( String name : performPhases )
+        {
+            ReleasePhase phase = releasePhases.get( name );
+
+            if ( phase == null )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to find phase '" + name + "' to execute" );
+            }
+
+            updateListener( performRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_START );
+
+            ReleaseResult phaseResult = null;
+            try
+            {
+                if ( BooleanUtils.isTrue( performRequest.getDryRun() ) )
+                {
+                    phaseResult = phase.simulate( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                 performRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                                                 performRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    phaseResult = phase.execute( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                 performRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                                                 performRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if ( result != null && phaseResult != null )
+                {
+                    result.appendOutput( phaseResult.getOutput() );
+                }
+            }
+
+            updateListener( performRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_END );
+        }
+
+        if ( BooleanUtils.isNotFalse( performRequest.getClean() ) )
+        {
+            // call release:clean so that resume will not be possible anymore after a perform
+            clean( performRequest );
+        }
+
+        updateListener( performRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "perform", GOAL_END );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void branch( ReleaseBranchRequest branchRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = branchRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( branchRequest.getUserProperties(),
+                    new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+                    {
+                        public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDevelopmentVersion( String key,
+                                                                               String value )
+                        {
+                            builder.addDevelopmentVersion( key, value );
+                            return this;
+                        }
+
+                        public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addReleaseVersion( String key,
+                                                                           String value )
+                        {
+                            builder.addReleaseVersion( key, value );
+                            return this;
+                        }
+                    } );
+        
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor =
+            loadReleaseDescriptor( builder, branchRequest.getReleaseManagerListener() );
+
+        boolean dryRun = BooleanUtils.isTrue( branchRequest.getDryRun() );
+
+        Strategy releaseStrategy = getStrategy( releaseDescriptor.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+
+        List<String> branchPhases = getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "branch" );
+
+        goalStart( branchRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "branch", branchPhases );
+
+        for ( String name : branchPhases )
+        {
+            ReleasePhase phase = releasePhases.get( name );
+
+            if ( phase == null )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to find phase '" + name + "' to execute" );
+            }
+
+            updateListener( branchRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_START );
+
+            if ( dryRun )
+            {
+                phase.simulate( releaseDescriptor,
+                                branchRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                                branchRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+            }
+            else // getDryRun is null or FALSE
+            {
+                phase.execute( releaseDescriptor,
+                               branchRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                               branchRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+            }
+            updateListener( branchRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_END );
+        }
+
+        if ( !dryRun )
+        {
+            clean( branchRequest );
+        }
+
+        updateListener( branchRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "branch", GOAL_END );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void updateVersions( ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest updateVersionsRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        
+        // Create a config containing values from the session properties (ie command line properties with cli).
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( updateVersionsRequest.getUserProperties(),
+                                    new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+                                    {
+                                        public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDevelopmentVersion( String key,
+                                                                                               String value )
+                                        {
+                                            builder.addDevelopmentVersion( key, value );
+                                            return this;
+                                        }
+
+                                        public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addReleaseVersion( String key,
+                                                                                           String value )
+                                        {
+                                            builder.addReleaseVersion( key, value );
+                                            return this;
+                                        }
+                                    } );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor =
+            loadReleaseDescriptor( builder, updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseManagerListener() );
+
+        Strategy releaseStrategy = getStrategy( releaseDescriptor.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+
+        List<String> updateVersionsPhases = getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "updateVersions" );
+
+        goalStart( updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "updateVersions", updateVersionsPhases );
+
+        for ( String name : updateVersionsPhases )
+        {
+            ReleasePhase phase = releasePhases.get( name );
+
+            if ( phase == null )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to find phase '" + name + "' to execute" );
+            }
+
+            updateListener( updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_START );
+            phase.execute( releaseDescriptor,
+                           updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseEnvironment(),
+                           updateVersionsRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+            updateListener( updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), name, PHASE_END );
+        }
+
+        clean( updateVersionsRequest );
+
+        updateListener( updateVersionsRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "updateVersions", GOAL_END );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines the path of the working directory. By default, this is the
+     * checkout directory. For some SCMs, the project root directory is not the
+     * checkout directory itself, but a SCM-specific subdirectory.
+     *
+     * @param checkoutDirectory            The checkout directory as java.io.File
+     * @param relativePathProjectDirectory The relative path of the project directory within the checkout
+     *                                     directory or ""
+     * @return The working directory
+     */
+    protected File determineWorkingDirectory( File checkoutDirectory, String relativePathProjectDirectory )
+    {
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( relativePathProjectDirectory ) )
+        {
+            return new File( checkoutDirectory, relativePathProjectDirectory );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return checkoutDirectory;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private BuilderReleaseDescriptor loadReleaseDescriptor( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder,
+                                                     ReleaseManagerListener listener )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            updateListener( listener, "verify-release-configuration", PHASE_START );
+            BuilderReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( configStore.read( builder ) );
+            updateListener( listener, "verify-release-configuration", PHASE_END );
+            return descriptor;
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseDescriptorStoreException e )
+        {
+            updateListener( listener, e.getMessage(), ERROR );
+
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error reading stored configuration: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    
+    protected void clean( AbstractReleaseRequest releaseRequest  ) throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseCleanRequest cleanRequest = new ReleaseCleanRequest();
+        cleanRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( releaseRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        cleanRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( releaseRequest.getReleaseManagerListener() );
+        cleanRequest.setReactorProjects( releaseRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+
+        clean( cleanRequest );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void clean( ReleaseCleanRequest cleanRequest ) throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        updateListener( cleanRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "cleanup", PHASE_START );
+
+        getLogger().info( "Cleaning up after release..." );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor =
+            ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( cleanRequest.getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+
+        configStore.delete( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        Strategy releaseStrategy = getStrategy( releaseDescriptor.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+
+        Set<String> phases = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        phases.addAll( getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "prepare" ) );
+        phases.addAll( getGoalPhases( releaseStrategy, "branch" ) );
+
+        for ( String name : phases )
+        {
+            ReleasePhase phase = releasePhases.get( name );
+            
+            if ( phase instanceof ResourceGenerator )
+            {
+                ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( cleanRequest.getReactorProjects() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        updateListener( cleanRequest.getReleaseManagerListener(), "cleanup", PHASE_END );
+    }
+
+    void setConfigStore( ReleaseDescriptorStore configStore )
+    {
+        this.configStore = configStore;
+    }
+
+    void goalStart( ReleaseManagerListener listener, String goal, List<String> phases )
+    {
+        if ( listener != null )
+        {
+            listener.goalStart( goal, phases );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void updateListener( ReleaseManagerListener listener, String name, int state )
+    {
+        if ( listener != null )
+        {
+            switch ( state )
+            {
+                case GOAL_END:
+                    listener.goalEnd();
+                    break;
+                case PHASE_SKIP:
+                    listener.phaseSkip( name );
+                    break;
+                case PHASE_START:
+                    listener.phaseStart( name );
+                    break;
+                case PHASE_END:
+                    listener.phaseEnd();
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    listener.error( name );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Strategy getStrategy( String strategyId ) throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        Strategy strategy = strategies.get( strategyId );
+        if ( strategy == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Unknown strategy: " + strategyId );
+        }
+        return strategy;
+    }
+
+    private List<String> getGoalPhases( Strategy strategy, String goal )
+    {
+        List<String> phases;
+
+        if ( "prepare".equals( goal ) )
+        {
+            phases = strategy.getPreparePhases();
+            if ( phases  == null )
+            {
+                phases = strategies.get( "default" ).getPreparePhases();
+            }
+        }
+        else if ( "perform".equals( goal ) )
+        {
+            phases = strategy.getPerformPhases();
+            if ( phases  == null )
+            {
+                phases = strategies.get( "default" ).getPerformPhases();
+            }
+        }
+        else if ( "rollback".equals( goal ) )
+        {
+            phases = strategy.getRollbackPhases();
+            if ( phases  == null )
+            {
+                phases = strategies.get( "default" ).getRollbackPhases();
+            }
+        }
+        else if ( "branch".equals( goal ) )
+        {
+            phases = strategy.getBranchPhases();
+            if ( phases  == null )
+            {
+                phases = strategies.get( "default" ).getBranchPhases();
+            }
+        }
+        else if ( "updateVersions".equals( goal ) )
+        {
+            phases = strategy.getUpdateVersionsPhases();
+            if ( phases  == null )
+            {
+                phases = strategies.get( "default" ).getUpdateVersionsPhases();
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            phases = null;
+        }
+
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList( phases );
+    }
+
+    private void logInfo( ReleaseResult result, String message )
+    {
+        if ( result != null )
+        {
+            result.appendInfo( message );
+        }
+
+        getLogger().info( message );
+    }
+
+    private void captureException( ReleaseResult result, ReleaseManagerListener listener, Exception e )
+    {
+        updateListener( listener, e.getMessage(), ERROR );
+
+        result.appendError( e );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerListener.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8bbb2315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+import static org.apache.maven.shared.utils.logging.MessageUtils.buffer;
+
+/**
+ * @author Hervé Boutemy
+ */
+public class DefaultReleaseManagerListener
+    implements ReleaseManagerListener
+{
+    private final Log log;
+
+    private final boolean dryRun;
+
+    private String goal;
+
+    private List<String> phases;
+
+    private int currentPhase;
+
+    public DefaultReleaseManagerListener( Log log )
+    {
+        this( log, false );
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseManagerListener( Log log, boolean dryRun )
+    {
+        this.log = log;
+        this.dryRun = dryRun;
+    }
+
+    private void nextPhase( String name )
+    {
+        currentPhase++;
+        if ( !name.equals( phases.get( currentPhase ) ) )
+        {
+            log.warn( "inconsistent phase name: expected '" + phases.get( currentPhase ) + "' but got '" + name + "'" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void goalStart( String goal, List<String> phases )
+    {
+        log.info( "starting " + buffer().strong( goal ) + " goal" + ( dryRun ? " in dry-run mode" : "" )
+            + ", composed of " + phases.size() + " phases: " + StringUtils.join( phases.iterator(), ", " ) );
+        currentPhase = -1;
+        this.phases = phases;
+        this.goal = goal;
+    }
+
+    public void phaseStart( String name )
+    {
+        if ( goal == null || ( ( currentPhase + 1 ) >= phases.size() ) )
+        {
+            // out of goal phase
+            log.info( "phase " + buffer().strong( name ) + ( dryRun ? " (dry-run)" : "" ) );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        nextPhase( name );
+        log.info( buffer().strong( "[" + goal + ( dryRun ? " dry-run" : "" ) + "] " ).toString() + ( currentPhase + 1 )
+            + "/" + phases.size() + " " + buffer().strong( name ) );
+    }
+
+    public void phaseEnd()
+    {
+        // NOOP
+    }
+
+    public void phaseSkip( String name )
+    {
+        nextPhase( name );
+    }
+
+    public void goalEnd()
+    {
+        goal = null;
+        phases = null;
+    }
+
+    public void error( String reason )
+    {
+        log.error( "error during phase " + ( currentPhase + 1 ) + "/" + phases.size() + " " + phases.get( currentPhase )
+            + ": " + reason );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseBranchRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseBranchRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45b69c85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseBranchRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class ReleaseBranchRequest extends AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+    // using Boolean to detect if has been set explicitly
+    private Boolean dryRun;
+
+    private ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+    
+    private Properties userProperties;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the dryRun
+     */
+    public Boolean getDryRun()
+    {
+        return dryRun;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param dryRun the dryRun to set
+     */
+    public void setDryRun( Boolean dryRun )
+    {
+        this.dryRun = dryRun;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseEnvironment
+     */
+    public ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the releaseEnvironment to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseEnvironment( ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+    {
+        this.releaseEnvironment = releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+    
+    public Properties getUserProperties()
+    {
+        return userProperties;
+    }
+    
+    public void setUserProperties( Properties userProperties )
+    {
+        this.userProperties = userProperties;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseCleanRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseCleanRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1a32d0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseCleanRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class ReleaseCleanRequest
+    extends AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManager.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdfb89ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Release management classes.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public interface ReleaseManager
+{
+    /**
+     * Prepare a release.
+     *
+     * @param prepareRequest             all prepare arguments
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException if there is a problem performing the release
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   if there is a problem performing the release
+     * @since 2.3
+     */
+    void prepare( ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest ) throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+
+    ReleaseResult prepareWithResult( ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest );
+
+    ReleaseResult performWithResult( ReleasePerformRequest performRequest );
+
+    /**
+     * Perform a release
+     *
+     * @param performRequest   all perform arguments
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException if there is a problem performing the release
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   if there is a problem performing the release
+     * @since 2.3
+     */
+    void perform( ReleasePerformRequest performRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+
+    /**
+     * Clean a release.
+     *
+     * @param cleanRequest all clean arguments
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException if exception when releasing
+     * @since 2.3
+     */
+    void clean( ReleaseCleanRequest cleanRequest ) throws ReleaseFailureException;
+
+    /**
+     * Rollback changes made by the previous release
+     *
+     * @param rollbackRequest            all rollback arguments
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException if there is a problem during release rollback
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   if there is a problem during release rollback
+     * @since 2.3
+     */
+    void rollback( ReleaseRollbackRequest rollbackRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+
+    /**
+     * Branch a project
+     *
+     * @param branchRequest              all branch arguments
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException if there is a problem during release branch
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   if there is a problem during release branch
+     * @since 2.3
+     */
+    void branch( ReleaseBranchRequest branchRequest ) throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+
+    /**
+     * Update version numbers for a project
+     *
+     * @param updateVersionsRequest      all update versions arguments
+     * @throws ReleaseExecutionException if there is a problem during update versions
+     * @throws ReleaseFailureException   if there is a problem during update versions
+     * @since 2.3
+     */
+    void updateVersions( ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest updateVersionsRequest )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException;
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManagerListener.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManagerListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..755e3e7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManagerListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+public interface ReleaseManagerListener
+{
+    void goalStart( String goal, List<String> phases );
+
+    void phaseStart( String name );
+
+    void phaseEnd();
+
+    void phaseSkip( String name );
+
+    void goalEnd();
+
+    void error( String reason );
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleasePerformRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleasePerformRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a0f51631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleasePerformRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class ReleasePerformRequest
+    extends AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+    // using Boolean to detect if has been set explicitly
+    private Boolean dryRun;
+
+    // using Boolean to detect if has been set explicitly
+    private Boolean clean;
+
+    private ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the dryRun
+     */
+    public Boolean getDryRun()
+    {
+        return dryRun;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param dryRun the dryRun to set
+     */
+    public void setDryRun( Boolean dryRun )
+    {
+        this.dryRun = dryRun;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the clean
+     */
+    public Boolean getClean()
+    {
+        return clean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param clean the clean to set
+     */
+    public void setClean( Boolean clean )
+    {
+        this.clean = clean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseEnvironment
+     */
+    public ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the releaseEnvironment to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseEnvironment( ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+    {
+        this.releaseEnvironment = releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleasePrepareRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleasePrepareRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ac691559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleasePrepareRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class ReleasePrepareRequest
+    extends AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+    // using Boolean to detect if has been set explicitly
+    private Boolean dryRun;
+
+    // using Boolean to detect if has been set explicitly
+    private Boolean resume;
+
+    private ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+    
+    private Properties userProperties;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the dryRun
+     */
+    public Boolean getDryRun()
+    {
+        return dryRun;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param dryRun the dryRun to set
+     */
+    public void setDryRun( Boolean dryRun )
+    {
+        this.dryRun = dryRun;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the resume
+     */
+    public Boolean getResume()
+    {
+        return resume;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param resume the resume to set
+     */
+    public void setResume( Boolean resume )
+    {
+        this.resume = resume;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseEnvironment
+     */
+    public ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the releaseEnvironment to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseEnvironment( ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+    {
+        this.releaseEnvironment = releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+    
+    public Properties getUserProperties()
+    {
+        return userProperties;
+    }
+    
+    public void setUserProperties( Properties userProperties )
+    {
+        this.userProperties = userProperties;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseRollbackRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseRollbackRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d91dd3a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseRollbackRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class ReleaseRollbackRequest
+    extends AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+    private ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseEnvironment
+     */
+    public ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the releaseEnvironment to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseEnvironment( ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+    {
+        this.releaseEnvironment = releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81c768c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest
+    extends AbstractReleaseRequest
+{
+    private ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+    
+    private Properties userProperties;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the releaseEnvironment
+     */
+    public ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param releaseEnvironment the releaseEnvironment to set
+     */
+    public void setReleaseEnvironment( ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+    {
+        this.releaseEnvironment = releaseEnvironment;
+    }
+    
+    public Properties getUserProperties()
+    {
+        return userProperties;
+    }
+    
+    public void setUserProperties( Properties userProperties )
+    {
+        this.userProperties = userProperties;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7506b8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.BuilderReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.DefaultPlexusCipher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.PlexusCipherException;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.DefaultSecDispatcher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcherException;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecUtil;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.model.SettingsSecurity;
+
+/**
+ * Read and write release configuration and state from a properties file.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleaseDescriptorStore.class, hint = "properties" )
+public class PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore
+    extends AbstractLogEnabled
+    implements ReleaseDescriptorStore
+{
+
+    /**
+     * When this plugin requires Maven 3.0 as minimum, this component can be removed and o.a.m.s.c.SettingsDecrypter be
+     * used instead.
+     */
+    @Requirement( role = SecDispatcher.class, hint = "mng-4384" )
+    private DefaultSecDispatcher secDispatcher;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder read( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        return read( mergeDescriptor, getDefaultReleasePropertiesFile( mergeDescriptor.build() ) );
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder read( File file )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        return read( null, file );
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder read( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor, File file )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+
+        try ( InputStream inStream = new FileInputStream( file ) )
+        {
+            properties.load( inStream );
+        }
+        catch ( FileNotFoundException e )
+        {
+            getLogger().debug( file.getName() + " not found - using empty properties" );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseDescriptorStoreException(
+                "Error reading properties file '" + file.getName() + "': " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        
+        try
+        {
+            decryptProperties( properties );
+        }
+        catch ( IllegalStateException | SecDispatcherException | PlexusCipherException e )
+        {
+            getLogger().debug( e.getMessage() );
+        }
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder;
+        if ( mergeDescriptor != null )
+        {
+            builder = mergeDescriptor;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+           builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder(); 
+        }
+        
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( properties, builder );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write( ReleaseDescriptor config )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        write( (BuilderReleaseDescriptor) config, getDefaultReleasePropertiesFile( config ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void delete( ReleaseDescriptor config )
+    {
+        File file = getDefaultReleasePropertiesFile( config );
+        if ( file.exists() )
+        {
+            file.delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void write( BuilderReleaseDescriptor config, File file )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        properties.setProperty( "completedPhase", config.getCompletedPhase() );
+        if ( config.isCommitByProject() ) //default is false
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "commitByProject", "true" );
+        }
+        properties.setProperty( "scm.url", config.getScmSourceUrl() );
+        if ( config.getScmId() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.id", config.getScmId() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmUsername() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.username", config.getScmUsername() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmPassword() != null )
+        {
+            String password = config.getScmPassword();
+            try
+            {
+                password = encryptAndDecorate( password );
+            }
+            catch ( IllegalStateException | SecDispatcherException | PlexusCipherException e )
+            {
+                getLogger().debug( e.getMessage() );
+            }
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.password", password );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmPrivateKey() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.privateKey", config.getScmPrivateKey() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase() != null )
+        {
+            String passPhrase = config.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase();
+            try
+            {
+                passPhrase = encryptAndDecorate( passPhrase );
+            }
+            catch ( IllegalStateException | SecDispatcherException | PlexusCipherException e )
+            {
+                getLogger().debug( e.getMessage() );
+            }
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.passphrase", passPhrase  );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmTagBase() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.tagBase", config.getScmTagBase() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmBranchBase() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.branchBase", config.getScmBranchBase() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmReleaseLabel() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.tag", config.getScmReleaseLabel() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmTagNameFormat() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.tagNameFormat", config.getScmTagNameFormat() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmCommentPrefix() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.commentPrefix", config.getScmCommentPrefix() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmDevelopmentCommitComment() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.developmentCommitComment", config.getScmDevelopmentCommitComment() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmReleaseCommitComment() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.releaseCommitComment", config.getScmReleaseCommitComment() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmBranchCommitComment() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.branchCommitComment", config.getScmBranchCommitComment() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getScmRollbackCommitComment() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "scm.rollbackCommitComment", config.getScmRollbackCommitComment() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getAdditionalArguments() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "exec.additionalArguments", config.getAdditionalArguments() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getPomFileName() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "exec.pomFileName", config.getPomFileName() );
+        }
+        if ( !config.getActivateProfiles().isEmpty() )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "exec.activateProfiles",
+                                    StringUtils.join( config.getActivateProfiles().iterator(), "," ) );
+        }
+        if ( config.getPreparationGoals() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "preparationGoals", config.getPreparationGoals() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getCompletionGoals() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "completionGoals", config.getCompletionGoals() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getProjectVersionPolicyId() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "projectVersionPolicyId", config.getProjectVersionPolicyId() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getProjectNamingPolicyId() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "projectNamingPolicyId", config.getProjectNamingPolicyId() );
+        }
+        if ( config.getReleaseStrategyId() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "releaseStrategyId", config.getReleaseStrategyId() );
+        }
+
+        properties.setProperty( "exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed",
+                                Boolean.toString( config.isSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed() ) );
+
+        properties.setProperty( "remoteTagging", Boolean.toString( config.isRemoteTagging() ) );
+
+        properties.setProperty( "pinExternals", Boolean.toString( config.isPinExternals() ) );
+
+        properties.setProperty( "pushChanges", Boolean.toString( config.isPushChanges() ) );
+
+        if ( config.getWorkItem() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "workItem", config.getWorkItem() );
+        }
+
+        if ( config.getAutoResolveSnapshots() != null )
+        {
+            properties.setProperty( "autoResolveSnapshots", config.getAutoResolveSnapshots() );
+        }
+
+        // others boolean properties are not written to the properties file because the value from the caller is always
+        // used
+
+        
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, ReleaseStageVersions> entry : config.getProjectVersions().entrySet() )
+        {
+            if ( entry.getValue().getRelease() != null )
+            {
+                properties.setProperty( "project.rel." + entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().getRelease() );
+            }
+            if ( entry.getValue().getDevelopment() != null )
+            {
+                properties.setProperty( "project.dev." + entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().getDevelopment() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, Scm> entry : config.getOriginalScmInfo().entrySet() )
+        {
+            Scm scm = entry.getValue();
+            String prefix = "project.scm." + entry.getKey();
+            if ( scm != null )
+            {
+                if ( scm.getConnection() != null )
+                {
+                    properties.setProperty( prefix + ".connection", scm.getConnection() );
+                }
+                if ( scm.getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+                {
+                    properties.setProperty( prefix + ".developerConnection", scm.getDeveloperConnection() );
+                }
+                if ( scm.getUrl() != null )
+                {
+                    properties.setProperty( prefix + ".url", scm.getUrl() );
+                }
+                if ( scm.getTag() != null )
+                {
+                    properties.setProperty( prefix + ".tag", scm.getTag() );
+                }
+                if ( scm instanceof IdentifiedScm )
+                {
+                    IdentifiedScm identifiedScm = (IdentifiedScm) scm;
+                    if ( identifiedScm.getId() != null )
+                    {
+                        properties.setProperty( prefix + ".id", identifiedScm.getId() );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                properties.setProperty( prefix + ".empty", "true" );
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( ( config.getResolvedSnapshotDependencies() != null )
+            && ( config.getResolvedSnapshotDependencies().size() > 0 ) )
+        {
+            processResolvedDependencies( properties, config.getResolvedSnapshotDependencies() );
+        }
+
+        try ( OutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream( file ) )
+        {
+            properties.store( outStream, "release configuration" );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseDescriptorStoreException(
+                "Error writing properties file '" + file.getName() + "': " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processResolvedDependencies( Properties prop, Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> resolvedDependencies )
+    {
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, ReleaseStageVersions> currentEntry : resolvedDependencies.entrySet() )
+        {
+            ReleaseStageVersions versionMap = currentEntry.getValue();
+            
+            prop.setProperty( "dependency." + currentEntry.getKey() + ".release",
+                              versionMap.getRelease() );
+            prop.setProperty( "dependency." + currentEntry.getKey() + ".development",
+                              versionMap.getDevelopment() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static File getDefaultReleasePropertiesFile( ReleaseDescriptor mergeDescriptor )
+    {
+        return new File( mergeDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory(), "release.properties" );
+    }
+    
+    private void decryptProperties( Properties properties )
+        throws IllegalStateException, SecDispatcherException, PlexusCipherException
+    {
+        String[] keys = new String[] { "scm.password", "scm.passphrase" };
+
+        for ( String key : keys )
+        {
+            String value = properties.getProperty( key );
+            if ( value != null )
+            {
+                properties.put( key, decrypt( value ) );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // From org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.encryption(CliRequest)
+    private String encryptAndDecorate( String passwd )
+        throws IllegalStateException, SecDispatcherException, PlexusCipherException
+    {
+        final String master = getMaster();
+
+        DefaultPlexusCipher cipher = new DefaultPlexusCipher();
+        String masterPasswd = cipher.decryptDecorated( master, DefaultSecDispatcher.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_SEC_LOCATION );
+        return cipher.encryptAndDecorate( passwd, masterPasswd );
+    }
+    
+    private String decrypt( String value ) throws IllegalStateException, SecDispatcherException, PlexusCipherException
+    {
+        final String master = getMaster();
+
+        DefaultPlexusCipher cipher = new DefaultPlexusCipher();
+        String masterPasswd = cipher.decryptDecorated( master, DefaultSecDispatcher.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_SEC_LOCATION );
+        return cipher.decryptDecorated( value, masterPasswd );
+    }
+    
+    private String getMaster() throws SecDispatcherException 
+    {
+        String configurationFile = secDispatcher.getConfigurationFile();
+
+        if ( configurationFile.startsWith( "~" ) )
+        {
+            configurationFile = System.getProperty( "user.home" ) + configurationFile.substring( 1 );
+        }
+
+        String file = System.getProperty( DefaultSecDispatcher.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_SEC_LOCATION, configurationFile );
+
+        String master = null;
+
+        SettingsSecurity sec = SecUtil.read( file, true );
+        if ( sec != null )
+        {
+            master = sec.getMaster();
+        }
+
+        if ( master == null )
+        {
+            throw new IllegalStateException( "Master password is not set in the setting security file: " + file );
+        }
+        
+        return master;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ff677ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+public class ReleaseDescriptorBuilder
+{
+    /**
+     * Hides inner logic of the release descriptor
+     * 
+     * @author Robert Scholte
+     *
+     */
+    public static final class BuilderReleaseDescriptor extends ModelloReleaseDescriptor implements ReleaseDescriptor
+    {
+        private BuilderReleaseDescriptor()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private final BuilderReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor;
+    
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+    {
+        this.releaseDescriptor = new BuilderReleaseDescriptor();
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addCheckModificationExclude( String string )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addCheckModificationExclude( string );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setActivateProfiles( List<String> profiles )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setActivateProfiles( profiles );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setAddSchema( boolean addSchema )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setAddSchema( addSchema );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setAdditionalArguments( String additionalArguments )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setAdditionalArguments( additionalArguments );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setAllowTimestampedSnapshots( boolean allowTimestampedSnapshots )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setAllowTimestampedSnapshots( allowTimestampedSnapshots );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setAutoVersionSubmodules( boolean autoVersionSubmodules )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setAutoVersionSubmodules( autoVersionSubmodules );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setBranchCreation( boolean branchCreation )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setBranchCreation( branchCreation );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setCheckModificationExcludes( List<String> checkModificationExcludes )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setCheckModificationExcludes( checkModificationExcludes );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setCheckoutDirectory( String checkoutDirectory )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setCommitByProject( boolean commitByProject )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setCommitByProject( commitByProject );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setCompletedPhase( String completedPhase )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setCompletedPhase( completedPhase );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setCompletionGoals( String completionGoals )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setCompletionGoals( completionGoals );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( String defaultDevelopmentVersion )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( defaultDevelopmentVersion );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setDefaultReleaseVersion( String defaultReleaseVersion )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setDefaultReleaseVersion( defaultReleaseVersion );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setDescription( String description )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setDescription( description );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setGenerateReleasePoms( boolean generateReleasePoms )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setGenerateReleasePoms( generateReleasePoms );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setInteractive( boolean interactive )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setInteractive( interactive );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setLocalCheckout( boolean localCheckout )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setLocalCheckout( localCheckout );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setModelEncoding( String modelEncoding )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setModelEncoding( modelEncoding );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setName( String name )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setName( name );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setPerformGoals( String performGoals )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setPerformGoals( performGoals );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setPomFileName( String pomFileName )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setPomFileName( pomFileName );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setPreparationGoals( String preparationGoals )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setPreparationGoals( preparationGoals );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setProjectNamingPolicyId( String projectNamingPolicyId )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setProjectNamingPolicyId( projectNamingPolicyId );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setProjectVersionPolicyId( String projectVersionPolicyId )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setProjectVersionPolicyId( projectVersionPolicyId );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setPushChanges( boolean pushChanges )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setPushChanges( pushChanges );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setWorkItem( String workItem )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setWorkItem( workItem );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setReleaseStrategyId( String releaseStrategyId )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setReleaseStrategyId( releaseStrategyId );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setRemoteTagging( boolean remoteTagging )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setRemoteTagging( remoteTagging );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmBranchBase( String scmBranchBase )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmBranchBase( scmBranchBase );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmCommentPrefix( String scmCommentPrefix )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmCommentPrefix( scmCommentPrefix );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmReleaseCommitComment( String scmReleaseCommitComment )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmReleaseCommitComment( scmReleaseCommitComment );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmDevelopmentCommitComment( String scmDevelopmentCommitComment )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmDevelopmentCommitComment( scmDevelopmentCommitComment );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmBranchCommitComment( String scmBranchCommitComment )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmBranchCommitComment( scmBranchCommitComment );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmRollbackCommitComment( String scmRollbackCommitComment )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmRollbackCommitComment( scmRollbackCommitComment );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmId( String scmId )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmId( scmId );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmPassword( String scmPassword )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmPassword( scmPassword );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmPrivateKey( String scmPrivateKey )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmPrivateKey( scmPrivateKey );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( String scmPrivateKeyPassPhrase )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( scmPrivateKeyPassPhrase );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmRelativePathProjectDirectory( String scmRelativePathProjectDirectory )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmRelativePathProjectDirectory( scmRelativePathProjectDirectory );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmReleaseLabel( String scmReleaseLabel )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmReleaseLabel( scmReleaseLabel );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmReleasedPomRevision( String scmReleasedPomRevision )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmReleasedPomRevision( scmReleasedPomRevision );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmSourceUrl( String scmSourceUrl )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmSourceUrl( scmSourceUrl );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmTagBase( String scmTagBase )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmTagBase( scmTagBase );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmTagNameFormat( String scmTagNameFormat )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmTagNameFormat( scmTagNameFormat );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmUseEditMode( boolean scmUseEditMode )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmUseEditMode( scmUseEditMode );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setScmUsername( String scmUsername )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmUsername( scmUsername );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed( boolean snapshotReleasePluginAllowed )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed( snapshotReleasePluginAllowed );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( boolean suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setUpdateBranchVersions( boolean updateBranchVersions )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setUpdateBranchVersions( updateBranchVersions );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setUpdateDependencies( boolean updateDependencies )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setUpdateDependencies( updateDependencies );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( boolean updateVersionsToSnapshot )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( updateVersionsToSnapshot );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( boolean updateWorkingCopyVersions )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( updateWorkingCopyVersions );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setUseReleaseProfile( boolean useReleaseProfile )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setUseReleaseProfile( useReleaseProfile );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setWaitBeforeTagging( int waitBeforeTagging )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setWaitBeforeTagging( waitBeforeTagging );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setWorkingDirectory( String workingDirectory )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addReleaseVersion( String key, String value )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( key, value );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDevelopmentVersion( String key, String value )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addDevelopmentVersion( key, value );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addOriginalScmInfo( String key, Scm value )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addOriginalScmInfo( key, value );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public void putOriginalVersion( String projectKey, String version )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addOriginalVersion( projectKey, version );
+    }
+    
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDependencyOriginalVersion( String dependencyKey, String version )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addDependencyOriginalVersion( dependencyKey, version );
+        return this;
+        
+    }
+    
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDependencyReleaseVersion( String dependencyKey, String version )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addDependencyReleaseVersion( dependencyKey, version );
+        return this;
+    }
+    
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( String dependencyKey, String version )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( dependencyKey, version );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setAutoResolveSnapshots( String autoResolveSnapshots )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setAutoResolveSnapshots( autoResolveSnapshots );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder setPinExternals( boolean pinExternals )
+    {
+        releaseDescriptor.setPinExternals( pinExternals );
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    BuilderReleaseDescriptor build()
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStore.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69092c174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Storage for reading and writing release configuration.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public interface ReleaseDescriptorStore
+{
+    /**
+     * Read a configuration.
+     *
+     * @param mergeDescriptor configuration to merge with the loaded configuration. Some values are used as defaults,
+     *                        while others are used to override
+     * @return the configuration
+     */
+    ReleaseDescriptorBuilder read( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException;
+
+    /**
+     * Save a configuration.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration
+     */
+    void write( ReleaseDescriptor config )
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException;
+
+    /**
+     * Remove a configuration.
+     *
+     * @param config the location of the configuration
+     */
+    void delete( ReleaseDescriptor config );
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..443da6c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Exception occurring within the configuration store.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    extends Exception
+{
+    public ReleaseDescriptorStoreException( String message, Throwable t )
+    {
+        super( message, t );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseUtils.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed31afe1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.BuilderReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm;
+
+/**
+ * Class providing utility methods used during the release process
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jwhitlock@apache.org">Jeremy Whitlock</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseUtils
+{
+    private static final String DEVELOPMENT_KEY = "dev";
+
+    private static final String RELEASE_KEY = "rel";
+
+    private ReleaseUtils()
+    {
+        // nothing to see here
+    }
+
+    public static BuilderReleaseDescriptor buildReleaseDescriptor( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder )
+    {
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
+    public static void copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( Properties properties, ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder )
+    {
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "completedPhase" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setCompletedPhase( properties.getProperty( "completedPhase" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "commitByProject" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setCommitByProject( Boolean.parseBoolean( properties.getProperty( "commitByProject" ) ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.id" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmId( properties.getProperty( "scm.id" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.url" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmSourceUrl( properties.getProperty( "scm.url" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.username" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmUsername( properties.getProperty( "scm.username" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.password" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmPassword( properties.getProperty( "scm.password" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.privateKey" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmPrivateKey( properties.getProperty( "scm.privateKey" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.passphrase" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( properties.getProperty( "scm.passphrase" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.tagBase" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmTagBase( properties.getProperty( "scm.tagBase" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.tagNameFormat" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmTagNameFormat( properties.getProperty( "scm.tagNameFormat" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.branchBase" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmBranchBase( properties.getProperty( "scm.branchBase" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.tag" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmReleaseLabel( properties.getProperty( "scm.tag" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.commentPrefix" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmCommentPrefix( properties.getProperty( "scm.commentPrefix" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.developmentCommitComment" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmDevelopmentCommitComment( properties.getProperty( "scm.developmentCommitComment" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.releaseCommitComment" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmReleaseCommitComment( properties.getProperty( "scm.releaseCommitComment" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.branchCommitComment" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmBranchCommitComment( properties.getProperty( "scm.branchCommitComment" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "scm.rollbackCommitComment" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setScmRollbackCommitComment( properties.getProperty( "scm.rollbackCommitComment" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "exec.additionalArguments" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setAdditionalArguments( properties.getProperty( "exec.additionalArguments" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "exec.pomFileName" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setPomFileName( properties.getProperty( "exec.pomFileName" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "exec.activateProfiles" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setActivateProfiles( 
+                         Arrays.asList( properties.getProperty( "exec.activateProfiles" ).split( "," ) ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "preparationGoals" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setPreparationGoals( properties.getProperty( "preparationGoals" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "completionGoals" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setCompletionGoals( properties.getProperty( "completionGoals" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "projectVersionPolicyId" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setProjectVersionPolicyId( properties.getProperty( "projectVersionPolicyId" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "projectNamingPolicyId" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setProjectNamingPolicyId( properties.getProperty( "projectNamingPolicyId" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "releaseStrategyId" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setReleaseStrategyId( properties.getProperty( "releaseStrategyId" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed" ) )
+        {
+            String snapshotReleasePluginAllowedStr = properties.getProperty( "exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed" );
+            builder.setSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed( Boolean.valueOf( snapshotReleasePluginAllowedStr ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "remoteTagging" ) )
+        {
+            String remoteTaggingStr = properties.getProperty( "remoteTagging" );
+            builder.setRemoteTagging( Boolean.valueOf( remoteTaggingStr ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "pinExternals" ) )
+        {
+            String pinExternals = properties.getProperty( "pinExternals" );
+            builder.setPinExternals( Boolean.valueOf( pinExternals ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "pushChanges" ) )
+        {
+            String pushChanges = properties.getProperty( "pushChanges" );
+            builder.setPushChanges( Boolean.valueOf( pushChanges ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "workItem" ) )
+        {
+            builder.setWorkItem( properties.getProperty( "workItem" ) );
+        }
+        if ( properties.containsKey( "autoResolveSnapshots" ) )
+        {
+            String resolve = properties.getProperty( "autoResolveSnapshots" );
+            builder.setAutoResolveSnapshots( resolve );
+        }
+
+        loadResolvedDependencies( properties, builder );
+
+        // boolean properties are not written to the properties file because the value from the caller is always used
+
+        for ( Iterator<?> i = properties.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            String property = (String) i.next();
+            if ( property.startsWith( "project.rel." ) )
+            {
+                builder.addReleaseVersion( property.substring( "project.rel.".length() ),
+                                                     properties.getProperty( property ) );
+            }
+            else if ( property.startsWith( "project.dev." ) )
+            {
+                builder.addDevelopmentVersion( property.substring( "project.dev.".length() ),
+                                                         properties.getProperty( property ) );
+            }
+            else if ( property.startsWith( "dependency.rel." ) )
+            {
+                builder.addDependencyReleaseVersion( property.substring( "dependency.rel.".length() ),
+                                                     properties.getProperty( property ) );
+            }
+            else if ( property.startsWith( "dependency.dev." ) )
+            {
+                builder.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( property.substring( "dependency.dev.".length() ),
+                                                         properties.getProperty( property ) );
+            }
+            else if ( property.startsWith( "project.scm." ) )
+            {
+                int index = property.lastIndexOf( '.' );
+                if ( index > "project.scm.".length() )
+                {
+                    String key = property.substring( "project.scm.".length(), index );
+
+                    if ( builder.build().getOriginalScmInfo( key ) == null )
+                    {
+                        if ( properties.getProperty( "project.scm." + key + ".empty" ) != null )
+                        {
+                            builder.addOriginalScmInfo( key, null );
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            IdentifiedScm scm = new IdentifiedScm();
+                            scm.setConnection( properties.getProperty( "project.scm." + key + ".connection" ) );
+                            scm.setDeveloperConnection(
+                                properties.getProperty( "project.scm." + key + ".developerConnection" ) );
+                            scm.setUrl( properties.getProperty( "project.scm." + key + ".url" ) );
+                            scm.setTag( properties.getProperty( "project.scm." + key + ".tag" ) );
+                            scm.setId( properties.getProperty( "project.scm." + key + ".id" ) );
+
+                            builder.addOriginalScmInfo( key, scm );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void loadResolvedDependencies( Properties prop, ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder )
+    {
+        Set entries = prop.entrySet();
+        Iterator<Entry<String, String>> iterator = entries.iterator();
+        String propertyName;
+        Entry<String, String> currentEntry;
+
+        while ( iterator.hasNext() )
+        {
+            currentEntry = iterator.next();
+            propertyName = currentEntry.getKey();
+
+            if ( propertyName.startsWith( "dependency." ) )
+            {
+                String artifactVersionlessKey;
+                int startIndex = "dependency.".length();
+                int endIndex;
+                String versionType;
+
+                if ( propertyName.indexOf( ".development" ) != -1 )
+                {
+                    endIndex = propertyName.lastIndexOf( ".development" );
+                    versionType = DEVELOPMENT_KEY;
+                }
+                else if ( propertyName.indexOf( ".release" ) != -1 )
+                {
+                    endIndex = propertyName.lastIndexOf( ".release" );
+                    versionType = RELEASE_KEY;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // MRELEASE-834, probably a maven-dependency-plugin property
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                artifactVersionlessKey = propertyName.substring( startIndex, endIndex );
+
+                if ( RELEASE_KEY.equals( versionType ) )
+                {
+                    builder.addDependencyReleaseVersion( artifactVersionlessKey, currentEntry.getValue() );
+                }
+                else if ( DEVELOPMENT_KEY.equals( versionType ) )
+                {
+                    builder.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( artifactVersionlessKey, currentEntry.getValue() );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/env/DefaultReleaseEnvironment.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/env/DefaultReleaseEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3305756f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/env/DefaultReleaseEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.env;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class DefaultReleaseEnvironment
+    implements ReleaseEnvironment
+{
+
+    private File mavenHome;
+
+    private File javaHome;
+
+    private File localRepositoryDirectory;
+
+    private Settings settings;
+
+    private String mavenExecutorId = DEFAULT_MAVEN_EXECUTOR_ID;
+
+    private Locale locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
+
+    @Override
+    public File getMavenHome()
+    {
+        return mavenHome;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Settings getSettings()
+    {
+        return settings;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseEnvironment setMavenHome( File mavenHome )
+    {
+        this.mavenHome = mavenHome;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseEnvironment setSettings( Settings settings )
+    {
+        this.settings = settings;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMavenExecutorId()
+    {
+        return mavenExecutorId;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseEnvironment setMavenExecutorId( String mavenExecutorId )
+    {
+        this.mavenExecutorId = mavenExecutorId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getJavaHome()
+    {
+        return javaHome;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseEnvironment setJavaHome( File javaHome )
+    {
+        this.javaHome = javaHome;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getLocalRepositoryDirectory()
+    {
+        File localRepo = localRepositoryDirectory;
+
+        if ( localRepo == null && settings != null && settings.getLocalRepository() != null )
+        {
+            localRepo = new File( settings.getLocalRepository() ).getAbsoluteFile();
+        }
+
+        return localRepo;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseEnvironment setLocalRepositoryDirectory( File localRepositoryDirectory )
+    {
+        this.localRepositoryDirectory = localRepositoryDirectory;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Locale getLocale()
+    {
+        return locale;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultReleaseEnvironment setLocale( Locale locale )
+    {
+        this.locale = locale;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutor.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e70fa0e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Proxy;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.SettingsUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Writer;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LogEnabled;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.DefaultPlexusCipher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.PlexusCipher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.PlexusCipherException;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.DefaultSecDispatcher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcherException;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecUtil;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.model.SettingsSecurity;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractMavenExecutor
+    implements MavenExecutor, LogEnabled
+{
+
+    private Logger logger;
+
+    /**
+     * When this plugin requires Maven 3.0 as minimum, this component can be removed and o.a.m.s.c.SettingsDecrypter be
+     * used instead.
+     */
+    @Requirement( role = SecDispatcher.class, hint = "mng-4384" )
+    private DefaultSecDispatcher secDispatcher;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private PlexusCipher cipher;
+
+    protected AbstractMavenExecutor()
+    {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, String goals, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                              boolean interactive, String additionalArguments, String pomFileName,
+                              ReleaseResult result )
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        List<String> goalsList = new ArrayList<>();
+        if ( goals != null )
+        {
+            // accept both space and comma, so the old way still work
+            // also accept line separators, so that goal lists can be spread
+            // across multiple lines in the POM.
+            for ( String token : StringUtils.split( goals, ", \n\r\t" ) )
+            {
+                goalsList.add( token );
+            }
+        }
+        executeGoals( workingDirectory, goalsList, releaseEnvironment, interactive, additionalArguments, pomFileName,
+                      result );
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, List<String> goals,
+                                          ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment, boolean interactive,
+                                          String additionalArguments, String pomFileName, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws MavenExecutorException;
+
+    protected final Logger getLogger()
+    {
+        return logger;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void enableLogging( Logger logger )
+    {
+        this.logger = logger;
+    }
+
+
+    protected Settings encryptSettings( Settings settings )
+    {
+        Settings encryptedSettings = SettingsUtils.copySettings( settings );
+
+        for ( Server server : encryptedSettings.getServers() )
+        {
+            String password = server.getPassword();
+            if ( password != null && !isEncryptedString( password ) )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    server.setPassword( encryptAndDecorate( password ) );
+                }
+                catch ( IllegalStateException | SecDispatcherException | PlexusCipherException e )
+                {
+                    // ignore
+                }
+            }
+
+            String passphrase = server.getPassphrase();
+            if ( passphrase != null && !isEncryptedString( passphrase ) )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    server.setPassphrase( encryptAndDecorate( passphrase ) );
+                }
+                catch ( IllegalStateException | SecDispatcherException | PlexusCipherException e )
+                {
+                    // ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        for ( Proxy proxy : encryptedSettings.getProxies() )
+        {
+            String password = proxy.getPassword();
+            if ( password != null && !isEncryptedString( password ) )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    proxy.setPassword( encryptAndDecorate( password ) );
+                }
+                catch ( IllegalStateException | SecDispatcherException | PlexusCipherException e )
+                {
+                    // ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return encryptedSettings;
+    }
+
+    // From org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.encryption(CliRequest)
+    private String encryptAndDecorate( String passwd )
+        throws IllegalStateException, SecDispatcherException, PlexusCipherException
+    {
+        String configurationFile = secDispatcher.getConfigurationFile();
+
+        if ( configurationFile.startsWith( "~" ) )
+        {
+            configurationFile = System.getProperty( "user.home" ) + configurationFile.substring( 1 );
+        }
+
+        String file = System.getProperty( DefaultSecDispatcher.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_SEC_LOCATION, configurationFile );
+
+        String master = null;
+
+        SettingsSecurity sec = SecUtil.read( file, true );
+        if ( sec != null )
+        {
+            master = sec.getMaster();
+        }
+
+        if ( master == null )
+        {
+            throw new IllegalStateException( "Master password is not set in the setting security file: " + file );
+        }
+
+        DefaultPlexusCipher cipher = new DefaultPlexusCipher();
+        String masterPasswd = cipher.decryptDecorated( master, DefaultSecDispatcher.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_SEC_LOCATION );
+        return cipher.encryptAndDecorate( passwd, masterPasswd );
+    }
+
+    private boolean isEncryptedString( String str )
+    {
+        return cipher.isEncryptedString( str );
+    }
+
+    protected SettingsXpp3Writer getSettingsWriter()
+    {
+        return new SettingsXpp3Writer();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/CommandLineFactory.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/CommandLineFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3699f68a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/CommandLineFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
+
+/**
+ * Create a command line for execution. Componentised to allow mocking.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public interface CommandLineFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a command line object with default environment for the given executable.
+     *
+     * @param executable the executable
+     * @return the command line
+     * @throws MavenExecutorException if there was a problem creating the command line
+     */
+    Commandline createCommandLine( String executable )
+        throws MavenExecutorException;
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/DefaultCommandLineFactory.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/DefaultCommandLineFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e89b42bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/DefaultCommandLineFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
+
+/**
+ * Create a command line instance.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = CommandLineFactory.class )
+public class DefaultCommandLineFactory
+    implements CommandLineFactory
+{
+    @Override
+    public Commandline createCommandLine( String executable )
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        Commandline commandline = new Commandline();
+        commandline.setExecutable( executable );
+
+        try
+        {
+            commandline.addSystemEnvironment();
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            throw new MavenExecutorException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        return commandline;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutor.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af0051fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Writer;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
+
+/**
+ * Fork Maven to executed a series of goals.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = MavenExecutor.class, hint = "forked-path" )
+public class ForkedMavenExecutor
+    extends AbstractMavenExecutor
+{
+    /**
+     * Command line factory.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private CommandLineFactory commandLineFactory;
+
+    /*
+     * @noinspection UseOfSystemOutOrSystemErr
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, List<String> goals, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                              boolean interactive, String additionalArguments, String pomFileName,
+                              ReleaseResult relResult )
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        String mavenPath = null;
+        // if null we use the current one
+        if ( releaseEnvironment.getMavenHome() != null )
+        {
+            mavenPath = releaseEnvironment.getMavenHome().getAbsolutePath();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mavenPath = System.getProperty( "maven.home" );
+        }
+
+        File settingsFile = null;
+        if ( releaseEnvironment.getSettings() != null )
+        {
+            // Have to serialize to a file as if Maven is embedded, there may not actually be a settings.xml on disk
+            try
+            {
+                settingsFile = File.createTempFile( "release-settings", ".xml" );
+                SettingsXpp3Writer writer = getSettingsWriter();
+                
+                try ( FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter( settingsFile ) )
+                {
+                    writer.write( fileWriter, encryptSettings( releaseEnvironment.getSettings() ) );
+                }
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                throw new MavenExecutorException( "Could not create temporary file for release settings.xml", e );
+            }
+        }
+        try
+        {
+
+            Commandline cl =
+                commandLineFactory.createCommandLine( mavenPath + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "mvn" );
+
+            cl.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+            cl.addEnvironment( "MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD", "on" );
+
+            cl.addEnvironment( "M2_HOME", mavenPath );
+
+            if ( settingsFile != null )
+            {
+                cl.createArg().setValue( "-s" );
+                cl.createArg().setFile( settingsFile );
+            }
+
+            if ( pomFileName != null )
+            {
+                cl.createArg().setValue( "-f" );
+                cl.createArg().setValue( pomFileName );
+            }
+
+            for ( String goal : goals )
+            {
+                cl.createArg().setValue( goal );
+            }
+
+            if ( !interactive )
+            {
+                cl.createArg().setValue( "--batch-mode" );
+            }
+
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( additionalArguments ) )
+            {
+                cl.createArg().setLine( additionalArguments );
+            }
+
+            TeeOutputStream stdOut = new TeeOutputStream( System.out );
+
+            TeeOutputStream stdErr = new TeeOutputStream( System.err );
+
+            try
+            {
+                relResult.appendInfo( "Executing: " + cl.toString() );
+                getLogger().info( "Executing: " + cl.toString() );
+
+                int result = executeCommandLine( cl, System.in, stdOut, stdErr );
+
+                if ( result != 0 )
+                {
+                    throw new MavenExecutorException( "Maven execution failed, exit code: \'" + result + "\'", result );
+                }
+            }
+            catch ( CommandLineException e )
+            {
+                throw new MavenExecutorException( "Can't run goal " + goals, e );
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                relResult.appendOutput( stdOut.toString() );
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if ( settingsFile != null && settingsFile.exists() && !settingsFile.delete() )
+            {
+                settingsFile.deleteOnExit();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setCommandLineFactory( CommandLineFactory commandLineFactory )
+    {
+        this.commandLineFactory = commandLineFactory;
+    }
+
+
+    public static int executeCommandLine( Commandline cl, InputStream systemIn, OutputStream systemOut,
+                                          OutputStream systemErr )
+        throws CommandLineException
+    {
+        if ( cl == null )
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "cl cannot be null." );
+        }
+
+        Process p = cl.execute();
+
+        //processes.put( new Long( cl.getPid() ), p );
+
+        RawStreamPumper inputFeeder = null;
+
+        if ( systemIn != null )
+        {
+            inputFeeder = new RawStreamPumper( systemIn, p.getOutputStream(), true );
+        }
+
+        RawStreamPumper outputPumper = new RawStreamPumper( p.getInputStream(), systemOut );
+        RawStreamPumper errorPumper = new RawStreamPumper( p.getErrorStream(), systemErr );
+
+        if ( inputFeeder != null )
+        {
+            inputFeeder.start();
+        }
+
+        outputPumper.start();
+
+        errorPumper.start();
+
+        try
+        {
+            int returnValue = p.waitFor();
+
+            if ( inputFeeder != null )
+            {
+                inputFeeder.setDone();
+            }
+            outputPumper.setDone();
+            errorPumper.setDone();
+
+            //processes.remove( new Long( cl.getPid() ) );
+
+            return returnValue;
+        }
+        catch ( InterruptedException ex )
+        {
+            //killProcess( cl.getPid() );
+            throw new CommandLineException( "Error while executing external command, process killed.", ex );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                errorPumper.closeInput();
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                //ignore
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                outputPumper.closeInput();
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                //ignore
+            }
+            if ( inputFeeder != null )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    inputFeeder.closeOutput();
+                }
+                catch ( IOException e )
+                {
+                    //ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutor.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb9e04487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,554 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.PosixParser;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Writer;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvocationRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvocationOutputHandler;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvocationRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvocationResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.Invoker;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvokerLogger;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenInvocationException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Fork Maven using the maven-invoker shared library.
+ */
+@Component( role = MavenExecutor.class, hint = "invoker" )
+@SuppressWarnings( "static-access" )
+public class InvokerMavenExecutor
+    extends AbstractMavenExecutor
+{
+
+    private static final Options OPTIONS = new Options();
+
+    private static final char SET_SYSTEM_PROPERTY = 'D';
+
+    private static final char OFFLINE = 'o';
+
+    private static final char REACTOR = 'r';
+
+    private static final char QUIET = 'q';
+
+    private static final char DEBUG = 'X';
+
+    private static final char ERRORS = 'e';
+
+    private static final char NON_RECURSIVE = 'N';
+
+    private static final char UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS = 'U';
+
+    private static final char ACTIVATE_PROFILES = 'P';
+
+    private static final char CHECKSUM_FAILURE_POLICY = 'C';
+
+    private static final char CHECKSUM_WARNING_POLICY = 'c';
+
+    private static final char ALTERNATE_USER_SETTINGS = 's';
+
+    private static final String ALTERNATE_GLOBAL_SETTINGS = "gs";
+
+    private static final String FAIL_FAST = "ff";
+
+    private static final String FAIL_AT_END = "fae";
+
+    private static final String FAIL_NEVER = "fn";
+    
+    private static final String ALTERNATE_POM_FILE = "f";
+    
+    private static final String THREADS = "T";
+
+    private static final String BATCH_MODE = "B";
+    
+    public static final char ALTERNATE_USER_TOOLCHAINS = 't';
+    
+    static
+    {
+        OPTIONS.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "define" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Define a system property" ).create(
+                SET_SYSTEM_PROPERTY ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "offline" ).withDescription( "Work offline" ).create( OFFLINE ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "quiet" ).withDescription( "Quiet output - only show errors" ).create( QUIET ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "debug" ).withDescription( "Produce execution debug output" ).create( DEBUG ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "errors" ).withDescription( "Produce execution error messages" ).create(
+                ERRORS ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "reactor" ).withDescription(
+            "Execute goals for project found in the reactor" ).create( REACTOR ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "non-recursive" ).withDescription( "Do not recurse into sub-projects" ).create(
+                NON_RECURSIVE ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "update-snapshots" ).withDescription(
+            "Forces a check for updated releases and snapshots on remote repositories" ).create( UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "activate-profiles" ).withDescription(
+            "Comma-delimited list of profiles to activate" ).hasArg().create( ACTIVATE_PROFILES ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "strict-checksums" ).withDescription(
+            "Fail the build if checksums don't match" ).create( CHECKSUM_FAILURE_POLICY ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "lax-checksums" ).withDescription( "Warn if checksums don't match" ).create(
+                CHECKSUM_WARNING_POLICY ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "settings" ).withDescription(
+            "Alternate path for the user settings file" ).hasArg().create( ALTERNATE_USER_SETTINGS ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "global-settings" ).withDescription(
+            " Alternate path for the global settings file" ).hasArg().create( ALTERNATE_GLOBAL_SETTINGS ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "fail-fast" ).withDescription(
+            "Stop at first failure in reactorized builds" ).create( FAIL_FAST ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "fail-at-end" ).withDescription(
+            "Only fail the build afterwards; allow all non-impacted builds to continue" ).create( FAIL_AT_END ) );
+
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "fail-never" ).withDescription(
+            "NEVER fail the build, regardless of project result" ).create( FAIL_NEVER ) );
+        
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "file" ).withDescription( 
+            "Force the use of an alternate POM file." ).hasArg().create( ALTERNATE_POM_FILE ) );
+        
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "threads" ).withDescription( 
+            "Thread count, for instance 2.0C where C is core multiplied" ).hasArg().create( THREADS ) );
+        
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "batch-mode" ).withDescription( 
+            "Run in non-interactive (batch) mode" ).create( BATCH_MODE ) );
+        
+        OPTIONS.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "toolchains" ).withDescription( 
+            "Alternate path for the user toolchains file" ).hasArg().create( ALTERNATE_USER_TOOLCHAINS ) );
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Configuring an invocation request from a command line could as well be part of the Invoker API
+    protected void setupRequest( InvocationRequest req,
+                                 InvokerLogger bridge,
+                               String additionalArguments )
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            String[] args = CommandLineUtils.translateCommandline( additionalArguments );
+            CommandLine cli = new PosixParser().parse( OPTIONS, args );
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( SET_SYSTEM_PROPERTY ) )
+            {
+                String[] properties = cli.getOptionValues( SET_SYSTEM_PROPERTY );
+                Properties props = new Properties();
+                for ( int i = 0; i < properties.length; i++ )
+                {
+                    String property = properties[i];
+                    String name, value;
+                    int sep = property.indexOf( "=" );
+                    if ( sep <= 0 )
+                    {
+                        name = property.trim();
+                        value = "true";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        name = property.substring( 0, sep ).trim();
+                        value = property.substring( sep + 1 ).trim();
+                    }
+                    props.setProperty( name, value );
+                }
+
+                req.setProperties( props );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( OFFLINE ) )
+            {
+                req.setOffline( true );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( QUIET ) )
+            {
+                // TODO: setQuiet() currently not supported by InvocationRequest
+                req.setDebug( false );
+            }
+            else if ( cli.hasOption( DEBUG ) )
+            {
+                req.setDebug( true );
+            }
+            else if ( cli.hasOption( ERRORS ) )
+            {
+                req.setShowErrors( true );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( REACTOR ) )
+            {
+                req.setRecursive( true );
+            }
+            else if ( cli.hasOption( NON_RECURSIVE ) )
+            {
+                req.setRecursive( false );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS ) )
+            {
+                req.setUpdateSnapshots( true );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( ACTIVATE_PROFILES ) )
+            {
+                String[] profiles = cli.getOptionValues( ACTIVATE_PROFILES );
+                
+                if ( profiles != null )
+                {
+                    req.setProfiles( Arrays.asList( profiles ) );
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( CHECKSUM_FAILURE_POLICY ) )
+            {
+                req.setGlobalChecksumPolicy( InvocationRequest.CHECKSUM_POLICY_FAIL );
+            }
+            else if ( cli.hasOption( CHECKSUM_WARNING_POLICY ) )
+            {
+                req.setGlobalChecksumPolicy( InvocationRequest.CHECKSUM_POLICY_WARN );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( ALTERNATE_USER_SETTINGS ) )
+            {
+                req.setUserSettingsFile( new File( cli.getOptionValue( ALTERNATE_USER_SETTINGS ) ) );
+            }
+            
+            if ( cli.hasOption( ALTERNATE_GLOBAL_SETTINGS ) )
+            {
+                req.setGlobalSettingsFile( new File( cli.getOptionValue( ALTERNATE_GLOBAL_SETTINGS ) ) );
+            }
+
+            if ( cli.hasOption( FAIL_AT_END ) )
+            {
+                req.setFailureBehavior( InvocationRequest.REACTOR_FAIL_AT_END );
+            }
+            else if ( cli.hasOption( FAIL_FAST ) )
+            {
+                req.setFailureBehavior( InvocationRequest.REACTOR_FAIL_FAST );
+            }
+            if ( cli.hasOption( FAIL_NEVER ) )
+            {
+                req.setFailureBehavior( InvocationRequest.REACTOR_FAIL_NEVER );
+            }
+            if ( cli.hasOption( ALTERNATE_POM_FILE ) )
+            {
+                if ( req.getPomFileName() != null )
+                {
+                    getLogger().info( "pomFileName is already set, ignoring the -f argument" );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    req.setPomFileName( cli.getOptionValue( ALTERNATE_POM_FILE ) );
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if ( cli.hasOption( THREADS ) )
+            {
+                req.setThreads( cli.getOptionValue( THREADS ) );
+            }
+            
+            if ( cli.hasOption( BATCH_MODE ) )
+            {
+                req.setInteractive( false );
+            }
+            
+            if ( cli.hasOption( ALTERNATE_USER_TOOLCHAINS ) )
+            {
+                req.setToolchainsFile( new File( cli.getOptionValue( ALTERNATE_USER_TOOLCHAINS ) ) );
+            }
+            
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            throw new MavenExecutorException( "Failed to re-parse additional arguments for Maven invocation.", e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, List<String> goals, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                              boolean interactive, String additionalArguments, String pomFileName,
+                              ReleaseResult result )
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        InvocationOutputHandler handler = getOutputHandler();
+        InvokerLogger bridge = getInvokerLogger();
+
+        File mavenPath = null;
+        // if null we use the current one
+        if ( releaseEnvironment.getMavenHome() != null )
+        {
+            mavenPath = releaseEnvironment.getMavenHome();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            String mavenHome = System.getProperty( "maven.home" );
+            if ( mavenHome == null )
+            {
+                mavenHome = System.getenv( "MAVEN_HOME" );
+            }
+            if ( mavenHome == null )
+            {
+                mavenHome = System.getenv( "M2_HOME" );
+            }
+            mavenPath = mavenHome == null ? null : new File( mavenHome );
+        }
+        Invoker invoker =
+            new DefaultInvoker().setMavenHome( mavenPath ).setLogger( bridge )
+                .setOutputHandler( handler ).setErrorHandler( handler );
+
+        InvocationRequest req =
+            new DefaultInvocationRequest().setDebug( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
+                .setBaseDirectory( workingDirectory ).setInteractive( interactive );
+
+        if ( pomFileName != null )
+        {
+            req.setPomFileName( pomFileName );
+        }
+
+        File settingsFile = null;
+        if ( releaseEnvironment.getSettings() != null )
+        {
+            // Have to serialize to a file as if Maven is embedded, there may not actually be a settings.xml on disk
+            try
+            {
+                settingsFile = File.createTempFile( "release-settings", ".xml" );
+                SettingsXpp3Writer writer = getSettingsWriter();
+                
+                try ( FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter( settingsFile ) )
+                {
+                    writer.write( fileWriter, encryptSettings( releaseEnvironment.getSettings() ) );
+                }
+                req.setUserSettingsFile( settingsFile );
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                throw new MavenExecutorException( "Could not create temporary file for release settings.xml", e );
+            }
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            File localRepoDir = releaseEnvironment.getLocalRepositoryDirectory();
+            if ( localRepoDir != null )
+            {
+                req.setLocalRepositoryDirectory( localRepoDir );
+            }
+
+            setupRequest( req, bridge, additionalArguments );
+
+            req.setGoals( goals );
+
+            try
+            {
+                InvocationResult invocationResult = invoker.execute( req );
+
+                if ( invocationResult.getExecutionException() != null )
+                {
+                    throw new MavenExecutorException( "Error executing Maven.",
+                                                      invocationResult.getExecutionException() );
+                }
+                if ( invocationResult.getExitCode() != 0 )
+                {
+                    throw new MavenExecutorException(
+                        "Maven execution failed, exit code: \'" + invocationResult.getExitCode() + "\'",
+                        invocationResult.getExitCode() );
+                }
+            }
+            catch ( MavenInvocationException e )
+            {
+                throw new MavenExecutorException( "Failed to invoke Maven build.", e );
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if ( settingsFile != null && settingsFile.exists() && !settingsFile.delete() )
+            {
+                settingsFile.deleteOnExit();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected InvokerLogger getInvokerLogger()
+    {
+        return new LoggerBridge( getLogger() );
+    }
+
+    protected InvocationOutputHandler getOutputHandler()
+    {
+        return new Handler( getLogger() );
+    }
+
+    private static final class Handler
+        implements InvocationOutputHandler
+    {
+        private Logger logger;
+
+        Handler( Logger logger )
+        {
+            this.logger = logger;
+        }
+
+        public void consumeLine( String line )
+        {
+            logger.info( line );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final class LoggerBridge
+        implements InvokerLogger
+    {
+
+        private Logger logger;
+
+        LoggerBridge( Logger logger )
+        {
+            this.logger = logger;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void debug( String message, Throwable error )
+        {
+            logger.debug( message, error );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void debug( String message )
+        {
+            logger.debug( message );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void error( String message, Throwable error )
+        {
+            logger.error( message, error );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void error( String message )
+        {
+            logger.error( message );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void fatalError( String message, Throwable error )
+        {
+            logger.fatalError( message, error );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void fatalError( String message )
+        {
+            logger.fatalError( message );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getThreshold()
+        {
+            return logger.getThreshold();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void info( String message, Throwable error )
+        {
+            logger.info( message, error );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void info( String message )
+        {
+            logger.info( message );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isDebugEnabled()
+        {
+            return logger.isDebugEnabled();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isErrorEnabled()
+        {
+            return logger.isErrorEnabled();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isFatalErrorEnabled()
+        {
+            return logger.isFatalErrorEnabled();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isInfoEnabled()
+        {
+            return logger.isInfoEnabled();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isWarnEnabled()
+        {
+            return logger.isWarnEnabled();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void setThreshold( int level )
+        {
+            // NOTE:
+            // logger.setThreadhold( level )
+            // is not supported in plexus-container-default:1.0-alpha-9 as used in Maven 2.x
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void warn( String message, Throwable error )
+        {
+            logger.warn( message, error );
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void warn( String message )
+        {
+            logger.warn( message );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/MavenExecutor.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/MavenExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1fe9f54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/MavenExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Execute Maven. May be implemented as a forked instance, or embedded.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public interface MavenExecutor
+{
+    /**
+     * Execute goals using Maven.
+     *
+     * @param workingDirectory    the directory to execute in
+     * @param goals               the goals to run (space delimited)
+     * @param releaseEnvironment  the environmental settings, maven-home, etc used for this release
+     * @param interactive         whether to execute in interactive mode, or the default batch mode
+     * @param additionalArguments additional arguments to pass to the Maven command
+     * @param pomFileName         the file name of the POM to execute on
+     * @param result              holds all results of the execution
+     * @throws MavenExecutorException if an error occurred executing Maven
+     */
+    void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, String goals, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                       boolean interactive, String additionalArguments, String pomFileName, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws MavenExecutorException;
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/MavenExecutorException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/MavenExecutorException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74300c730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/MavenExecutorException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Exception executing Maven.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class MavenExecutorException
+    extends Exception
+{
+    private int exitCode;
+
+    public MavenExecutorException( String message, int exitCode )
+    {
+        super( message );
+
+        this.exitCode = exitCode;
+    }
+
+    public MavenExecutorException( String message, Throwable cause )
+    {
+        super( message, cause );
+    }
+
+    public int getExitCode()
+    {
+        return exitCode;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/RawStreamPumper.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/RawStreamPumper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f75b69e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/RawStreamPumper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class RawStreamPumper
+    extends Thread
+{
+    private InputStream in;
+
+    private OutputStream out;
+
+    boolean done;
+
+    boolean poll;
+
+    byte buffer[] = new byte[256];
+
+    public RawStreamPumper( InputStream in , OutputStream out, boolean poll )
+    {
+        this.in = in;
+        this.out = out;
+        this.poll = poll;
+    }
+
+    public RawStreamPumper( InputStream in , OutputStream out )
+    {
+        this.in = in;
+        this.out = out;
+        this.poll = false;
+    }
+
+    public void setDone()
+    {
+        done = true;
+    }
+
+    public void closeInput()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        in.close();
+    }
+
+    public void closeOutput()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        out.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            if ( poll )
+            {
+                while ( !done )
+                {
+                    if ( in.available() > 0 )
+                    {
+                        int i = in.read( buffer );
+                        if ( i != -1 )
+                        {
+                            out.write( buffer, 0, i );
+                            out.flush();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            done = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Thread.sleep( 1 );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                int i = in.read( buffer );
+                while ( i != -1 && !done )
+                {
+                    if ( i != -1 )
+                    {
+                        out.write( buffer, 0, i );
+                        out.flush();
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        done = true;
+                    }
+                    i = in.read( buffer );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( Throwable e )
+        {
+            // Catched everything
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            done = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeConsumer.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ca009244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.StreamConsumer;
+
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+/**
+ * Consumer that both funnels to System.out/err, and stores in an internal buffer.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class TeeConsumer
+    implements StreamConsumer
+{
+    private PrintStream stream;
+
+    /**
+     * @noinspection StringBufferField
+     */
+    private StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
+
+    private static final String LS = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
+
+    private String indent;
+
+    public TeeConsumer( PrintStream stream )
+    {
+        this( stream, "    " );
+    }
+
+    public TeeConsumer( PrintStream stream, String indent )
+    {
+        this.stream = stream;
+
+        this.indent = indent;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void consumeLine( String line )
+    {
+        stream.println( indent + line );
+
+        content.append( line );
+        content.append( LS );
+    }
+
+    public String getContent()
+    {
+        return content.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return getContent();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStream.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e06fa1337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class TeeOutputStream
+    extends FilterOutputStream
+{
+    private ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream( 1024 * 8 );
+    private byte indent[];
+    private int last = '\n';
+
+    public TeeOutputStream( OutputStream out )
+    {
+        this( out, "    " );
+    }
+
+    public TeeOutputStream( OutputStream out, String i )
+    {
+        super( out );
+        indent = i.getBytes();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write( byte[] b, int off, int len )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        for ( int x = 0; x < len; x++ )
+        {
+            int c = b[off + x];
+            if ( last == '\n' || ( last == '\r' && c != '\n' ) )
+            {
+                out.write( b, off, x );
+                bout.write( b, off, x );
+                out.write( indent );
+                off += x;
+                len -= x;
+                x = 0;
+            }
+            last = c;
+        }
+        out.write( b, off, len );
+        bout.write( b, off, len );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write( int b )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        if ( last == '\n' || ( last == '\r' && b != '\n' ) )
+        {
+            out.write( indent );
+        }
+        out.write( b );
+        bout.write( b );
+        last = b;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return bout.toString();
+    }
+
+    public String getContent()
+    {
+        return bout.toString();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2a7e8edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractBackupPomsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    private final String backupSuffix = ".releaseBackup";
+
+    protected File getPomBackup( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        File pomFile = ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( project );
+
+        if ( pomFile != null )
+        {
+            return new File( pomFile.getAbsolutePath() + backupSuffix );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void deletePomBackup( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        File pomBackup = getPomBackup( project );
+
+        if ( pomBackup != null && pomBackup.exists() )
+        {
+            pomBackup.delete();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleasePomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleasePomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0555c08c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleasePomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract release POM phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReleasePomsPhase extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    protected ScmRepository getScmRepository( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                              ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                      releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException exception )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( exception.getMessage(), exception.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException exception )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + exception.getMessage(),
+                                                 exception );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected ScmProvider getScmProvider( ScmRepository scmRepository )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( scmRepository );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException exception )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + exception.getMessage(),
+                                                 exception );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da819909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRewritePomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,682 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+import org.apache.maven.model.BuildBase;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.ModelBase;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.edit.EditScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.ModelETLRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.MavenCoordinate;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.ModelETL;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.ModelETLFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom.JDomModelETLFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for rewriting phases.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractRewritePomsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase implements ResourceGenerator
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Requirement( role = ModelETLFactory.class )
+    private Map<String, ModelETLFactory> modelETLFactories;
+
+    /**
+     * Use jdom-sax as default
+     */
+    private String modelETL = JDomModelETLFactory.ROLE_HINT;
+
+    /**
+     * SCM URL translators mapped by provider name.
+     */
+    @Requirement( role = ScmTranslator.class )
+    private Map<String, ScmTranslator> scmTranslators;
+
+    protected final Map<String, ScmTranslator> getScmTranslators()
+    {
+        return scmTranslators;
+    }
+
+    private String ls = ReleaseUtil.LS;
+
+    public void setLs( String ls )
+    {
+        this.ls = ls;
+    }
+
+    public void setModelETL( String modelETL )
+    {
+        this.modelETL = modelETL;
+    }
+
+    private long startTime = -1 * 1000;
+
+    public void setStartTime( long startTime )
+    {
+        this.startTime = startTime;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract String getPomSuffix();
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        transform( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, false, result );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        transform( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, true, result );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult clean( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        if ( reactorProjects != null )
+        {
+            for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                File pomFile = ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( project );
+                // MRELEASE-273 : if no pom
+                if ( pomFile != null )
+                {
+                    File file = new File( pomFile.getParentFile(), pomFile.getName() + "." + getPomSuffix() );
+                    if ( file.exists() )
+                    {
+                        file.delete();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void transform( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                            List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        result.setStartTime( ( startTime >= 0 ) ? startTime : System.currentTimeMillis() );
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Transforming '" + project.getName() + "'..." );
+
+            transformProject( project, releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, simulate, result );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void transformProject( MavenProject project, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                   ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment, boolean simulate,
+                                   ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        File pomFile = ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( project );
+
+        ModelETLRequest request = new ModelETLRequest();
+        request.setLineSeparator( ls );
+        request.setProject( project );
+        request.setReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        ModelETL etl = modelETLFactories.get( modelETL ).newInstance( request );
+
+        etl.extract( pomFile );
+
+        ScmRepository scmRepository = null;
+        ScmProvider provider = null;
+
+        if ( isUpdateScm() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                scmRepository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+                provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( scmRepository );
+            }
+            catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+            }
+            catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+            }
+        }
+
+        transformDocument( project, etl.getModel(), releaseDescriptor, scmRepository, result,
+                           simulate );
+
+        File outputFile;
+        if ( simulate )
+        {
+            outputFile = new File( pomFile.getParentFile(), pomFile.getName() + "." + getPomSuffix() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            outputFile = pomFile;
+            prepareScm( pomFile, releaseDescriptor, scmRepository, provider );
+        }
+        etl.load( outputFile );
+
+    }
+
+    private void transformDocument( MavenProject project, Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                    ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult result,
+                                    boolean simulate )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        Model model = project.getModel();
+
+        Properties properties = modelTarget.getProperties();
+
+        String parentVersion = rewriteParent( project, modelTarget, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+        String projectId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() );
+
+        rewriteVersion( modelTarget, releaseDescriptor, projectId, project, parentVersion );
+
+        Build buildTarget = modelTarget.getBuild();
+        if ( buildTarget != null )
+        {
+            // profile.build.extensions doesn't exist, so only rewrite project.build.extensions
+            rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( buildTarget.getExtensions() ), 
+                                     model, properties, result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+            rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( buildTarget.getPlugins() ), 
+                                     model, properties, result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+            for ( Plugin plugin : buildTarget.getPlugins() )
+            {
+                rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( plugin.getDependencies() ),
+                                         model, properties,
+                                         result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+            }
+
+            if ( buildTarget.getPluginManagement() != null )
+            {
+                rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( buildTarget.getPluginManagement().getPlugins() ), model,
+                                         properties, result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+                for ( Plugin plugin : buildTarget.getPluginManagement().getPlugins() )
+                {
+                    rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( plugin.getDependencies() ), model, properties, result,
+                                             releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        for ( Profile profile : modelTarget.getProfiles() )
+        {
+            BuildBase profileBuild = profile.getBuild();
+            if ( profileBuild != null )
+            {
+                rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( profileBuild.getPlugins() ), model, properties, result,
+                                         releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+                for ( Plugin plugin : profileBuild.getPlugins() )
+                {
+                    rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( plugin.getDependencies() ), model, properties, result,
+                                             releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+                }
+
+                if ( profileBuild.getPluginManagement() != null )
+                {
+                    rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( profileBuild.getPluginManagement().getPlugins() ),
+                                             model, properties, result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+                    for ( Plugin plugin : profileBuild.getPluginManagement().getPlugins() )
+                    {
+                        rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( plugin.getDependencies() ), model, properties,
+                                                 result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        List<ModelBase> modelBases = new ArrayList<>();
+        modelBases.add( modelTarget );
+        modelBases.addAll( modelTarget.getProfiles() );
+
+        for ( ModelBase modelBase : modelBases )
+        {
+            rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( modelBase.getDependencies() ), model, properties, result,
+                                     releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+
+            if ( modelBase.getDependencyManagement() != null )
+            {
+                rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( modelBase.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies() ),
+                                         model, properties, result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+            }
+
+            if ( modelBase.getReporting() != null )
+            {
+                rewriteArtifactVersions( toMavenCoordinates( modelBase.getReporting().getPlugins() ), model, properties,
+                                         result, releaseDescriptor, simulate );
+            }
+        }
+
+        transformScm( project, modelTarget, releaseDescriptor, projectId, scmRepository, result );
+
+        if ( properties != null )
+        {
+            rewriteBuildOutputTimestampProperty( properties, result );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void rewriteBuildOutputTimestampProperty( Properties properties, ReleaseResult result )
+    {
+        String buildOutputTimestamp = properties.getProperty( "project.build.outputTimestamp" );
+        if ( buildOutputTimestamp == null )
+        {
+            // no Reproducible Builds output timestamp defined
+            return;
+        }
+        if ( buildOutputTimestamp.length() <= 1 )
+        {
+            // value length == 1 means disable Reproducible Builds
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNumeric( buildOutputTimestamp ) )
+        {
+            // int representing seconds since the epoch, like SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+            buildOutputTimestamp = String.valueOf( result.getStartTime() / 1000 );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // ISO-8601
+            DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'" );
+            df.setTimeZone( TimeZone.getTimeZone( "UTC" ) );
+            buildOutputTimestamp = df.format( new Date( result.getStartTime() ) );
+        }
+        properties.setProperty( "project.build.outputTimestamp", buildOutputTimestamp );
+    }
+
+    private void rewriteVersion( Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String projectId,
+                                 MavenProject project, String parentVersion )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        String version = getNextVersion( releaseDescriptor, projectId );
+        if ( version == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Version for '" + project.getName() + "' was not mapped" );
+        }
+
+        modelTarget.setVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    private String rewriteParent( MavenProject project, Model targetModel, 
+                                  ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, boolean simulate )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        String parentVersion = null;
+        if ( project.hasParent() )
+        {
+            MavenProject parent = project.getParent();
+            String key = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( parent.getGroupId(), parent.getArtifactId() );
+            parentVersion = getNextVersion( releaseDescriptor, key );
+            if ( parentVersion == null )
+            {
+                //MRELEASE-317
+                parentVersion = getResolvedSnapshotVersion( key, releaseDescriptor );
+            }
+            if ( parentVersion == null )
+            {
+                String original = getOriginalVersion( releaseDescriptor, key, simulate );
+                if ( parent.getVersion().equals( original ) )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Version for parent '" + parent.getName() + "' was not mapped" );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                targetModel.getParent().setVersion( parentVersion );
+            }
+        }
+        return parentVersion;
+    }
+
+    private void rewriteArtifactVersions( Collection<MavenCoordinate> elements, Model projectModel,
+                                          Properties properties, ReleaseResult result,
+                                          ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, boolean simulate )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        if ( elements == null )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        String projectId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( projectModel.getGroupId(), projectModel.getArtifactId() );
+        for ( MavenCoordinate coordinate : elements )
+        {
+            String rawVersion = coordinate.getVersion();
+            if ( rawVersion == null )
+            {
+                // managed dependency or unversioned plugin
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            String rawGroupId = coordinate.getGroupId();
+            if ( rawGroupId == null )
+            {
+                if ( "plugin".equals( coordinate.getName() ) )
+                {
+                    rawGroupId = "org.apache.maven.plugins";
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // incomplete dependency
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            String groupId = ReleaseUtil.interpolate( rawGroupId, projectModel );
+
+            String rawArtifactId = coordinate.getArtifactId();
+            if ( rawArtifactId == null )
+            {
+                // incomplete element
+                continue;
+            }
+            String artifactId = ReleaseUtil.interpolate( rawArtifactId, projectModel );
+
+            String key = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( groupId, artifactId );
+            String resolvedSnapshotVersion = getResolvedSnapshotVersion( key, releaseDescriptor );
+            String mappedVersion = getNextVersion( releaseDescriptor, key );
+            String originalVersion = getOriginalVersion( releaseDescriptor, key, simulate );
+            if ( originalVersion == null )
+            {
+                originalVersion = getOriginalResolvedSnapshotVersion( key, releaseDescriptor );
+            }
+
+            // MRELEASE-220
+            if ( mappedVersion != null && mappedVersion.endsWith( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION )
+                && !rawVersion.endsWith( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION ) && !releaseDescriptor.isUpdateDependencies() )
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ( mappedVersion != null )
+            {
+                if ( rawVersion.equals( originalVersion ) )
+                {
+                    logInfo( result, "  Updating " + artifactId + " to " + mappedVersion );
+                    coordinate.setVersion( mappedVersion );
+                }
+                else if ( rawVersion.matches( "\\$\\{.+\\}" ) )
+                {
+                    String expression = rawVersion.substring( 2, rawVersion.length() - 1 );
+
+                    if ( expression.startsWith( "project." ) || expression.startsWith( "pom." )
+                        || "version".equals( expression ) )
+                    {
+                        if ( !mappedVersion.equals( getNextVersion( releaseDescriptor, projectId ) ) )
+                        {
+                            logInfo( result, "  Updating " + artifactId + " to " + mappedVersion );
+                            coordinate.setVersion( mappedVersion );
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            logInfo( result, "  Ignoring artifact version update for expression " + rawVersion );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if ( properties != null )
+                    {
+                        // version is an expression, check for properties to update instead
+
+                        String propertyValue = properties.getProperty( expression );
+
+                        if ( propertyValue != null )
+                        {
+                            if ( propertyValue.equals( originalVersion ) )
+                            {
+                                logInfo( result, "  Updating " + rawVersion + " to " + mappedVersion );
+                                // change the property only if the property is the same as what's in the reactor
+                                properties.setProperty( expression, mappedVersion );
+                            }
+                            else if ( mappedVersion.equals( propertyValue ) )
+                            {
+                                // this property may have been updated during processing a sibling.
+                                logInfo( result, "  Ignoring artifact version update for expression " + rawVersion
+                                    + " because it is already updated" );
+                            }
+                            else if ( !mappedVersion.equals( rawVersion ) )
+                            {
+                                if ( mappedVersion.matches( "\\$\\{project.+\\}" )
+                                    || mappedVersion.matches( "\\$\\{pom.+\\}" )
+                                    || "${version}".equals( mappedVersion ) )
+                                {
+                                    logInfo( result, "  Ignoring artifact version update for expression "
+                                        + mappedVersion );
+                                    // ignore... we cannot update this expression
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    // the value of the expression conflicts with what the user wanted to release
+                                    throw new ReleaseFailureException( "The artifact (" + key + ") requires a "
+                                        + "different version (" + mappedVersion + ") than what is found ("
+                                        + propertyValue + ") for the expression (" + expression + ") in the "
+                                        + "project (" + projectId + ")." );
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // the expression used to define the version of this artifact may be inherited
+                            // TODO needs a better error message, what pom? what dependency?
+                            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "The version could not be updated: " + rawVersion );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // different/previous version not related to current release
+                }
+            }
+            else if ( resolvedSnapshotVersion != null )
+            {
+                logInfo( result, "  Updating " + artifactId + " to " + resolvedSnapshotVersion );
+
+                coordinate.setVersion( resolvedSnapshotVersion );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // artifact not related to current release
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void prepareScm( File pomFile, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ScmRepository repository,
+                           ScmProvider provider )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseScmCommandException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            if ( isUpdateScm() && ( releaseDescriptor.isScmUseEditMode() || provider.requiresEditMode() ) )
+            {
+                EditScmResult result = provider.edit( repository, new ScmFileSet(
+                    new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ), pomFile ) );
+
+                if ( !result.isSuccess() )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to enable editing on the POM", result );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error occurred enabling edit mode: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    protected abstract String getResolvedSnapshotVersion( String artifactVersionlessKey,
+                                                          ReleaseDescriptor releaseDscriptor );
+
+    protected abstract String getOriginalVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String projectKey,
+                                                  boolean simulate );
+
+    protected abstract String getNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String key );
+
+    protected abstract void transformScm( MavenProject project, Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                          String projectId, ScmRepository scmRepository,
+                                          ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the SCM-section should be updated, otherwise {@code false}
+     * @since 2.4
+     */
+    protected boolean isUpdateScm()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    protected String getOriginalResolvedSnapshotVersion( String artifactVersionlessKey,
+                                                         ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getDependencyOriginalVersion( artifactVersionlessKey );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines the relative path from trunk to tag, and adds this relative path
+     * to the url.
+     *
+     * @param trunkPath - The trunk url
+     * @param tagPath   - The tag base
+     * @param urlPath   - scm.url or scm.connection
+     * @return The url path for the tag.
+     */
+    protected static String translateUrlPath( String trunkPath, String tagPath, String urlPath )
+    {
+        trunkPath = trunkPath.trim();
+        tagPath = tagPath.trim();
+        //Strip the slash at the end if one is present
+        if ( trunkPath.endsWith( "/" ) )
+        {
+            trunkPath = trunkPath.substring( 0, trunkPath.length() - 1 );
+        }
+        if ( tagPath.endsWith( "/" ) )
+        {
+            tagPath = tagPath.substring( 0, tagPath.length() - 1 );
+        }
+        char[] tagPathChars = trunkPath.toCharArray();
+        char[] trunkPathChars = tagPath.toCharArray();
+        // Find the common path between trunk and tags
+        int i = 0;
+        while ( ( i < tagPathChars.length ) && ( i < trunkPathChars.length ) && tagPathChars[i] == trunkPathChars[i] )
+        {
+            ++i;
+        }
+        // If there is nothing common between trunk and tags, or the relative
+        // path does not exist in the url, then just return the tag.
+        if ( i == 0 || urlPath.indexOf( trunkPath.substring( i ) ) < 0 )
+        {
+            return tagPath;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return StringUtils.replace( urlPath, trunkPath.substring( i ), tagPath.substring( i ) );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Collection<MavenCoordinate> toMavenCoordinates( List<?> objects )
+    {
+        Collection<MavenCoordinate> coordinates = new ArrayList<>( objects.size() );
+        for ( Object object : objects )
+        {
+            if ( object instanceof MavenCoordinate )
+            {
+                coordinates.add( (MavenCoordinate) object );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+        }
+        return coordinates;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRunGoalsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRunGoalsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23d4cce71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRunGoalsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutorException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Run the integration tests for the project to verify that it builds before committing.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractRunGoalsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Component to assist in executing Maven.
+     */
+    @Requirement( role = MavenExecutor.class )
+    private Map<String, MavenExecutor> mavenExecutors;
+
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  File workingDirectory, String additionalArguments )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        try
+        {
+            String goals = getGoals( releaseDescriptor );
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( goals ) )
+            {
+                logInfo( result, "Executing goals '" + goals + "'..." );
+
+                MavenExecutor mavenExecutor = mavenExecutors.get( releaseEnvironment.getMavenExecutorId() );
+
+                if ( mavenExecutor == null )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException(
+                        "Cannot find Maven executor with id: " + releaseEnvironment.getMavenExecutorId() );
+                }
+
+                File executionRoot;
+                String pomFileName;
+                if ( releaseDescriptor.getPomFileName() != null )
+                {
+                    File rootPom = new File( workingDirectory, releaseDescriptor.getPomFileName() );
+                    executionRoot = rootPom.getParentFile();
+                    pomFileName = rootPom.getName();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    executionRoot = workingDirectory;
+                    pomFileName = null;
+                }
+                
+                mavenExecutor.executeGoals( executionRoot, goals, releaseEnvironment,
+                                            releaseDescriptor.isInteractive(), additionalArguments,
+                                            pomFileName, result );
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( MavenExecutorException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract String getGoals( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor );
+
+    protected String getAdditionalArguments( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getAdditionalArguments() != null )
+        {
+            builder.append( releaseDescriptor.getAdditionalArguments() );
+        }
+
+        if ( !releaseDescriptor.getActivateProfiles().isEmpty() )
+        {
+            builder.append( " -P " )
+                   .append( StringUtils.join( releaseDescriptor.getActivateProfiles().iterator(), "," ) );
+        }
+
+        return builder.length() > 0 ? builder.toString().trim() : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines the path of the working directory. By default, this is the
+     * checkout directory. For some SCMs, the project root directory is not the
+     * checkout directory itself, but a SCM-specific subdirectory.
+     *
+     * @param checkoutDirectory            The checkout directory as java.io.File
+     * @param relativePathProjectDirectory The relative path of the project directory within the checkout
+     *                                     directory or ""
+     * @return The working directory
+     */
+    protected File determineWorkingDirectory( File checkoutDirectory, String relativePathProjectDirectory )
+    {
+        File workingDirectory = checkoutDirectory;
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( relativePathProjectDirectory ) )
+        {
+            workingDirectory = new File( checkoutDirectory, relativePathProjectDirectory );
+        }
+
+        return workingDirectory;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ae72acab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkin.CheckInScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Holds the basic concept of committing changes to the current working copy.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:me@lcorneliussen.de">Lars Corneliussen</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractScmCommitPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    protected boolean beforeBranchOrTag = false;
+
+    protected boolean afterBranchOrTag = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    protected ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    /**
+     * The getter in the descriptor for the comment.
+     */
+    protected String descriptorCommentGetter;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult relResult = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        runLogic( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, relResult, false );
+
+        relResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return relResult;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        runLogic( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, result, true );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void runLogic( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                      List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, ReleaseResult result, boolean simulating )
+        throws ReleaseScmCommandException, ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+
+    protected void performCheckins( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                    List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String message )
+        throws ReleaseScmRepositoryException, ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseScmCommandException
+    {
+
+        getLogger().info( "Checking in modified POMs..." );
+
+        ScmRepository repository;
+        ScmProvider provider;
+        try
+        {
+            repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                            releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setPushChanges( releaseDescriptor.isPushChanges() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setWorkItem( releaseDescriptor.getWorkItem() );
+
+            provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isCommitByProject() )
+        {
+            for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                List<File> pomFiles = createPomFiles( releaseDescriptor, project );
+                ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( project.getFile().getParentFile(), pomFiles );
+
+                checkin( provider, repository, fileSet, releaseDescriptor, message );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<File> pomFiles = createPomFiles( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+            ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ), pomFiles );
+
+            checkin( provider, repository, fileSet, releaseDescriptor, message );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkin( ScmProvider provider, ScmRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                          ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String message )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseScmCommandException
+    {
+        CheckInScmResult result;
+        try
+        {
+            result = provider.checkIn( repository, fileSet, (ScmVersion) null, message );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error is occurred in the checkin process: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        if ( !result.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to commit files", result );
+        }
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isRemoteTagging() )
+        {
+            releaseDescriptor.setScmReleasedPomRevision( result.getScmRevision() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void simulateCheckins( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, List<MavenProject> reactorProjects,
+                                     ReleaseResult result, String message )
+    {
+        Collection<File> pomFiles = createPomFiles( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+        logInfo( result, "Full run would be commit " + pomFiles.size() + " files with message: '" + message + "'" );
+    }
+
+    protected void validateConfiguration( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "A release label is required for committing" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected String createMessage( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects,
+                                    ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+                                    throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        String comment;
+        boolean branch = false;
+        if ( "getScmReleaseCommitComment".equals( descriptorCommentGetter ) )
+        {
+            comment = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseCommitComment();
+        }
+        else if ( "getScmDevelopmentCommitComment".equals( descriptorCommentGetter ) )
+        {
+            comment = releaseDescriptor.getScmDevelopmentCommitComment();
+        }
+        else if ( "getScmBranchCommitComment".equals( descriptorCommentGetter ) )
+        {
+            comment = releaseDescriptor.getScmBranchCommitComment();
+            branch = true;
+        }
+        else if ( "getScmRollbackCommitComment".equals( descriptorCommentGetter ) )
+        {
+            comment = releaseDescriptor.getScmRollbackCommitComment();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Invalid configuration in components-fragment.xml" );
+        }
+        
+        MavenProject project = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        comment = comment.replace( "@{prefix}", releaseDescriptor.getScmCommentPrefix().trim() );
+        comment = comment.replace( "@{groupId}", project.getGroupId() );
+        comment = comment.replace( "@{artifactId}", project.getArtifactId() );
+        if ( branch )
+        {
+            comment = comment.replace( "@{branchName}", releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            comment = comment.replace( "@{releaseLabel}", releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() );
+        }
+        return comment;
+    }
+
+    protected static List<File> createPomFiles( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, MavenProject project )
+    {
+        List<File> pomFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        pomFiles.add( ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( project ) );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isGenerateReleasePoms() && !releaseDescriptor.isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch() )
+        {
+            pomFiles.add( ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project ) );
+        }
+
+        return pomFiles;
+    }
+
+    protected static List<File> createPomFiles( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                                List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        List<File> pomFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            pomFiles.addAll( createPomFiles( releaseDescriptor, project ) );
+        }
+        return pomFiles;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckCompletedPreparePhasesPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckCompletedPreparePhasesPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f78c76c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckCompletedPreparePhasesPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "verify-completed-prepare-phases" )
+public class CheckCompletedPreparePhasesPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                  ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        // if we stopped mid-way through preparation - don't perform
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getCompletedPhase() != null
+             && !"end-release".equals( releaseDescriptor.getCompletedPhase() ) )
+        {
+            String message = "Cannot perform release - the preparation step was stopped mid-way. Please re-run "
+                             + "release:prepare to continue, or perform the release from an SCM tag.";
+
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+
+            logError( result, message );
+
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( message );
+        }
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl() == null )
+        {
+            String message = "No SCM URL was provided to perform the release from";
+
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+
+            logError( result, message );
+
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( message );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                   ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dc4c817b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,535 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.DefaultVersionInfo;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionInfo;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+
+/**
+ * Check the dependencies of all projects being released to see if there are any unreleased snapshots.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+ // TODO plugins with no version will be resolved to RELEASE which is not a snapshot, but remains unresolved to this point. This is a potential hole in the check, and should be revisited after the release pom writing is done and resolving versions to verify whether it is.
+ // TODO plugins injected by the lifecycle are not tested here. They will be injected with a RELEASE version so are covered under the above point.
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "check-dependency-snapshots" )
+public class CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    public static final String RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_MESSAGE = "There are still some remaining snapshot dependencies.\n";
+
+    public static final String RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_PROMPT = "Do you want to resolve them now?";
+
+    public static final String RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE_MESSAGE = "Dependency type to resolve,";
+
+    public static final String RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE_PROMPT =
+        "specify the selection number ( 0:All 1:Project Dependencies 2:Plugins 3:Reports 4:Extensions ):";
+
+    /**
+     * Component used to prompt for input.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private Prompter prompter;
+    
+    // Be aware of the difference between usedSnapshots and specifiedSnapshots:
+    // UsedSnapshots end up on the classpath.
+    // SpecifiedSnapshots are defined anywhere in the pom.
+    // We'll probably need to introduce specifiedSnapshots as well.
+    // @TODO MRELEASE-378: verify custom dependencies in plugins. Be aware of deprecated/removed Components in M3, such as PluginCollector
+    // @TODO MRELEASE-763: verify all dependencies in inactive profiles
+    
+    // Don't prompt for every project in reactor, remember state of questions
+    private String resolveSnapshot;
+
+    private String resolveSnapshotType;
+    
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        if ( !releaseDescriptor.isAllowTimestampedSnapshots() )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Checking dependencies and plugins for snapshots ..." );
+
+            for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                checkProject( project, releaseDescriptor );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Ignoring SNAPSHOT depenedencies and plugins ..." );
+        }
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void checkProject( MavenProject project, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        Map<String, Artifact> artifactMap = ArtifactUtils.artifactMapByVersionlessId( project.getArtifacts() );
+        
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotDependencies = new HashSet<>();
+
+        if ( project.getParentArtifact() != null )
+        {
+            if ( checkArtifact( project.getParentArtifact(), artifactMap, releaseDescriptor ) )
+            {
+                usedSnapshotDependencies.add( project.getParentArtifact() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        Set<Artifact> dependencyArtifacts = project.getDependencyArtifacts();
+        usedSnapshotDependencies.addAll( checkDependencies( releaseDescriptor, artifactMap, dependencyArtifacts ) );
+
+        //@todo check dependencyManagement
+
+        Set<Artifact> pluginArtifacts = project.getPluginArtifacts();
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotPlugins = checkPlugins( releaseDescriptor, artifactMap, pluginArtifacts );
+
+        //@todo check pluginManagement
+
+        Set<Artifact> reportArtifacts = project.getReportArtifacts();
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotReports = checkReports( releaseDescriptor, artifactMap, reportArtifacts );
+
+        Set<Artifact> extensionArtifacts = project.getExtensionArtifacts();
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotExtensions = checkExtensions( releaseDescriptor, artifactMap, extensionArtifacts );
+
+        //@todo check profiles
+
+        if ( !usedSnapshotDependencies.isEmpty() || !usedSnapshotReports.isEmpty()
+                        || !usedSnapshotExtensions.isEmpty() || !usedSnapshotPlugins.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            if ( releaseDescriptor.isInteractive() || null != releaseDescriptor.getAutoResolveSnapshots() )
+            {
+                resolveSnapshots( usedSnapshotDependencies, usedSnapshotReports, usedSnapshotExtensions,
+                                  usedSnapshotPlugins, releaseDescriptor );
+            }
+
+            if ( !usedSnapshotDependencies.isEmpty() || !usedSnapshotReports.isEmpty()
+                            || !usedSnapshotExtensions.isEmpty() || !usedSnapshotPlugins.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
+
+                printSnapshotDependencies( usedSnapshotDependencies, message );
+                printSnapshotDependencies( usedSnapshotReports, message );
+                printSnapshotDependencies( usedSnapshotExtensions, message );
+                printSnapshotDependencies( usedSnapshotPlugins, message );
+                message.append( "in project '" + project.getName() + "' (" + project.getId() + ")" );
+
+                throw new ReleaseFailureException(
+                    "Can't release project due to non released dependencies :\n" + message );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Set<Artifact> checkPlugins( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                               Map<String, Artifact> artifactMap, Set<Artifact> pluginArtifacts )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotPlugins = new HashSet<>();
+        for ( Artifact artifact : pluginArtifacts )
+        {
+            if ( checkArtifact( artifact, artifactMap, releaseDescriptor ) )
+            {
+                boolean addToFailures;
+
+                if ( "org.apache.maven.plugins".equals( artifact.getGroupId() ) && "maven-release-plugin".equals(
+                    artifact.getArtifactId() ) )
+                {
+                    // It's a snapshot of the release plugin. Maybe just testing - ask
+                    // By default, we fail as for any other plugin
+                    if ( releaseDescriptor.isSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed() )
+                    {
+                        addToFailures = false;
+                    }
+                    else if ( releaseDescriptor.isInteractive() )
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            String result;
+                            if ( !releaseDescriptor.isSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed() )
+                            {
+                                prompter.showMessage( "This project relies on a SNAPSHOT of the release plugin. "
+                                                          + "This may be necessary during testing.\n" );
+                                result = prompter.prompt( "Do you want to continue with the release?",
+                                                          Arrays.asList( "yes", "no" ), "no" );
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                result = "yes";
+                            }
+
+                            if ( result.toLowerCase( Locale.ENGLISH ).startsWith( "y" ) )
+                            {
+                                addToFailures = false;
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                addToFailures = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch ( PrompterException e )
+                        {
+                            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        addToFailures = true;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    addToFailures = true;
+                }
+
+                if ( addToFailures )
+                {
+                    usedSnapshotPlugins.add( artifact );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return usedSnapshotPlugins;
+    }
+
+    private Set<Artifact> checkDependencies( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                    Map<String, Artifact> artifactMap, 
+                                    Set<Artifact> dependencyArtifacts )
+    {
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotDependencies = new HashSet<>();
+        for ( Artifact artifact : dependencyArtifacts )
+        {
+            if ( checkArtifact( artifact, artifactMap, releaseDescriptor ) )
+            {
+                usedSnapshotDependencies.add( getArtifactFromMap( artifact, artifactMap ) );
+            }
+        }
+        return usedSnapshotDependencies;
+    }
+
+    private Set<Artifact> checkReports( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                               Map<String, Artifact> artifactMap, Set<Artifact> reportArtifacts )
+    {
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotReports = new HashSet<>();
+        for ( Artifact artifact : reportArtifacts )
+        {
+            if ( checkArtifact( artifact, artifactMap, releaseDescriptor ) )
+            {
+                //snapshotDependencies.add( artifact );
+                usedSnapshotReports.add( artifact );
+            }
+        }
+        return usedSnapshotReports;
+    }
+
+    private Set<Artifact> checkExtensions( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                  Map<String, Artifact> artifactMap, Set<Artifact> extensionArtifacts )
+    {
+        Set<Artifact> usedSnapshotExtensions = new HashSet<>();
+        for ( Artifact artifact : extensionArtifacts )
+        {
+            if ( checkArtifact( artifact, artifactMap, releaseDescriptor ) )
+            {
+                usedSnapshotExtensions.add( artifact );
+            }
+        }
+        return usedSnapshotExtensions;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean checkArtifact( Artifact artifact,
+                                          Map<String, Artifact> artifactMapByVersionlessId,
+                                          ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        Artifact checkArtifact = getArtifactFromMap( artifact, artifactMapByVersionlessId );
+
+        return checkArtifact( checkArtifact, releaseDescriptor );
+    }
+
+    private static Artifact getArtifactFromMap( Artifact artifact, Map<String, Artifact> artifactMapByVersionlessId )
+    {
+        String versionlessId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( artifact );
+        Artifact checkArtifact = artifactMapByVersionlessId.get( versionlessId );
+
+        if ( checkArtifact == null )
+        {
+            checkArtifact = artifact;
+        }
+        return checkArtifact;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean checkArtifact( Artifact artifact, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        String versionlessKey = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( artifact.getGroupId(), artifact.getArtifactId() );
+        String releaseDescriptorResolvedVersion = releaseDescriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( versionlessKey );
+
+        boolean releaseDescriptorResolvedVersionIsSnapshot = releaseDescriptorResolvedVersion == null
+                        || releaseDescriptorResolvedVersion.contains( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION );
+        
+        // We are only looking at dependencies external to the project - ignore anything found in the reactor as
+        // it's version will be updated
+        boolean bannedVersion = artifact.isSnapshot()
+                && !artifact.getBaseVersion().equals( releaseDescriptor.getProjectOriginalVersion( versionlessKey ) )
+                        && releaseDescriptorResolvedVersionIsSnapshot;
+
+        // If we have a snapshot but allowTimestampedSnapshots is true, accept the artifact if the version
+        // indicates that it is a timestamped snapshot.
+        if ( bannedVersion && releaseDescriptor.isAllowTimestampedSnapshots() )
+        {
+            bannedVersion = artifact.getVersion().indexOf( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION ) >= 0;
+        }
+
+        return bannedVersion;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        // It makes no modifications, so simulate is the same as execute
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+    }
+
+    public void setPrompter( Prompter prompter )
+    {
+        this.prompter = prompter;
+    }
+
+    private StringBuilder printSnapshotDependencies( Set<Artifact> snapshotsSet, StringBuilder message )
+    {
+        List<Artifact> snapshotsList = new ArrayList<>( snapshotsSet );
+
+        Collections.sort( snapshotsList );
+
+        for ( Artifact artifact : snapshotsList )
+        {
+            message.append( "    " );
+
+            message.append( artifact );
+
+            message.append( "\n" );
+        }
+
+        return message;
+    }
+
+    private void resolveSnapshots( Set<Artifact> projectDependencies, Set<Artifact> reportDependencies,
+                                   Set<Artifact> extensionDependencies, Set<Artifact> pluginDependencies,
+                                   ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            String autoResolveSnapshots = releaseDescriptor.getAutoResolveSnapshots();
+            if ( resolveSnapshot == null )
+            {
+                prompter.showMessage( RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_MESSAGE );
+                if ( autoResolveSnapshots != null )
+                {
+                    resolveSnapshot = "yes";
+                    prompter.showMessage( RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_PROMPT + " " + resolveSnapshot );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    resolveSnapshot = prompter.prompt( RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_PROMPT, Arrays.asList( "yes", "no" ), "no" );
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( resolveSnapshot.toLowerCase( Locale.ENGLISH ).startsWith( "y" ) )
+            {
+                if ( resolveSnapshotType == null )
+                {
+                    prompter.showMessage( RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE_MESSAGE );
+                    int defaultAnswer = -1;
+                    if ( autoResolveSnapshots != null )
+                    {
+                        if ( "all".equalsIgnoreCase( autoResolveSnapshots ) )
+                        {
+                            defaultAnswer = 0;
+                        }
+                        else if ( "dependencies".equalsIgnoreCase( autoResolveSnapshots ) )
+                        {
+                            defaultAnswer = 1;
+                        }
+                        else if ( "plugins".equalsIgnoreCase( autoResolveSnapshots ) )
+                        {
+                            defaultAnswer = 2;
+                        }
+                        else if ( "reports".equalsIgnoreCase( autoResolveSnapshots ) )
+                        {
+                            defaultAnswer = 3;
+                        }
+                        else if ( "extensions".equalsIgnoreCase( autoResolveSnapshots ) )
+                        {
+                            defaultAnswer = 4;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            try
+                            {
+                                defaultAnswer = Integer.parseInt( autoResolveSnapshots );
+                            }
+                            catch ( NumberFormatException e )
+                            {
+                                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if ( defaultAnswer >= 0 && defaultAnswer <= 4 )
+                    {
+                        prompter.showMessage( RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE_PROMPT + " " + autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        resolveSnapshotType = Integer.toString( defaultAnswer );
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        resolveSnapshotType =
+                            prompter.prompt( RESOLVE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE_PROMPT, Arrays.asList( "0", "1", "2", "3" ), "1" );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                switch ( Integer.parseInt( resolveSnapshotType.toLowerCase( Locale.ENGLISH ) ) )
+                {
+                    // all
+                    case 0:
+                        processSnapshot( projectDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        processSnapshot( pluginDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        processSnapshot( reportDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        processSnapshot( extensionDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        break;
+
+                        // project dependencies
+                    case 1:
+                        processSnapshot( projectDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        break;
+
+                        // plugins
+                    case 2:
+                        processSnapshot( pluginDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        break;
+
+                        // reports
+                    case 3:
+                        processSnapshot( reportDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        break;
+
+                        // extensions
+                    case 4:
+                        processSnapshot( extensionDependencies, releaseDescriptor, autoResolveSnapshots );
+                        break;
+
+                    default:
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( PrompterException | VersionParseException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processSnapshot( Set<Artifact> snapshotSet, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                  String autoResolveSnapshots )
+        throws PrompterException, VersionParseException
+    {
+        Iterator<Artifact> iterator = snapshotSet.iterator();
+
+        while ( iterator.hasNext() )
+        {
+            Artifact currentArtifact = iterator.next();
+            String versionlessKey = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( currentArtifact );
+
+            VersionInfo versionInfo = new DefaultVersionInfo( currentArtifact.getBaseVersion() );
+            releaseDescriptor.addDependencyOriginalVersion( versionlessKey, versionInfo.toString() );
+
+            prompter.showMessage(
+                "Dependency '" + versionlessKey + "' is a snapshot (" + currentArtifact.getVersion() + ")\n" );
+            String message = "Which release version should it be set to?";
+            String result;
+            if ( null != autoResolveSnapshots )
+            {
+                result = versionInfo.getReleaseVersionString();
+                prompter.showMessage( message + " " + result );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                result = prompter.prompt( message, versionInfo.getReleaseVersionString() );
+            }
+            
+            releaseDescriptor.addDependencyReleaseVersion( versionlessKey, result );
+
+            iterator.remove();
+
+            // by default, keep the same version for the dependency after release, unless it was previously newer
+            // the user may opt to type in something different
+            VersionInfo nextVersionInfo = new DefaultVersionInfo( result );
+
+            String nextVersion;
+            if ( nextVersionInfo.compareTo( versionInfo ) > 0 )
+            {
+                nextVersion = nextVersionInfo.toString();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                nextVersion = versionInfo.toString();
+            }
+
+            message = "What version should the dependency be reset to for development?";
+            if ( null != autoResolveSnapshots )
+            {
+                result = nextVersion;
+                prompter.showMessage( message + " " + result );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                result = prompter.prompt( message, nextVersion );
+            }
+            
+            releaseDescriptor.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( versionlessKey, result );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..128721fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Phase that checks the validity of the POM before release.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class CheckPomPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.4
+     */
+    private boolean scmRequired = true;
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.5.2
+     */
+    private boolean snapshotsRequired = true;
+
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        // Currently, we don't deal with multiple SCM locations in a multiproject
+        if ( scmRequired )
+        {
+            if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl() ) )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseFailureException(
+                    "Missing required setting: scm connection or developerConnection must be specified." );
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+            }
+            catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+            }
+            catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseFailureException(
+                    "The provider given in the SCM URL could not be found: " + e.getMessage() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        boolean containsSnapshotProjects = false;
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            if ( ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( project.getVersion() ) )
+            {
+                containsSnapshotProjects = true;
+
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( snapshotsRequired && !containsSnapshotProjects && !releaseDescriptor.isBranchCreation() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "You don't have a SNAPSHOT project in the reactor projects list." );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        // It makes no modifications, so simulate is the same as execute
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScm.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScm.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17bc3f467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameter;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkout.CheckOutScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "checkout-project-from-scm" )
+public class CheckoutProjectFromScm
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+            throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult releaseResult = null;
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isLocalCheckout() )
+        {
+            // in the release phase we have to change the checkout URL
+            // to do a local checkout instead of going over the network.
+
+            // the first step is a bit tricky, we need to know which provider! like e.g. "scm:jgit:http://"
+            // the offset of 4 is because 'scm:' has 4 characters...
+            String providerPart = releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl()
+                    .substring( 0, releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl().indexOf( ':', 4 ) );
+
+            String scmPath = releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory();
+
+            // now we iteratively try to checkout.
+            // if the local checkout fails, then we might be in a subdirectory
+            // and need to walk a few directories up.
+            do
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if ( scmPath.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                    {
+                        // cut off the first '/'
+                        scmPath = scmPath.substring( 1 );
+                    }
+
+                    String scmUrl = providerPart + ":file:///" + scmPath;
+                    releaseDescriptor.setScmSourceUrl( scmUrl );
+                    getLogger().info( "Performing a LOCAL checkout from " + releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl() );
+
+                    releaseResult = performCheckout( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+                }
+                catch ( ScmException scmEx )
+                {
+                    // the checkout from _this_ directory failed
+                    releaseResult = null;
+                }
+
+                if ( releaseResult == null || releaseResult.getResultCode() == ReleaseResult.ERROR )
+                {
+                    // this means that there is no SCM repo in this directory
+                    // thus we try to step one directory up
+                    releaseResult = null;
+
+                    // remove last sub-directory path
+                    int lastSlashPos = scmPath.lastIndexOf( File.separator );
+                    if ( lastSlashPos > 0 )
+                    {
+                        scmPath = scmPath.substring( 0, lastSlashPos );
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "could not perform a local checkout" );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            while ( releaseResult == null );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // when there is no localCheckout, then we just do a standard SCM checkout.
+            try
+            {
+                releaseResult =  performCheckout( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+            }
+            catch ( ScmException e )
+            {
+                releaseResult = new ReleaseResult();
+                releaseResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+                logError( releaseResult, e.getMessage() );
+
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error is occurred in the checkout process: "
+                                                     + e.getMessage(), e );
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return releaseResult;
+    }
+
+
+    private ReleaseResult performCheckout( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException, ScmException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        logInfo( result, "Checking out the project to perform the release ..." );
+
+        ScmRepository repository;
+        ScmProvider provider;
+
+        try
+        {
+            repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                            releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+            logError( result, e.getMessage() );
+
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+            logError( result, e.getMessage() );
+
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+
+        // TODO: sanity check that it is not . or .. or lower
+        File checkoutDirectory =
+            FileUtils.resolveFile( rootProject.getBasedir(), releaseDescriptor.getCheckoutDirectory() );
+
+        if ( checkoutDirectory.exists() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                FileUtils.deleteDirectory( checkoutDirectory );
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+                logError( result, e.getMessage() );
+
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to remove old checkout directory: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+            }
+        }
+
+        checkoutDirectory.mkdirs();
+
+        CommandParameters commandParameters = new CommandParameters();
+        commandParameters.setString( CommandParameter.SHALLOW, Boolean.TRUE.toString() );
+
+        CheckOutScmResult scmResult = provider.checkOut( repository, new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ),
+                           new ScmTag( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() ), commandParameters );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isLocalCheckout() && !scmResult.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            // this is not beautiful but needed to indicate that the execute() method
+            // should continue in the parent directory
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String scmRelativePathProjectDirectory = scmResult.getRelativePathProjectDirectory();
+        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( scmRelativePathProjectDirectory ) )
+        {
+            Path workingDirectory = Paths.get( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() );
+
+            Path rootProjectBasedir;
+            try
+            {
+                rootProjectBasedir = rootProject.getBasedir().toPath().toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS );
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+            }
+            
+            scmRelativePathProjectDirectory = workingDirectory.relativize( rootProjectBasedir ).toString();
+        }
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmRelativePathProjectDirectory( scmRelativePathProjectDirectory );
+
+        if ( !scmResult.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.ERROR );
+            logError( result, scmResult.getProviderMessage() );
+
+            throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to checkout from SCM", scmResult );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isLocalCheckout() )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "This would be a LOCAL check out to perform the release ..." );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "The project would be checked out to perform the release ..." );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf07fd629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "create-backup-poms" )
+public class CreateBackupPomsPhase
+    extends AbstractBackupPomsPhase implements ResourceGenerator
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        // remove previous backups, if any
+        clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            createPomBackup( project );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult clean( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            deletePomBackup( project );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+    }
+
+    private void createPomBackup( MavenProject project )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        // delete any existing backup first
+        deletePomBackup( project );
+
+        try
+        {
+            FileUtils.copyFile( ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( project ), getPomBackup( project ) );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error creating backup POM: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..123c0a35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Finalise release preparation so it can be flagged complete..
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "end-release" )
+public class EndReleasePhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        logInfo( result, "Release preparation complete." );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        logInfo( result, "Release preparation simulation complete." );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b6004f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,700 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Extension;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.apache.maven.model.ReportPlugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Reporting;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.DefaultModelBuildingRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.model.interpolation.ModelInterpolator;
+import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Writer;
+import org.apache.maven.model.superpom.SuperPomProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.add.AddScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Generate release POMs.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "generate-release-poms" )
+public class GenerateReleasePomsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePomsPhase implements ResourceGenerator
+{
+    private static final String FINALNAME_EXPRESSION = "${project.artifactId}-${project.version}";
+
+    @Requirement
+    private SuperPomProvider superPomProvider;
+
+    @Requirement
+    private ModelInterpolator modelInterpolator;
+
+    /**
+     * SCM URL translators mapped by provider name.
+     */
+    @Requirement( role = ScmTranslator.class )
+    private Map<String, ScmTranslator> scmTranslators;
+
+    /*
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase#execute(org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor,
+     *      org.apache.maven.settings.Settings, java.util.List)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, false );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean simulate )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isGenerateReleasePoms() )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Generating release POMs..." );
+
+            generateReleasePoms( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, simulate, result );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Not generating release POMs" );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void generateReleasePoms( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                      List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        List<File> releasePoms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Generating release POM for '" + project.getName() + "'..." );
+
+            releasePoms.add( generateReleasePom( project, releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects,
+                                                 simulate, result ) );
+        }
+
+        addReleasePomsToScm( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, simulate, result, releasePoms );
+    }
+
+    private File generateReleasePom( MavenProject project, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                     ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment, List<MavenProject> reactorProjects,
+                                     boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        // create release pom
+
+        Model releasePom = createReleaseModel( project, releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects,
+                                               result );
+
+        // write release pom to file
+
+        MavenXpp3Writer pomWriter = new MavenXpp3Writer();
+
+        File releasePomFile = ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project );
+
+        // MRELEASE-273 : A release pom can be null
+        if ( releasePomFile == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Cannot generate release POM : pom file is null" );
+        }
+
+        
+
+        try ( Writer fileWriter = WriterFactory.newXmlWriter( releasePomFile ) ) 
+        {
+            pomWriter.write( fileWriter, releasePom );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException exception )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Cannot generate release POM", exception );
+        }
+
+        return releasePomFile;
+    }
+
+    private void addReleasePomsToScm( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                      List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result,
+                                      List<File> releasePoms )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        if ( simulate )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Full run would be adding " + releasePoms );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ScmRepository scmRepository = getScmRepository( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment );
+            ScmProvider scmProvider = getScmProvider( scmRepository );
+
+            MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+            ScmFileSet scmFileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), releasePoms );
+
+            try
+            {
+                AddScmResult scmResult = scmProvider.add( scmRepository, scmFileSet );
+
+                if ( !scmResult.isSuccess() )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Cannot add release POM to SCM", scmResult );
+                }
+            }
+            catch ( ScmException exception )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Cannot add release POM to SCM: " + exception.getMessage(),
+                                                     exception );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Model createReleaseModel( MavenProject project, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                      ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment, List<MavenProject> reactorProjects,
+                                      ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        MavenProject releaseProject = project.clone();
+        Model releaseModel = releaseProject.getModel();
+
+        // the release POM should reflect bits of these which were injected at build time...
+        // we don't need these polluting the POM.
+        releaseModel.setParent( null );
+        releaseModel.setProfiles( Collections.<Profile>emptyList() );
+        releaseModel.setDependencyManagement( null );
+        releaseProject.getBuild().setPluginManagement( null );
+
+        // update project version
+        String projectVersion = releaseModel.getVersion();
+        String releaseVersion =
+            getNextVersion( releaseDescriptor, project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId(), projectVersion );
+        releaseModel.setVersion( releaseVersion );
+
+        String originalFinalName = releaseModel.getBuild().getFinalName();
+        // update final name if implicit
+        if ( !FINALNAME_EXPRESSION.equals( originalFinalName ) )
+        {
+            originalFinalName = findOriginalFinalName( project );
+
+            if ( originalFinalName == null )
+            {
+                // as defined in super-pom
+                originalFinalName = FINALNAME_EXPRESSION;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // make finalName always explicit
+        String finalName = ReleaseUtil.interpolate( originalFinalName, releaseModel );
+
+        // still required?
+        if ( finalName.indexOf( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION ) != -1 )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Cannot reliably adjust the finalName of project: "
+                            + releaseProject.getId() );
+        }
+        releaseModel.getBuild().setFinalName( finalName );
+
+
+        // update scm
+        Scm scm = releaseModel.getScm();
+
+        if ( scm != null )
+        {
+            ScmRepository scmRepository = getScmRepository( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment );
+            ScmTranslator scmTranslator = getScmTranslator( scmRepository );
+
+            if ( scmTranslator != null )
+            {
+                releaseModel.setScm( createReleaseScm( releaseModel.getScm(), scmTranslator, releaseDescriptor ) );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                String message = "No SCM translator found - skipping rewrite";
+
+                result.appendDebug( message );
+
+                getLogger().debug( message );
+            }
+        }
+
+        // rewrite dependencies
+        releaseModel.setDependencies( createReleaseDependencies( releaseDescriptor, releaseProject ) );
+
+        // rewrite plugins
+        releaseModel.getBuild().setPlugins( createReleasePlugins( releaseDescriptor, releaseProject ) );
+
+        // rewrite reports
+        releaseModel.getReporting().setPlugins( createReleaseReportPlugins( releaseDescriptor, 
+                                                                            releaseProject ) );
+
+        // rewrite extensions
+        releaseModel.getBuild().setExtensions( createReleaseExtensions( releaseDescriptor, 
+                                                                        releaseProject ) );
+
+        unalignFromBaseDirectory( releaseModel, project.getBasedir() );
+
+        return releaseModel;
+    }
+
+
+    private void unalignFromBaseDirectory( Model releaseModel, File basedir )
+    {
+        Model rawSuperModel = superPomProvider.getSuperModel( releaseModel.getModelVersion() );
+
+        ModelBuildingRequest buildingRequest = new DefaultModelBuildingRequest();
+        buildingRequest.setValidationLevel( ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_STRICT );
+
+        // inject proper values used by project.build.finalName
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        properties.put( "project.version", releaseModel.getVersion() );
+        properties.put( "project.artifactId", releaseModel.getArtifactId() );
+        buildingRequest.setUserProperties( properties );
+
+        Model interpolatedSuperModel =
+            modelInterpolator.interpolateModel( rawSuperModel.clone(), basedir, buildingRequest, null );
+
+        Build currentBuild = releaseModel.getBuild();
+        Build interpolatedSuperBuild = interpolatedSuperModel.getBuild();
+        Build rawSuperBuild = rawSuperModel.getBuild();
+
+        currentBuild.setSourceDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentBuild.getSourceDirectory(),
+                                                  interpolatedSuperBuild.getSourceDirectory(),
+                                                  rawSuperBuild.getSourceDirectory() ) );
+        currentBuild.setScriptSourceDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentBuild.getScriptSourceDirectory(),
+                                                  interpolatedSuperBuild.getScriptSourceDirectory(),
+                                                  rawSuperBuild.getScriptSourceDirectory() ) );
+        currentBuild.setTestSourceDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentBuild.getTestSourceDirectory(),
+                                                  interpolatedSuperBuild.getTestSourceDirectory(),
+                                                  rawSuperBuild.getTestSourceDirectory() ) );
+        currentBuild.setOutputDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentBuild.getOutputDirectory(),
+                                                        interpolatedSuperBuild.getOutputDirectory(),
+                                                        rawSuperBuild.getOutputDirectory() ) );
+        currentBuild.setTestOutputDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentBuild.getTestOutputDirectory(),
+                                                      interpolatedSuperBuild.getTestOutputDirectory(),
+                                                      rawSuperBuild.getTestOutputDirectory() ) );
+        currentBuild.setDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentBuild.getDirectory(),
+                                            interpolatedSuperBuild.getDirectory(),
+                                            rawSuperBuild.getDirectory() ) );
+
+        for ( Resource currentResource : currentBuild.getResources() )
+        {
+            Map<String, String> superResourceDirectories =
+                new LinkedHashMap<>( interpolatedSuperBuild.getResources().size() );
+            for ( int i = 0; i < interpolatedSuperBuild.getResources().size(); i++ )
+            {
+                superResourceDirectories.put( interpolatedSuperBuild.getResources().get( i ).getDirectory(),
+                                              rawSuperBuild.getResources().get( i ).getDirectory() );
+            }
+            currentResource.setDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentResource.getDirectory(),
+                                                       superResourceDirectories ) );
+        }
+
+        for ( Resource currentResource : currentBuild.getTestResources() )
+        {
+            Map<String, String> superResourceDirectories =
+                new LinkedHashMap<>( interpolatedSuperBuild.getTestResources().size() );
+            for ( int i = 0; i < interpolatedSuperBuild.getTestResources().size(); i++ )
+            {
+                superResourceDirectories.put( interpolatedSuperBuild.getTestResources().get( i ).getDirectory(),
+                                              rawSuperBuild.getTestResources().get( i ).getDirectory() );
+            }
+            currentResource.setDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(), currentResource.getDirectory(),
+                                                       superResourceDirectories ) );
+        }
+
+
+
+        releaseModel.getReporting().setOutputDirectory( resolvePath( basedir.toPath(),
+                                                         releaseModel.getReporting().getOutputDirectory(),
+                                                         interpolatedSuperModel.getReporting().getOutputDirectory(),
+                                                         rawSuperModel.getReporting().getOutputDirectory() ) );
+    }
+
+    private String resolvePath( Path basedir, String current, String superInterpolated, String superRaw )
+    {
+        return basedir.resolve( current ).equals( basedir.resolve( superInterpolated ) ) ? superRaw : current;
+    }
+
+    private String resolvePath( Path basedir,
+                                String current,
+                                Map<String /* interpolated */, String /* raw */> superValues )
+    {
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, String> superValue : superValues.entrySet() )
+        {
+            if ( basedir.resolve( current ).equals( basedir.resolve( superValue.getKey() ) ) )
+            {
+                return superValue.getValue();
+            }
+        }
+        return current;
+    }
+
+    private String findOriginalFinalName( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        if ( project.getOriginalModel().getBuild() != null
+            && project.getOriginalModel().getBuild().getFinalName() != null )
+        {
+            return project.getOriginalModel().getBuild().getFinalName();
+        }
+        else if ( project.hasParent() )
+        {
+            return findOriginalFinalName( project.getParent() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, true );
+    }
+
+    private String getNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String groupId, String artifactId,
+                                   String version )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        // TODO: share with RewritePomsForReleasePhase.rewriteVersion
+
+        String id = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( groupId, artifactId );
+
+        String nextVersion = releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( id );
+
+        if ( nextVersion == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Version for '" + id + "' was not mapped" );
+        }
+
+        return nextVersion;
+    }
+
+    private ScmTranslator getScmTranslator( ScmRepository scmRepository )
+    {
+        return scmTranslators.get( scmRepository.getProvider() );
+    }
+
+    private Scm createReleaseScm( Scm scm, ScmTranslator scmTranslator, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        // TODO: share with RewritePomsForReleasePhase.translateScm
+
+        String tag = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+        String tagBase = releaseDescriptor.getScmTagBase();
+
+        Scm releaseScm = new Scm();
+
+        if ( scm.getConnection() != null )
+        {
+            String value = scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( scm.getConnection(), tag, tagBase );
+            releaseScm.setConnection( value );
+        }
+
+        if ( scm.getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+        {
+            String value = scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( scm.getDeveloperConnection(), tag, tagBase );
+            releaseScm.setDeveloperConnection( value );
+        }
+
+        if ( scm.getUrl() != null )
+        {
+            String value = scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( scm.getUrl(), tag, tagBase );
+            releaseScm.setUrl( value );
+        }
+
+        if ( scm.getTag() != null )
+        {
+            String value = scmTranslator.resolveTag( scm.getTag() );
+            releaseScm.setTag( value );
+        }
+
+        return releaseScm;
+    }
+
+    private List<Dependency> createReleaseDependencies( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                                        MavenProject project )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        Set<Artifact> artifacts = project.getArtifacts();
+
+        List<Dependency> releaseDependencies = null;
+
+        if ( artifacts != null )
+        {
+            // make dependency order deterministic for tests (related to MNG-1412)
+            List<Artifact> orderedArtifacts = new ArrayList<>();
+            orderedArtifacts.addAll( artifacts );
+            Collections.sort( orderedArtifacts );
+
+            releaseDependencies = new ArrayList<>();
+
+            for ( Artifact artifact : orderedArtifacts )
+            {
+                Dependency releaseDependency = new Dependency();
+
+                releaseDependency.setGroupId( artifact.getGroupId() );
+                releaseDependency.setArtifactId( artifact.getArtifactId() );
+
+                String version = getReleaseVersion( releaseDescriptor, artifact );
+
+                releaseDependency.setVersion( version );
+                releaseDependency.setType( artifact.getType() );
+                releaseDependency.setScope( artifact.getScope() );
+                releaseDependency.setClassifier( artifact.getClassifier() );
+
+                releaseDependencies.add( releaseDependency );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return releaseDependencies;
+    }
+
+    private String getReleaseVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                      Artifact artifact )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        String key = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( artifact );
+
+        String originalVersion = releaseDescriptor.getProjectOriginalVersion( key );
+        String mappedVersion = releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( key );
+
+        String version = artifact.getVersion();
+
+        if ( version.equals( originalVersion ) )
+        {
+            if ( mappedVersion != null )
+            {
+                version = mappedVersion;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Version '" + version + "' for '" + key + "' was not mapped" );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( !ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( version ) )
+            {
+                version = artifact.getBaseVersion();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    private List<Plugin> createReleasePlugins( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                               MavenProject project )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        List<Plugin> releasePlugins = null;
+
+        // Use original - don't want the lifecycle introduced ones
+        Build build = project.getOriginalModel().getBuild();
+
+        if ( build != null )
+        {
+            List<Plugin> plugins = build.getPlugins();
+
+            if ( plugins != null )
+            {
+                Map<String, Artifact> artifactsById = project.getPluginArtifactMap();
+
+                releasePlugins = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                for ( Plugin plugin : plugins )
+                {
+                    String id = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( plugin.getGroupId(), plugin.getArtifactId() );
+                    Artifact artifact = artifactsById.get( id );
+                    String version = getReleaseVersion( releaseDescriptor, artifact );
+
+                    Plugin releasePlugin = new Plugin();
+                    releasePlugin.setGroupId( plugin.getGroupId() );
+                    releasePlugin.setArtifactId( plugin.getArtifactId() );
+                    releasePlugin.setVersion( version );
+                    if ( plugin.getExtensions() != null )
+                    {
+                        releasePlugin.setExtensions( plugin.isExtensions() );
+                    }
+                    releasePlugin.setExecutions( plugin.getExecutions() );
+                    releasePlugin.setDependencies( plugin.getDependencies() );
+                    releasePlugin.setGoals( plugin.getGoals() );
+                    releasePlugin.setInherited( plugin.getInherited() );
+                    releasePlugin.setConfiguration( plugin.getConfiguration() );
+
+                    releasePlugins.add( releasePlugin );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return releasePlugins;
+    }
+
+    private List<ReportPlugin> createReleaseReportPlugins( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                                           MavenProject project )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        List<ReportPlugin> releaseReportPlugins = null;
+
+        Reporting reporting = project.getModel().getReporting();
+
+        if ( reporting != null )
+        {
+            List<ReportPlugin> reportPlugins = reporting.getPlugins();
+
+            if ( reportPlugins != null )
+            {
+                Map<String, Artifact> artifactsById = project.getReportArtifactMap();
+
+                releaseReportPlugins = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                for ( ReportPlugin reportPlugin : reportPlugins )
+                {
+                    String id = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( reportPlugin.getGroupId(), reportPlugin.getArtifactId() );
+                    Artifact artifact = artifactsById.get( id );
+                    String version = getReleaseVersion( releaseDescriptor, artifact );
+
+                    ReportPlugin releaseReportPlugin = new ReportPlugin();
+                    releaseReportPlugin.setGroupId( reportPlugin.getGroupId() );
+                    releaseReportPlugin.setArtifactId( reportPlugin.getArtifactId() );
+                    releaseReportPlugin.setVersion( version );
+                    releaseReportPlugin.setInherited( reportPlugin.getInherited() );
+                    releaseReportPlugin.setConfiguration( reportPlugin.getConfiguration() );
+                    releaseReportPlugin.setReportSets( reportPlugin.getReportSets() );
+
+                    releaseReportPlugins.add( releaseReportPlugin );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return releaseReportPlugins;
+    }
+
+    private List<Extension> createReleaseExtensions( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                                     MavenProject project )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        List<Extension> releaseExtensions = null;
+
+        // Use original - don't want the lifecycle introduced ones
+        Build build = project.getOriginalModel().getBuild();
+
+        if ( build != null )
+        {
+            List<Extension> extensions = build.getExtensions();
+
+            if ( extensions != null )
+            {
+                releaseExtensions = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                for ( Extension extension : extensions )
+                {
+                    String id = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( extension.getGroupId(), extension.getArtifactId() );
+                    Artifact artifact = project.getExtensionArtifactMap().get( id );
+                    String version = getReleaseVersion( releaseDescriptor, artifact );
+
+                    Extension releaseExtension = new Extension();
+                    releaseExtension.setGroupId( extension.getGroupId() );
+                    releaseExtension.setArtifactId( extension.getArtifactId() );
+                    releaseExtension.setVersion( version );
+
+                    releaseExtensions.add( releaseExtension );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return releaseExtensions;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractReleasePhase#clean(java.util.List)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult clean( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            File releasePom = ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project );
+
+            // MRELEASE-273 : A release pom can be null
+            if ( releasePom != null && releasePom.exists() )
+            {
+                logInfo( result, "Deleting release POM for '" + project.getName() + "'..." );
+
+                if ( !releasePom.delete() )
+                {
+                    logWarn( result, "Cannot delete release POM: " + releasePom );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/InputVariablesPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/InputVariablesPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c155e3c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/InputVariablesPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.InterpolationException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.Interpolator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.PrefixAwareRecursionInterceptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.PrefixedPropertiesValueSource;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.RecursionInterceptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.StringSearchInterpolator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Input any variables that were not yet configured.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class InputVariablesPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Component used to prompt for input.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private Prompter prompter;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this is a branch or a tag operation.
+     */
+    private boolean branchOperation;
+
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    /**
+     * Component used for custom or default naming policy
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private Map<String, NamingPolicy> namingPolicies;
+
+    /**
+     * The default naming policy to apply, if any
+     */
+    private String defaultNamingPolicy;
+
+    void setPrompter( Prompter prompter )
+    {
+        this.prompter = prompter;
+    }
+
+    boolean isBranchOperation()
+    {
+        return branchOperation;
+    }
+
+    protected ScmProvider getScmProvider( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment )
+        throws ReleaseScmRepositoryException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ScmRepository repository =
+                scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            return scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException(
+                e.getMessage() + " for URL: " + releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        // get the root project
+        MavenProject project = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+
+        String tag = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+
+        if ( tag == null )
+        {
+            // Must get default version from mapped versions, as the project will be the incorrect snapshot
+            String key = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() );
+            String releaseVersion = releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( key );
+            if ( releaseVersion == null )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Project tag cannot be selected if version is not yet mapped" );
+            }
+
+            String suggestedName;
+            String scmTagNameFormat = releaseDescriptor.getScmTagNameFormat();
+            if ( releaseDescriptor.getProjectNamingPolicyId() != null )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    suggestedName =
+                        resolveSuggestedName( releaseDescriptor.getProjectNamingPolicyId(), releaseVersion, project );
+                }
+                catch ( PolicyException e )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                }
+            }
+            else if ( scmTagNameFormat != null )
+            {
+                Interpolator interpolator = new StringSearchInterpolator( "@{", "}" );
+                List<String> possiblePrefixes = java.util.Arrays.asList( "project", "pom" );
+                Properties values = new Properties();
+                values.setProperty( "artifactId", project.getArtifactId() );
+                values.setProperty( "groupId", project.getGroupId() );
+                values.setProperty( "version", releaseVersion );
+                interpolator.addValueSource( new PrefixedPropertiesValueSource( possiblePrefixes, values, true ) );
+                RecursionInterceptor recursionInterceptor = new PrefixAwareRecursionInterceptor( possiblePrefixes );
+                try
+                {
+                    suggestedName = interpolator.interpolate( scmTagNameFormat, recursionInterceptor );
+                }
+                catch ( InterpolationException e )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException(
+                        "Could not interpolate specified tag name format: " + scmTagNameFormat, e );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    suggestedName = resolveSuggestedName( defaultNamingPolicy, releaseVersion, project );
+                }
+                catch ( PolicyException e )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                }
+            }
+
+            ScmProvider provider = null;
+            try
+            {
+                provider = getScmProvider( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment );
+            }
+            catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException(
+                    "No scm provider can be found for url: " + releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl(), e );
+            }
+
+            suggestedName = provider.sanitizeTagName( suggestedName );
+
+            if ( releaseDescriptor.isInteractive() )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if ( branchOperation )
+                    {
+                        tag = prompter.prompt( "What is the branch name for \"" + project.getName() + "\"? ("
+                            + project.getGroupId() + ":" + project.getArtifactId() + ")" );
+                        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( tag ) )
+                        {
+                            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "No branch name was given." );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        tag = prompter.prompt( "What is the SCM release tag or label for \"" + project.getName()
+                            + "\"? (" + project.getGroupId() + ":" + project.getArtifactId() + ")", suggestedName );
+                    }
+                }
+                catch ( PrompterException e )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error reading version from input handler: " + e.getMessage(),
+                                                         e );
+                }
+            }
+            else if ( suggestedName == null )
+            {
+                if ( isBranchOperation() )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "No branch name was given." );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "No tag name was given." );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                tag = suggestedName;
+            }
+            releaseDescriptor.setScmReleaseLabel( tag );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        // It makes no modifications, so simulate is the same as execute
+        execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private String resolveSuggestedName( String policyId, String version, MavenProject project )
+        throws PolicyException
+    {
+        if ( policyId == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        NamingPolicy policy = namingPolicies.get( policyId );
+        if ( policy == null )
+        {
+            throw new PolicyException( "Policy '" + policyId + "' is unknown, available: "
+                + namingPolicies.keySet() );
+        }
+
+        NamingPolicyRequest request = new NamingPolicyRequest()
+                        .setGroupId( project.getGroupId() )
+                        .setArtifactId( project.getArtifactId() )
+                        .setVersion( version );
+        return policy.getName( request ).getName();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68d2e7ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Map projects to their new versions after release / into the next development cycle.
+ *
+ * The map-phases per goal are:
+ * <dl>
+ *  <dt>release:prepare</dt><dd>map-release-versions + map-development-versions; RD.isBranchCreation() = false</dd>
+ *  <dt>release:branch</dt><dd>map-branch-versions + map-development-versions; RD.isBranchCreation() = true</dd>
+ *  <dt>release:update-versions</dt><dd>map-development-versions; RD.isBranchCreation() = false</dd>
+ * </dl>
+ *
+ * <table>
+ *   <caption>MapVersionsPhase</caption>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <th>MapVersionsPhase field</th><th>map-release-versions</th><th>map-branch-versions</th>
+ *     <th>map-development-versions</th>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td>convertToSnapshot</td>     <td>false</td>               <td>true</td>               <td>true</td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td>convertToBranch</td>       <td>false</td>               <td>true</td>               <td>false</td>
+ *   </tr>
+ * </table>
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+public class MapVersionsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    private ResourceBundle resourceBundle;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to convert to a snapshot or a release.
+     */
+    private boolean convertToSnapshot;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to convert to a snapshot or a release.
+     */
+    private boolean convertToBranch;
+
+    /**
+     * Component used to prompt for input.
+     */
+    private Prompter prompter;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Component used for custom or default version policy
+     */
+    private Map<String, VersionPolicy> versionPolicies;
+
+    void setPrompter( Prompter prompter )
+    {
+        this.prompter = prompter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        resourceBundle = getResourceBundle( releaseEnvironment.getLocale() );
+
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isAutoVersionSubmodules() && ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( rootProject.getVersion() ) )
+        {
+            // get the root project
+            MavenProject project = rootProject;
+
+            String projectId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() );
+
+            String nextVersion = resolveNextVersion( project, projectId, releaseDescriptor, result );
+
+            if ( !convertToSnapshot )
+            {
+                releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( projectId, nextVersion );
+            }
+            else if ( releaseDescriptor.isBranchCreation() && convertToBranch )
+            {
+                releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( projectId, nextVersion );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                releaseDescriptor.addDevelopmentVersion( projectId, nextVersion );
+            }
+
+            for ( MavenProject subProject : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                String subProjectId =
+                    ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( subProject.getGroupId(), subProject.getArtifactId() );
+
+                if ( convertToSnapshot )
+                {
+                    String v;
+                    if ( ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( subProject.getVersion() ) )
+                    {
+                        v = nextVersion;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        v = subProject.getVersion();
+                    }
+
+                    if ( releaseDescriptor.isBranchCreation() && convertToBranch )
+                    {
+                        releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( subProjectId, v );
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        releaseDescriptor.addDevelopmentVersion( subProjectId, v );
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( subProjectId, nextVersion );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                String projectId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() );
+
+                String nextVersion = resolveNextVersion( project, projectId, releaseDescriptor, result );
+
+                if ( !convertToSnapshot )
+                {
+                    releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( projectId, nextVersion );
+                }
+                else if ( releaseDescriptor.isBranchCreation() && convertToBranch )
+                {
+                    releaseDescriptor.addReleaseVersion( projectId, nextVersion );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    releaseDescriptor.addDevelopmentVersion( projectId, nextVersion );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private String resolveNextVersion( MavenProject project,
+                                   String projectId,
+                                   ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                   ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        String defaultVersion;
+        if ( convertToBranch )
+        {
+            // no branch modification
+            if ( !( releaseDescriptor.isUpdateBranchVersions()
+                            && ( ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( project.getVersion() )
+                                            || releaseDescriptor.isUpdateVersionsToSnapshot() ) ) )
+            {
+                return project.getVersion();
+            }
+
+            defaultVersion = getReleaseVersion( projectId, releaseDescriptor );
+        }
+        else if ( !convertToSnapshot ) // map-release-version
+        {
+            defaultVersion = getReleaseVersion( projectId, releaseDescriptor );
+        }
+        else if ( releaseDescriptor.isBranchCreation() )
+        {
+            // no working copy modification
+            if ( !( ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( project.getVersion() )
+                          && releaseDescriptor.isUpdateWorkingCopyVersions() ) )
+            {
+                return project.getVersion();
+            }
+
+            defaultVersion = getDevelopmentVersion( projectId, releaseDescriptor );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // no working copy modification
+            if ( !( releaseDescriptor.isUpdateWorkingCopyVersions() ) )
+            {
+                return project.getVersion();
+            }
+
+            defaultVersion = getDevelopmentVersion( projectId, releaseDescriptor );
+        }
+        //@todo validate default version, maybe with DefaultArtifactVersion
+
+        String suggestedVersion = null;
+        String nextVersion = defaultVersion;
+        String messageKey = null;
+        try
+        {
+            while ( nextVersion == null || ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( nextVersion ) != convertToSnapshot )
+            {
+                if ( suggestedVersion == null )
+                {
+                    String baseVersion = null;
+                    if ( convertToSnapshot )
+                    {
+                        baseVersion = getReleaseVersion( projectId, releaseDescriptor );
+                    }
+                    // unspecified and unmapped version, so use project version
+                    if ( baseVersion == null )
+                    {
+                        baseVersion = project.getVersion();
+                    }
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            suggestedVersion =
+                                resolveSuggestedVersion( baseVersion, releaseDescriptor.getProjectVersionPolicyId() );
+                        }
+                        catch ( VersionParseException e )
+                        {
+                            if ( releaseDescriptor.isInteractive() )
+                            {
+                                suggestedVersion =
+                                    resolveSuggestedVersion( "1.0", releaseDescriptor.getProjectVersionPolicyId() );
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error parsing version, cannot determine next "
+                                    + "version: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch ( PolicyException | VersionParseException e )
+                    {
+                        throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ( releaseDescriptor.isInteractive() )
+                {
+                    if ( messageKey == null )
+                    {
+                        messageKey = getMapversionPromptKey( releaseDescriptor );
+                    }
+                    String message =
+                        MessageFormat.format( resourceBundle.getString( messageKey ), project.getName(), projectId );
+                    nextVersion = prompter.prompt( message, suggestedVersion );
+
+                  //@todo validate next version, maybe with DefaultArtifactVersion
+                }
+                else if ( defaultVersion == null )
+                {
+                    nextVersion = suggestedVersion;
+                }
+                else if ( convertToSnapshot )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( defaultVersion + " is invalid, expected a snapshot" );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( defaultVersion + " is invalid, expected a non-snapshot" );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( PrompterException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error reading version from input handler: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        return nextVersion;
+    }
+
+    private String resolveSuggestedVersion( String baseVersion, String policyId )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException
+    {
+        VersionPolicy policy = versionPolicies.get( policyId );
+        if ( policy == null )
+        {
+            throw new PolicyException( "Policy '" + policyId + "' is unknown, available: " + versionPolicies.keySet() );
+        }
+
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( baseVersion );
+        return convertToSnapshot ? policy.getDevelopmentVersion( request ).getVersion()
+                        : policy.getReleaseVersion( request ).getVersion();
+    }
+
+    private String getDevelopmentVersion( String projectId, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        String defaultVersion = releaseDescriptor.getDefaultDevelopmentVersion();
+        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( defaultVersion ) )
+        {
+            defaultVersion = releaseDescriptor.getProjectDevelopmentVersion( projectId );
+        }
+        return defaultVersion;
+    }
+
+    private String getReleaseVersion( String projectId, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        String nextVersion = releaseDescriptor.getDefaultReleaseVersion();
+        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( nextVersion ) )
+        {
+            nextVersion = releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( projectId );
+        }
+        return nextVersion;
+    }
+
+
+    private String getMapversionPromptKey( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        String messageKey;
+        if ( convertToBranch )
+        {
+            messageKey = "mapversion.branch.prompt";
+        }
+        else if ( !convertToSnapshot )
+        {
+            messageKey = "mapversion.release.prompt";
+        }
+        else if ( releaseDescriptor.isBranchCreation() )
+        {
+            messageKey = "mapversion.workingcopy.prompt";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            messageKey = "mapversion.development.prompt";
+        }
+        return messageKey;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        // It makes no modifications, so simulate is the same as execute
+        execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+    
+    private ResourceBundle getResourceBundle( Locale locale )
+    {
+        return ResourceBundle.getBundle( "release-messages", locale, MapVersionsPhase.class.getClassLoader() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3f0cabaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.remove.RemoveScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Remove release POMs.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "remove-release-poms" )
+public class RemoveReleasePomsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePomsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, false );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, true );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean simulate )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isGenerateReleasePoms() )
+        {
+            removeReleasePoms( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, simulate, result, reactorProjects );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Not removing release POMs" );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void removeReleasePoms( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                    boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result, List<MavenProject> projects )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        List<File> releasePoms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : projects )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Removing release POM for '" + project.getName() + "'..." );
+
+            releasePoms.add( ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project ) );
+        }
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch() )
+        {
+            removeReleasePomsFromFilesystem( simulate, result, releasePoms );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            removeReleasePomsFromScm( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, simulate, result, releasePoms );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void removeReleasePomsFromFilesystem( boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result, List<File> releasePoms )
+    {
+        if ( simulate )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Full run would be removing " + releasePoms );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            for ( File releasePom : releasePoms )
+            {
+                releasePom.delete();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void removeReleasePomsFromScm( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                           boolean simulate, ReleaseResult result, List<File> releasePoms )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        if ( simulate )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Full run would be removing " + releasePoms );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ScmRepository scmRepository = getScmRepository( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment );
+            ScmProvider scmProvider = getScmProvider( scmRepository );
+
+            ScmFileSet scmFileSet = new ScmFileSet( new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ), releasePoms );
+
+            try
+            {
+                RemoveScmResult scmResult =
+                    scmProvider.remove( scmRepository, scmFileSet, "Removing for next development iteration." );
+
+                if ( !scmResult.isSuccess() )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Cannot remove release POMs from SCM", scmResult );
+                }
+            }
+            catch ( ScmException exception )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Cannot remove release POMs from SCM: " + exception.getMessage(),
+                                                     exception );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25e031496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameter;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.untag.UntagScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+
+/**
+ * Remove tag from SCM repository during rollback
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "remove-scm-tag" )
+public class RemoveScmTagPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult releaseResult = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        logInfo( releaseResult, "Removing tag with the label " + releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() + " ..." );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor =
+            ReleaseUtil.createBasedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+
+        ScmRepository repository;
+        ScmProvider provider;
+        try
+        {
+            repository =
+                scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl(),
+                                                                   releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setPushChanges( releaseDescriptor.isPushChanges() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setWorkItem( releaseDescriptor.getWorkItem() );
+
+            provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        UntagScmResult untagScmResult;
+        try
+        {
+            ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( new File( basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ) );
+            String tagName = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+            String message = releaseDescriptor.getScmCommentPrefix() + "remove tag " + tagName;
+            CommandParameters commandParameters = new CommandParameters();
+            commandParameters.setString( CommandParameter.TAG_NAME, tagName );
+            commandParameters.setString( CommandParameter.MESSAGE, message );
+            if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
+            {
+                getLogger().debug(
+                    "RemoveScmTagPhase :: scmUntagParameters tagName " + tagName );
+                getLogger().debug(
+                    "RemoveScmTagPhase :: scmUntagParameters message " + message );
+                getLogger().debug(
+                    "RemoveScmTagPhase :: fileSet  " + fileSet );
+            }
+            untagScmResult = provider.untag( repository, fileSet, commandParameters );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error has occurred in the remove tag process: "
+                + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        if ( !untagScmResult.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            getLogger().warn( String.format( "Unable to remove tag%nProvider message: %s%nCommand output: %s",
+                    untagScmResult.getProviderMessage(), untagScmResult.getCommandOutput() ) );
+        }
+
+        releaseResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return releaseResult;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult releaseResult = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        logInfo( releaseResult, "Full run would remove tag with label: '" + releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel()
+                + "'" );
+
+        releaseResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return releaseResult;
+    }
+
+    private void validateConfiguration( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "A release label is required for removal" );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f746eedda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.edit.EditScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "restore-backup-poms" )
+public class RestoreBackupPomsPhase
+    extends AbstractBackupPomsPhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            restorePomBackup( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, project );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+    }
+
+    protected void restorePomBackup( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                     MavenProject project )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        File pomBackup = getPomBackup( project );
+
+        if ( !pomBackup.exists() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException(
+                "Cannot restore from a missing backup POM: " + pomBackup.getAbsolutePath() );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            ScmRepository scmRepository;
+            ScmProvider provider;
+            try
+            {
+                scmRepository =
+                    scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                       releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+                provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( scmRepository );
+            }
+            catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+            }
+            catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+            }
+
+            if ( releaseDescriptor.isScmUseEditMode() || provider.requiresEditMode() )
+            {
+                EditScmResult result = provider.edit( scmRepository, new ScmFileSet(
+                    new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ), project.getFile() ) );
+
+                if ( !result.isSuccess() )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to enable editing on the POM", result );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error occurred enabling edit mode: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            FileUtils.copyFile( getPomBackup( project ), ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( project ) );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error restoring from backup POM: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomVersionsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomVersionsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95d06db68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomVersionsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite POMs for future development
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "rewrite-pom-versions" )
+public class RewritePomVersionsPhase
+    extends AbstractRewritePomsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    protected final String getPomSuffix()
+    {
+        return "next";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void transformScm( MavenProject project, Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                 String projectId, ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        // We are only updating versions no mods to scm needed
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isUpdateScm()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getOriginalVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String projectKey, boolean simulate )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectOriginalVersion( projectKey );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String key )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectDevelopmentVersion( key );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getResolvedSnapshotVersion( String artifactVersionlessKey,
+                                                 ReleaseDescriptor resolvedSnapshotsMap )
+    {
+        // Only update the pom version, not the dependency versions
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82e61b407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite POMs for branch.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "rewrite-poms-for-branch" )
+public class RewritePomsForBranchPhase
+    extends AbstractRewritePomsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    protected final String getPomSuffix()
+    {
+        return "branch";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void transformScm( MavenProject project, Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                 String projectId, ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult result )
+    throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        // If SCM is null in original model, it is inherited, no mods needed
+        if ( project.getScm() != null )
+        {
+            Scm scmRoot = modelTarget.getScm();
+
+            if ( scmRoot != null )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    translateScm( project, releaseDescriptor, scmRoot, scmRepository, result );
+                }
+                catch ( IOException e )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                MavenProject parent = project.getParent();
+                if ( parent != null )
+                {
+                    // If the SCM element is not present, only add it if the parent was not mapped (ie, it's external to
+                    // the release process and so has not been modified, so the values will not be correct on the tag),
+                    String parentId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( parent.getGroupId(), parent.getArtifactId() );
+                    if ( releaseDescriptor.getOriginalScmInfo( parentId ) == null )
+                    {
+                        // we need to add it, since it has changed from the inherited value
+                        scmRoot = new Scm();
+                        // reset default value (HEAD)
+                        scmRoot.setTag( null );
+
+                        try
+                        {
+                            if ( translateScm( project, releaseDescriptor, scmRoot, scmRepository, result ) )
+                            {
+                                modelTarget.setScm( scmRoot );
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch ( IOException e )
+                        {
+                            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean translateScm( MavenProject project, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, Scm scmTarget,
+                                  ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult relResult )
+    throws IOException
+    {
+        ScmTranslator translator = getScmTranslators().get( scmRepository.getProvider() );
+        boolean result = false;
+        if ( translator != null )
+        {
+            Scm scm = project.getOriginalModel().getScm();
+            if ( scm == null )
+            {
+                scm = project.getScm();
+            }
+
+            String branchName = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+            String branchBase = releaseDescriptor.getScmBranchBase();
+
+            // TODO: svn utils should take care of prepending this
+            if ( branchBase != null )
+            {
+                branchBase = "scm:svn:" + branchBase;
+            }
+
+            Path projectBasedir = project.getBasedir().toPath().toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS );
+            Path workingDirectory = Paths.get( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() );
+
+            int count = ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( workingDirectory, projectBasedir );
+            
+            if ( scm.getConnection() != null )
+            {
+                String rootUrl = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( count, scm.getConnection() );
+
+                String subDirectoryBranch = scm.getConnection().substring( rootUrl.length() );
+                if ( !subDirectoryBranch.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                {
+                    subDirectoryBranch = "/" + subDirectoryBranch;
+                }
+
+                String scmConnectionBranch = branchBase;
+                if ( scmConnectionBranch != null )
+                {
+                    String trunkUrl = scm.getDeveloperConnection();
+                    if ( trunkUrl == null )
+                    {
+                        trunkUrl = scm.getConnection();
+                    }
+                    scmConnectionBranch = translateUrlPath( trunkUrl, branchBase, scm.getConnection() );
+                }
+
+                String value =
+                    translator.translateBranchUrl( scm.getConnection(), branchName + subDirectoryBranch,
+                                                   scmConnectionBranch );
+                if ( !value.equals( scm.getConnection() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setConnection( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( scm.getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+            {
+                String rootUrl = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( count, scm.getDeveloperConnection() );
+
+                String subDirectoryBranch = scm.getDeveloperConnection().substring( rootUrl.length() );
+                if ( !subDirectoryBranch.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                {
+                    subDirectoryBranch = "/" + subDirectoryBranch;
+                }
+
+                String value =
+                    translator.translateBranchUrl( scm.getDeveloperConnection(), branchName + subDirectoryBranch,
+                                                   branchBase );
+                if ( !value.equals( scm.getDeveloperConnection() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setDeveloperConnection( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( scm.getUrl() != null )
+            {
+                String rootUrl = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( count, scm.getUrl() );
+
+                String subDirectoryBranch = scm.getUrl().substring( rootUrl.length() );
+                if ( !subDirectoryBranch.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                {
+                    subDirectoryBranch = "/" + subDirectoryBranch;
+                }
+
+                String tagScmUrl = branchBase;
+                if ( tagScmUrl != null )
+                {
+                    String trunkUrl = scm.getDeveloperConnection();
+                    if ( trunkUrl == null )
+                    {
+                        trunkUrl = scm.getConnection();
+                    }
+                    tagScmUrl = translateUrlPath( trunkUrl, branchBase, scm.getUrl() );
+                }
+
+                // use original branch base without protocol
+                String value = translator.translateBranchUrl( scm.getUrl(), branchName + subDirectoryBranch,
+                                                              tagScmUrl );
+                if ( !value.equals( scm.getUrl() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setUrl( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( branchName != null )
+            {
+                String value = translator.resolveTag( branchName );
+                if ( value != null && !value.equals( scm.getTag() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setTag( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            String message = "No SCM translator found - skipping rewrite";
+
+            relResult.appendDebug( message );
+
+            getLogger().debug( message );
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getOriginalVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String projectKey, boolean simulate )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectOriginalVersion( projectKey );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String key )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( key );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getResolvedSnapshotVersion( String artifactVersionlessKey,
+                                                 ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( artifactVersionlessKey );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..834ca0ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite POMs for future development
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class , hint = "rewrite-poms-for-development" )
+public class RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhase
+    extends AbstractRewritePomsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    protected final String getPomSuffix()
+    {
+        return "next";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void transformScm( MavenProject project, Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                 String projectId, ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult result )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        // If SCM is null in original model, it is inherited, no mods needed
+        if ( project.getScm() != null )
+        {
+            Scm scmRoot = modelTarget.getScm();
+            if ( scmRoot != null )
+            {
+                ScmTranslator translator = getScmTranslators().get( scmRepository.getProvider() );
+                if ( translator != null )
+                {
+                    Scm scm = releaseDescriptor.getOriginalScmInfo( projectId );
+
+                    if ( scm != null )
+                    {
+                        scmRoot.setConnection( scm.getConnection() );
+                        scmRoot.setDeveloperConnection( scm.getDeveloperConnection() );
+                        scmRoot.setUrl( scm.getUrl() );
+                        scmRoot.setTag( translator.resolveTag( scm.getTag() ) );
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // cleanly remove the SCM element
+                        modelTarget.setScm( null );
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    String message = "No SCM translator found - skipping rewrite";
+                    result.appendDebug( message );
+                    getLogger().debug( message );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getOriginalVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String projectKey, boolean simulate )
+    {
+        return simulate
+                        ? releaseDescriptor.getProjectOriginalVersion( projectKey )
+                        : releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( projectKey );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String key )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectDevelopmentVersion( key );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getResolvedSnapshotVersion( String artifactVersionlessKey,
+                                                 ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( artifactVersionlessKey );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc36600a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite POMs for release.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "rewrite-poms-for-release" )
+public class RewritePomsForReleasePhase
+    extends AbstractRewritePomsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    protected final String getPomSuffix()
+    {
+        return "tag";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void transformScm( MavenProject project, Model modelTarget, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                 String projectId, ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult result )
+    throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        // If SCM is null in original model, it is inherited, no mods needed
+        if ( project.getScm() != null )
+        {
+            Scm scmRoot = modelTarget.getScm();
+            if ( scmRoot != null )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    translateScm( project, releaseDescriptor, scmRoot, scmRepository, result );
+                }
+                catch ( IOException e )
+                {
+                    throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                MavenProject parent = project.getParent();
+                if ( parent != null )
+                {
+                    // If the SCM element is not present, only add it if the parent was not mapped (ie, it's external to
+                    // the release process and so has not been modified, so the values will not be correct on the tag),
+                    String parentId = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( parent.getGroupId(), parent.getArtifactId() );
+                    if ( releaseDescriptor.getOriginalScmInfo( parentId ) == null )
+                    {
+                        // we need to add it, since it has changed from the inherited value
+                        Scm scmTarget = new Scm();
+                        // reset default value (HEAD)
+                        scmTarget.setTag( null );
+
+                        try
+                        {
+                            if ( translateScm( project, releaseDescriptor, scmTarget, scmRepository, result ) )
+                            {
+                                modelTarget.setScm( scmTarget );
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch ( IOException e )
+                        {
+                            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean translateScm( MavenProject project, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, Scm scmTarget,
+                                  ScmRepository scmRepository, ReleaseResult relResult )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        ScmTranslator translator = getScmTranslators().get( scmRepository.getProvider() );
+        boolean result = false;
+        if ( translator != null )
+        {
+            Scm scm = project.getOriginalModel().getScm();
+            if ( scm == null )
+            {
+                scm = project.getScm();
+            }
+
+            String tag = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+            String tagBase = releaseDescriptor.getScmTagBase();
+
+            // TODO: svn utils should take care of prepending this
+            if ( tagBase != null )
+            {
+                tagBase = "scm:svn:" + tagBase;
+            }
+
+            Path projectBasedir = project.getBasedir().toPath().toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS );
+            Path workingDirectory = Paths.get( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() );
+
+            int count = ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( workingDirectory, projectBasedir );
+            
+            if ( scm.getConnection() != null )
+            {
+                String rootUrl = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( count, scm.getConnection() );
+
+                String subDirectoryTag = scm.getConnection().substring( rootUrl.length() );
+                if ( !subDirectoryTag.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                {
+                    subDirectoryTag = "/" + subDirectoryTag;
+                }
+
+                String scmConnectionTag = tagBase;
+                if ( scmConnectionTag != null )
+                {
+                    String trunkUrl = scm.getDeveloperConnection();
+                    if ( trunkUrl == null )
+                    {
+                        trunkUrl = scm.getConnection();
+                    }
+                    scmConnectionTag = translateUrlPath( trunkUrl, tagBase, scm.getConnection() );
+                }
+                String value =
+                    translator.translateTagUrl( scm.getConnection(), tag + subDirectoryTag, scmConnectionTag );
+
+                if ( !value.equals( scm.getConnection() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setConnection( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( scm.getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+            {
+                String rootUrl = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( count, scm.getDeveloperConnection() );
+
+                String subDirectoryTag = scm.getDeveloperConnection().substring( rootUrl.length() );
+                if ( !subDirectoryTag.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                {
+                    subDirectoryTag = "/" + subDirectoryTag;
+                }
+
+                String value =
+                    translator.translateTagUrl( scm.getDeveloperConnection(), tag + subDirectoryTag, tagBase );
+
+                if ( !value.equals( scm.getDeveloperConnection() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setDeveloperConnection( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( scm.getUrl() != null )
+            {
+                String rootUrl = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( count, scm.getUrl() );
+
+                String subDirectoryTag = scm.getUrl().substring( rootUrl.length() );
+                if ( !subDirectoryTag.startsWith( "/" ) )
+                {
+                    subDirectoryTag = "/" + subDirectoryTag;
+                }
+
+                String tagScmUrl = tagBase;
+                if ( tagScmUrl != null )
+                {
+                    String trunkUrl = scm.getDeveloperConnection();
+                    if ( trunkUrl == null )
+                    {
+                        trunkUrl = scm.getConnection();
+                    }
+                    tagScmUrl = translateUrlPath( trunkUrl, tagBase, scm.getUrl() );
+                }
+                // use original tag base without protocol
+                String value = translator.translateTagUrl( scm.getUrl(), tag + subDirectoryTag, tagScmUrl );
+                if ( !value.equals( scm.getUrl() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setUrl( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( tag != null )
+            {
+                String value = translator.resolveTag( tag );
+                if ( value != null && !value.equals( scm.getTag() ) )
+                {
+                    scmTarget.setTag( value );
+                    result = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            String message = "No SCM translator found - skipping rewrite";
+
+            relResult.appendDebug( message );
+
+            getLogger().debug( message );
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getOriginalVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String projectKey, boolean simulate )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectOriginalVersion( projectKey );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String key )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getProjectReleaseVersion( key );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getResolvedSnapshotVersion( String artifactVersionlessKey,
+                                                 ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( artifactVersionlessKey );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aab47500d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Run the completion goals for the project to before committing the continuing development stream.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:stephenc@apache.org">Stephen Connolly</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "run-completion-goals" )
+public class RunCompleteGoalsPhase
+    extends AbstractRunGoalsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ),
+                        getAdditionalArguments( releaseDescriptor ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        logInfo( result, "Executing completion goals - since this is simulation mode it is running against the "
+            + "original project, not the rewritten ones" );
+
+        execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getGoals( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getCompletionGoals();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c63a5fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.PomFinder;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Run the integration tests for the project to verify that it builds before committing.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "run-perform-goals" )
+public class RunPerformGoalsPhase
+    extends AbstractRunGoalsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        return runLogic( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, false );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseResult runLogic( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean simulate )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        String additionalArguments = getAdditionalArguments( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isUseReleaseProfile() )
+        {
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( additionalArguments ) )
+            {
+                additionalArguments = additionalArguments + " -DperformRelease=true";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                additionalArguments = "-DperformRelease=true";
+            }
+        }
+
+        String pomFileName = releaseDescriptor.getPomFileName();
+        if ( pomFileName == null )
+        {
+            pomFileName = "pom.xml";
+        }
+
+        // ensure we don't use the release pom for the perform goals
+        // ^^ paranoia? A MavenExecutor has already access to this. Probably worth refactoring.
+        if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( additionalArguments ) )
+        {
+            additionalArguments = additionalArguments + " -f " + pomFileName;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            additionalArguments = "-f " + pomFileName;
+        }
+
+        if ( simulate )
+        {
+            ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+            logDebug( result, "Additional arguments: " + additionalArguments );
+
+            logInfo( result, "Executing perform goals  - since this is simulation mode these goals are skipped." );
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        String workDir = releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory();
+        if ( workDir == null )
+        {
+            workDir = System.getProperty( "user.dir" );
+        }
+
+
+        File pomFile = new File( workDir, pomFileName );
+        PomFinder pomFinder = new PomFinder( getLogger() );
+        boolean foundPom = false;
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( releaseDescriptor.getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory() ) )
+        {
+            foundPom = pomFinder.parsePom( pomFile );
+        }
+
+        File workDirectory = new File( releaseDescriptor.getCheckoutDirectory() );
+
+        if ( foundPom )
+        {
+            File matchingPom = pomFinder.findMatchingPom( workDirectory );
+            if ( matchingPom != null )
+            {
+                getLogger().info( "Invoking perform goals in directory " + matchingPom.getParent() );
+                // The directory of the POM in a flat project layout is not
+                // the same directory as the SCM checkout directory!
+                // The same is true for a sparse checkout in e.g. GIT
+                // the project to build could be in target/checkout/some/dir/
+                workDirectory = matchingPom.getParentFile();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, workDirectory, additionalArguments );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        return runLogic( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, true );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getGoals( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getPerformGoals();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23db790b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Run the integration tests for the project to verify that it builds before committing.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "run-preparation-goals" )
+public class RunPrepareGoalsPhase
+    extends AbstractRunGoalsPhase
+{
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ),
+                        getAdditionalArguments( releaseDescriptor ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        logInfo( result, "Executing preparation goals - since this is simulation mode it is running against the "
+            + "original project, not the rewritten ones" );
+
+        execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getGoals( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor.getPreparationGoals();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..576f51112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranchParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.branch.BranchScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Branch the SCM repository.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "scm-branch" )
+public class ScmBranchPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult relResult = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor =
+            ReleaseUtil.createBasedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+
+        logInfo( relResult, "Branching release with the label " + basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel()
+            + "..." );
+
+        ScmRepository repository;
+        ScmProvider provider;
+        try
+        {
+            repository =
+                scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl(),
+                                                                   releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setPushChanges( releaseDescriptor.isPushChanges() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setWorkItem( releaseDescriptor.getWorkItem() );
+
+            provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        BranchScmResult result;
+        try
+        {
+            ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( new File( basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ) );
+            String branchName = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+
+            ScmBranchParameters scmBranchParameters = new ScmBranchParameters();
+            scmBranchParameters.setMessage( releaseDescriptor.getScmCommentPrefix() + "copy for branch " + branchName );
+            scmBranchParameters.setRemoteBranching( releaseDescriptor.isRemoteTagging() );
+            scmBranchParameters.setScmRevision( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleasedPomRevision() );
+            scmBranchParameters.setPinExternals( releaseDescriptor.isPinExternals() );
+
+            result = provider.branch( repository, fileSet, branchName, scmBranchParameters );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error is occurred in the branch process: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        if ( !result.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to branch SCM", result );
+        }
+
+        relResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return relResult;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+        ReleaseDescriptor basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor =
+            ReleaseUtil.createBasedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+
+        logInfo( result, "Full run would branch " + basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() );
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmBranchBase() != null )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "  to SCM URL " + releaseDescriptor.getScmBranchBase() );
+        }
+        logInfo( result, "  with label '" + releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() + "'" );
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isPinExternals() )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "  and pinned externals" );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static void validateConfiguration( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "A release label is required for committing" );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6562089c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.status.StatusScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.SelectorUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * See if there are any local modifications to the files before proceeding with SCM operations and the release.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "scm-check-modifications" )
+public class ScmCheckModificationsPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    /**
+     * SCM URL translators mapped by provider name.
+     */
+    @Requirement( role = ScmTranslator.class )
+    private Map<String, ScmTranslator> scmTranslators;
+
+    /**
+     * The filepatterns to exclude from the status check.
+     *
+     * @todo proper construction of filenames, especially release properties
+     */
+    private Set<String> exclusionPatterns = new HashSet<>( Arrays.asList(
+        "**" + File.separator + "pom.xml.backup", "**" + File.separator + "pom.xml.tag",
+        "**" + File.separator + "pom.xml.next", "**" + File.separator + "pom.xml.branch",
+        "**" + File.separator + "release.properties", "**" + File.separator + "pom.xml.releaseBackup" ) );
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult relResult = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        List<String> additionalExcludes = releaseDescriptor.getCheckModificationExcludes();
+
+        if ( additionalExcludes != null )
+        {
+            // SelectorUtils expects OS-specific paths and patterns
+            for ( String additionalExclude : additionalExcludes )
+            {
+                exclusionPatterns.add( additionalExclude.replace( "\\", File.separator )
+                                       .replace( "/", File.separator ) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        logInfo( relResult, "Verifying that there are no local modifications..." );
+        logInfo( relResult, "  ignoring changes on: " + StringUtils.join( exclusionPatterns.toArray(), ", " ) );
+
+        ScmRepository repository;
+        ScmProvider provider;
+        try
+        {
+            repository =
+                scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage() + " for URL: "
+                + releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        StatusScmResult result;
+        try
+        {
+            result =
+                provider.status( repository, new ScmFileSet( new File( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ) ) );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error occurred during the status check process: " + e.getMessage(),
+                                                 e );
+        }
+
+        if ( !result.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to check for local modifications", result );
+        }
+
+        List<ScmFile> changedFiles = result.getChangedFiles();
+
+        if ( !changedFiles.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            ScmTranslator scmTranslator = scmTranslators.get( repository.getProvider() );
+
+            // TODO: would be nice for SCM status command to do this for me.
+            for ( Iterator<ScmFile> i = changedFiles.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                ScmFile f = i.next();
+
+                String path;
+                if ( scmTranslator != null )
+                {
+                    path = scmTranslator.toRelativePath( f.getPath() );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    path = f.getPath();
+                }
+
+                // SelectorUtils expects File.separator, don't standardize!
+                String fileName = path.replace( "\\", File.separator ).replace( "/", File.separator );
+
+                for ( String exclusionPattern : exclusionPatterns )
+                {
+                    if ( SelectorUtils.matchPath( exclusionPattern, fileName ) )
+                    {
+                        logDebug( relResult, "Ignoring changed file: " + fileName );
+                        i.remove();
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( !changedFiles.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
+
+            for ( ScmFile file : changedFiles )
+            {
+                message.append( file.toString() );
+                message.append( "\n" );
+            }
+
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "Cannot prepare the release because you have local modifications : \n"
+                + message );
+        }
+
+        relResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return relResult;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        // It makes no modifications, so simulate is the same as execute
+        return execute( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c81889e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+
+/**
+ * Commit the changes that were done to prepare the branch or tag to the SCM.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase
+    extends AbstractScmCommitPhase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The format for the
+     */
+    private String rollbackMessageFormat;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void runLogic( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                             List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, ReleaseResult result, boolean simulating )
+        throws ReleaseScmCommandException, ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseScmRepositoryException
+    {
+        // no rollback required
+        if (
+            // was there no commit that has to be rolled back by a new one
+            releaseDescriptor.isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch()
+                // and working copy should not be touched
+                && !releaseDescriptor.isUpdateWorkingCopyVersions() )
+        {
+            if ( simulating )
+            {
+                logInfo( result, "Full run would not commit changes, because updateWorkingCopyVersions is false." );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                logInfo( result, "Modified POMs are not committed because updateWorkingCopyVersions is set to false." );
+            }
+        }
+        // rollback or commit development versions required
+        else
+        {
+            String message;
+            if ( !releaseDescriptor.isUpdateWorkingCopyVersions() )
+            {
+                // the commit is a rollback
+                message = createRollbackMessage( releaseDescriptor );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // a normal commit
+                message = createMessage( reactorProjects, releaseDescriptor );
+            }
+            if ( simulating )
+            {
+                Collection<File> pomFiles = createPomFiles( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+                logInfo( result,
+                         "Full run would commit " + pomFiles.size() + " files with message: '" + message + "'" );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                performCheckins( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, message );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String createRollbackMessage( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return MessageFormat.format( releaseDescriptor.getScmCommentPrefix() + rollbackMessageFormat,
+                                     new Object[]{releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel()} );
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1f47e8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Commit the changes that were done to prepare the branch or tag to the SCM.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ScmCommitPreparationPhase
+    extends AbstractScmCommitPhase
+{
+
+    protected void runLogic( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                             List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, ReleaseResult result, boolean simulating )
+        throws ReleaseScmCommandException, ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseScmRepositoryException
+    {
+        // no prepare-commit required
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch() )
+        {
+            if ( simulating )
+            {
+                logInfo( result, "Full run would not commit changes, "
+                    + "because suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch is set to true." );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                logInfo( result,
+                         "Modified POMs are not committed because suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch is set to true." );
+            }
+        }
+        // commit development versions required
+        else
+        {
+            String message = createMessage( reactorProjects, releaseDescriptor );
+            if ( simulating )
+            {
+                simulateCheckins( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects, result, message );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                performCheckins( releaseDescriptor, releaseEnvironment, reactorProjects, message );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void validateConfiguration( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        super.validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch() && releaseDescriptor.isRemoteTagging() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException(
+                "Cannot perform a remote tag or branch without committing the working copy first." );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85185280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTagParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.tag.TagScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+
+/**
+ * Tag the SCM repository after committing the release.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ReleasePhase.class, hint = "scm-tag" )
+public class ScmTagPhase
+    extends AbstractReleasePhase
+{
+    /**
+     * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                  List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult relResult = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getWaitBeforeTagging() > 0 )
+        {
+            logInfo( relResult, "Waiting for " + releaseDescriptor.getWaitBeforeTagging()
+                + " seconds before tagging the release." );
+            try
+            {
+                Thread.sleep( 1000L * releaseDescriptor.getWaitBeforeTagging() );
+            }
+            catch ( InterruptedException e )
+            {
+                // Ignore
+            }
+        }
+
+        logInfo( relResult, "Tagging release with the label " + releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() + "..." );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor =
+            ReleaseUtil.createBasedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+
+        ScmRepository repository;
+        ScmProvider provider;
+        try
+        {
+            repository =
+                scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl(),
+                                                                   releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                   releaseEnvironment.getSettings() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setPushChanges( releaseDescriptor.isPushChanges() );
+
+            repository.getProviderRepository().setWorkItem( releaseDescriptor.getWorkItem() );
+
+            provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmRepositoryException( e.getMessage(), e.getValidationMessages() );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Unable to configure SCM repository: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        TagScmResult result;
+        try
+        {
+            // TODO: want includes/excludes?
+            ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( new File( basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ) );
+            String tagName = releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel();
+            ScmTagParameters scmTagParameters =
+                new ScmTagParameters( releaseDescriptor.getScmCommentPrefix() + "copy for tag " + tagName );
+            scmTagParameters.setRemoteTagging( releaseDescriptor.isRemoteTagging() );
+            scmTagParameters.setScmRevision( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleasedPomRevision() );
+            scmTagParameters.setPinExternals( releaseDescriptor.isPinExternals() );
+            if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
+            {
+                getLogger().debug(
+                    "ScmTagPhase :: scmTagParameters remotingTag " + releaseDescriptor.isRemoteTagging() );
+                getLogger().debug(
+                    "ScmTagPhase :: scmTagParameters scmRevision " + releaseDescriptor.getScmReleasedPomRevision() );
+                getLogger().debug(
+                        "ScmTagPhase :: scmTagParameters pinExternals " + releaseDescriptor.isPinExternals() );
+                getLogger().debug( "ScmTagPhase :: fileSet  " + fileSet );
+            }
+            result = provider.tag( repository, fileSet, tagName, scmTagParameters );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "An error is occurred in the tag process: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        if ( !result.isSuccess() )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseScmCommandException( "Unable to tag SCM", result );
+        }
+
+        relResult.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return relResult;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                   List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        validateConfiguration( releaseDescriptor );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor =
+            ReleaseUtil.createBasedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor, reactorProjects );
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isRemoteTagging() )
+        {
+            logInfo( result,
+                     "Full run would tag working copy '"
+                     + basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() + "'" );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "Full run would tag remotely '"
+                     + basedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl() + "'" );
+        }
+        logInfo( result, "  with label '" + releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() + "'" );
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isPinExternals() )
+        {
+            logInfo( result, "  and pinned externals" );
+        }
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static void validateConfiguration( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+        throws ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmReleaseLabel() == null )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseFailureException( "A release label is required for committing" );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a646dfcc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyResult;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+@Component( role = NamingPolicy.class, hint = "default" )
+public class DefaultNamingPolicy implements NamingPolicy
+{
+    @Override
+    public NamingPolicyResult getName( NamingPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException
+    {
+        return new NamingPolicyResult().setName( request.getArtifactId() + "-" + request.getVersion() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultVersionPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultVersionPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f323719a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultVersionPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.DefaultVersionInfo;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+@Component( role = VersionPolicy.class, hint = "default" )
+public class DefaultVersionPolicy
+    implements VersionPolicy
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException
+    {
+        String releaseVersion = new DefaultVersionInfo( request.getVersion() ).getReleaseVersionString();
+        return new VersionPolicyResult().setVersion( releaseVersion );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public VersionPolicyResult getDevelopmentVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException
+    {
+        String developmentVersion =
+            new DefaultVersionInfo( request.getVersion() ).getNextVersion().getSnapshotVersionString();
+        return new VersionPolicyResult().setVersion( developmentVersion );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2baa91520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * ClearCase tag translator.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:arne@degenring.com">Arne Degenring</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmTranslator.class, hint = "clearcase" )
+public class ClearCaseScmTranslator
+    implements ScmTranslator
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String resolveTag( String tag )
+    {
+        if ( !"HEAD".equals( tag ) )
+        {
+            return tag;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toRelativePath( String path )
+    {
+        return path;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60370a932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * CVS tag translator.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmTranslator.class, hint = "cvs" )
+public class CvsScmTranslator
+    implements ScmTranslator
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String resolveTag( String tag )
+    {
+        if ( !"HEAD".equals( tag ) )
+        {
+            return tag;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toRelativePath( String path )
+    {
+        return path;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bfa4dd7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.svn.repository.SvnScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcherException;
+
+/**
+ * Tool that gets a configured SCM repository from release configuration.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmRepositoryConfigurator.class, instantiationStrategy = "singleton" )
+public class DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator
+    extends AbstractLogEnabled
+    implements ScmRepositoryConfigurator
+{
+    /**
+     * The SCM manager.
+     */
+    @Requirement
+    private ScmManager scmManager;
+
+    /**
+     * When this plugin requires Maven 3.0 as minimum, this component can be removed and o.a.m.s.c.SettingsDecrypter be
+     * used instead.
+     */
+    @Requirement( hint = "mng-4384" )
+    private SecDispatcher secDispatcher;
+
+    @Override
+    public ScmRepository getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, Settings settings )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        String url = releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl();
+        return getConfiguredRepository( url, releaseDescriptor, settings );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ScmRepository getConfiguredRepository( String url, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, Settings settings )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        String username = releaseDescriptor.getScmUsername();
+        String password = releaseDescriptor.getScmPassword();
+        String privateKey = releaseDescriptor.getScmPrivateKey();
+        String passphrase = releaseDescriptor.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase();
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmManager.makeScmRepository( url );
+
+        ScmProviderRepository scmRepo = repository.getProviderRepository();
+
+        //MRELEASE-76
+        scmRepo.setPersistCheckout( false );
+
+        if ( settings != null )
+        {
+            Server server = null;
+
+            if ( releaseDescriptor.getScmId() != null )
+            {
+                server = settings.getServer( releaseDescriptor.getScmId() );
+            }
+
+            if ( server == null && repository.getProviderRepository() instanceof ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost )
+            {
+                ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost repositoryWithHost =
+                    (ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost) repository.getProviderRepository();
+                String host = repositoryWithHost.getHost();
+
+                int port = repositoryWithHost.getPort();
+
+                if ( port > 0 )
+                {
+                    host += ":" + port;
+                }
+
+                // TODO: this is a bit dodgy - id is not host, but since we don't have a <host> field we make an assumption
+                server = settings.getServer( host );
+            }
+
+            if ( server != null )
+            {
+                if ( username == null )
+                {
+                    username = server.getUsername();
+                }
+
+                if ( password == null )
+                {
+                    password = decrypt( server.getPassword(), server.getId() );
+                }
+
+                if ( privateKey == null )
+                {
+                    privateKey = server.getPrivateKey();
+                }
+
+                if ( passphrase == null )
+                {
+                    passphrase = decrypt( server.getPassphrase(), server.getId() );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( username ) )
+        {
+            scmRepo.setUser( username );
+        }
+        if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( password ) )
+        {
+            scmRepo.setPassword( password );
+        }
+
+        if ( scmRepo instanceof ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost )
+        {
+            ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost repositoryWithHost = (ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost) scmRepo;
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( privateKey ) )
+            {
+                repositoryWithHost.setPrivateKey( privateKey );
+            }
+
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( passphrase ) )
+            {
+                repositoryWithHost.setPassphrase( passphrase );
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( "svn".equals( repository.getProvider() ) )
+        {
+            SvnScmProviderRepository svnRepo = (SvnScmProviderRepository) repository.getProviderRepository();
+
+            String tagBase = releaseDescriptor.getScmTagBase();
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( tagBase ) )
+            {
+                svnRepo.setTagBase( tagBase );
+            }
+
+            String branchBase = releaseDescriptor.getScmBranchBase();
+            if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( branchBase ) )
+            {
+                svnRepo.setBranchBase( branchBase );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return repository;
+    }
+
+    private String decrypt( String str, String server )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return secDispatcher.decrypt( str );
+        }
+        catch ( SecDispatcherException e )
+        {
+            String msg =
+                "Failed to decrypt password/passphrase for server " + server + ", using auth token as is: "
+                    + e.getMessage();
+            if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
+            {
+                getLogger().warn( msg, e );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                getLogger().warn( msg );
+            }
+            return str;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ScmProvider getRepositoryProvider( ScmRepository repository )
+        throws NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        return scmManager.getProviderByRepository( repository );
+    }
+
+    public void setScmManager( ScmManager scmManager )
+    {
+        this.scmManager = scmManager;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccc67ce2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmTranslator.class, hint = "git" )
+public class GitScmTranslator
+    implements ScmTranslator
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String resolveTag( String tag )
+    {
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toRelativePath( String path )
+    {
+        return path;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..953d5346f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmTranslator.class, hint = "hg" )
+public class HgScmTranslator
+    implements ScmTranslator
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase )
+    {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String resolveTag( String tag )
+    {
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toRelativePath( String path )
+    {
+        return path;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/IdentifiedScm.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/IdentifiedScm.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51b3ad1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/IdentifiedScm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+
+/**
+ * Unlike repositories the scm of the Project Model doesn't have an id.
+ * This makes it quite hard to bind it to the credentials of a server as specified in the settings.xml
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ *
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class IdentifiedScm
+    extends Scm
+{
+
+    private String id;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the id
+     */
+    public String getId()
+    {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param id the id to set
+     */
+    public void setId( String id )
+    {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5fd8cded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Jazz tag translator.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ChrisGWarp@gmail.com">Chris Graham</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmTranslator.class, hint = "jazz" )
+public class JazzScmTranslator
+    implements ScmTranslator
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase )
+    {
+        // Jazz URL's (currently) take the form:
+        // "scm:jazz:[username[;password]@]http[s]://server_name[:port]/jazzPath:repositoryWorkspace"
+        // Eg:
+        // scm:jazz:Deb;Deb@https://rtc:9444/jazz:BogusRepositoryWorkspace
+        int i = url.lastIndexOf( ':' );
+        url = url.substring( 0, i + 1 );
+        if ( branchName != null && branchName.endsWith( "/" ) )
+        {
+            // Remove the trailing "/", if present.
+            branchName = branchName.substring( 0, branchName.length() - 1 );
+        }
+        url = url + branchName;
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase )
+    {
+        // Jazz URL's (currently) take the form:
+        // "scm:jazz:[username[;password]@]http[s]://server_name[:port]/jazzPath:repositoryWorkspace"
+        // Eg:
+        // scm:jazz:Deb;Deb@https://rtc:9444/jazz:BogusRepositoryWorkspace
+        int i = url.lastIndexOf( ':' );
+        url = url.substring( 0, i + 1 );
+        if ( tag != null && tag.endsWith( "/" ) )
+        {
+            // Remove the trailing "/", if present.
+            tag = tag.substring( 0, tag.length() - 1 );
+        }
+        url = url + tag;
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String resolveTag( String tag )
+    {
+        // project.scm.tag is not required, so return null.
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toRelativePath( String path )
+    {
+        String relativePath;
+        if ( path.startsWith( "\\" ) || path.startsWith( "/" ) )
+        {
+            relativePath = path.substring( 1 );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            relativePath = path;
+        }
+        return relativePath.replace( "\\", File.separator ).replace( "/", File.separator );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ReleaseScmCommandException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ReleaseScmCommandException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96562f202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ReleaseScmCommandException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+
+/**
+ * Exception occurring during an SCM operation.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseScmCommandException
+    extends ReleaseFailureException
+{
+    public ReleaseScmCommandException( String message, ScmResult result )
+    {
+        super( message + "\nProvider message:\n" + result.getProviderMessage() + "\nCommand output:\n"
+            + result.getCommandOutput() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ReleaseScmRepositoryException.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ReleaseScmRepositoryException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6edfb228b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ReleaseScmRepositoryException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Exception occurring during an SCM repository operation.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseScmRepositoryException
+    extends ReleaseFailureException
+{
+    public ReleaseScmRepositoryException( String message, List<String> validationMessages )
+    {
+        super( message + listValidationMessages( validationMessages ) );
+    }
+
+    private static String listValidationMessages( List<String> messages )
+    {
+        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
+
+        if ( messages != null )
+        {
+            for ( String message : messages )
+            {
+                buffer.append( "\n  - " );
+                buffer.append( message );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return buffer.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ScmRepositoryConfigurator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ScmRepositoryConfigurator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6281d631e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ScmRepositoryConfigurator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * Configure an SCM repository using release configuration.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public interface ScmRepositoryConfigurator
+{
+    /**
+     * Construct a configured SCM repository from a release configuration.
+     *
+     * @param releaseDescriptor the configuration to insert into the repository
+     * @param settings          the settings.xml configuraiton
+     * @return the repository created
+     * @throws ScmRepositoryException     if it is not possible to create a suitable SCM repository
+     * @throws NoSuchScmProviderException if the requested SCM provider is not available
+     */
+    ScmRepository getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, Settings settings )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the SCM provider used for the given SCM repository.
+     *
+     * @param repository the SCM repository
+     * @return the SCM provider
+     * @throws NoSuchScmProviderException if the requested SCM provider is not available
+     */
+    ScmProvider getRepositoryProvider( ScmRepository repository )
+        throws NoSuchScmProviderException;
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a configured SCM repository from a release configuration with an overridden base SCM URL.
+     *
+     * @param url               the SCM URL to use instead of the one from the release descriptor
+     * @param releaseDescriptor the configuration to insert into the repository
+     * @param settings          the settings.xml configuraiton
+     * @return the repository created
+     * @throws ScmRepositoryException     if it is not possible to create a suitable SCM repository
+     * @throws NoSuchScmProviderException if the requested SCM provider is not available
+     */
+    ScmRepository getConfiguredRepository( String url, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, Settings settings )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException;
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..693f6469a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Translate the SCM information after tagging/reverting to trunk.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+// TODO move this API into SCM?
+public interface ScmTranslator
+{
+    /**
+     * Take an URL and find the correct replacement URL for a given branch.
+     *
+     * @param url        the source URL
+     * @param branchName the branch name
+     * @param branchBase the branch base for providers that support it
+     * @return the replacement URL
+     */
+    String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase );
+
+    /**
+     * Take an URL and find the correct replacement URL for a given tag.
+     *
+     * @param url     the source URL
+     * @param tag     the tag
+     * @param tagBase the tag base for providers that support it
+     * @return the replacement URL
+     */
+    String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase );
+
+    /**
+     * Determine what tag should be added to the POM given the original tag and the new one.
+     *
+     * @param tag the new tag
+     * @return the tag to use, or <code>null</code> if the provider does not use tags
+     */
+    String resolveTag( String tag );
+
+    /**
+     * Translates an ScmFile path to a path relative to the working directory.
+     *
+     * @param path the ScmFile path
+     * @return the relative path with OS specific File separator
+     * @since 2.3.1
+     */
+    String toRelativePath( String path );
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/SubversionScmTranslator.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/SubversionScmTranslator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85b6bb698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/SubversionScmTranslator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranch;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.svn.SvnTagBranchUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Subversion tag translator.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@Component( role = ScmTranslator.class, hint = "svn" )
+public class SubversionScmTranslator
+    implements ScmTranslator
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateBranchUrl( String url, String branchName, String branchBase )
+    {
+        return SvnTagBranchUtils.resolveUrl( url, branchBase, SvnTagBranchUtils.SVN_BRANCHES,
+                                             new ScmBranch( branchName ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String translateTagUrl( String url, String tag, String tagBase )
+    {
+        return SvnTagBranchUtils.resolveUrl( url, tagBase, SvnTagBranchUtils.SVN_TAGS, new ScmTag( tag ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String resolveTag( String tag )
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toRelativePath( String path )
+    {
+        return path;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategies/DefaultStrategy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategies/DefaultStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad5c1ee6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategies/DefaultStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategies;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ */
+public class DefaultStrategy implements Strategy
+{
+    /**
+     * The phases of release to run, and in what order.
+     */
+    private List<String> preparePhases;
+
+    /**
+     * The phases of release to run to perform.
+     */
+    private List<String> performPhases;
+
+    /**
+     * The phases of release to run to rollback changes
+     */
+    private List<String> rollbackPhases;
+
+    /**
+     * The phases to create a branch.
+     */
+    private List<String> branchPhases;
+
+    /**
+     * The phases to create update versions.
+     */
+    private List<String> updateVersionsPhases;
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getPreparePhases()
+    {
+        return preparePhases;
+    }
+
+    public void setPreparePhases( List<String> preparePhases )
+    {
+        this.preparePhases = preparePhases;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getPerformPhases()
+    {
+        return performPhases;
+    }
+
+    public void setPerformPhases( List<String> performPhases )
+    {
+        this.performPhases = performPhases;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getRollbackPhases()
+    {
+        return rollbackPhases;
+    }
+
+    public void setRollbackPhases( List<String> rollbackPhases )
+    {
+        this.rollbackPhases = rollbackPhases;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getBranchPhases()
+    {
+        return branchPhases;
+    }
+
+    public void setBranchPhases( List<String> branchPhases )
+    {
+        this.branchPhases = branchPhases;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getUpdateVersionsPhases()
+    {
+        return updateVersionsPhases;
+    }
+
+    public void setUpdateVersionsPhases( List<String> updateVersionsPhases )
+    {
+        this.updateVersionsPhases = updateVersionsPhases;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/MavenCoordinate.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/MavenCoordinate.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69b08e172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/MavenCoordinate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface MavenCoordinate
+{
+    String getGroupId();
+
+    String getArtifactId();
+
+    String getVersion();
+
+    void setVersion( String version );
+
+    // @todo helper method during refactoring, will be removed
+    String getName();
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETL.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETL.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0c255058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETL.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface ModelETL
+{
+    void extract( File pomFile ) throws ReleaseExecutionException;
+
+    void transform();
+
+    void load( File pomFile ) throws ReleaseExecutionException;
+
+    // will be removed once transform() is implemented
+    @Deprecated
+    Model getModel();
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETLFactory.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETLFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4748edc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETLFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface ModelETLFactory
+{
+    ModelETL newInstance( ModelETLRequest request );
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETLRequest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETLRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae57d1f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/ModelETLRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class ModelETLRequest
+{
+    private String lineSeparator;
+
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor;
+
+    public String getLineSeparator()
+    {
+        return lineSeparator;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineSeparator( String lineSeparator )
+    {
+        this.lineSeparator = lineSeparator;
+    }
+
+    public MavenProject getProject()
+    {
+        return project;
+    }
+
+    public void setProject( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        this.project = project;
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptor getReleaseDescriptor()
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+
+    public void setReleaseDescriptor( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        this.releaseDescriptor = releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomBuild.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomBuild.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..433c8f49c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomBuild.java
@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Extension;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms BUILD element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomBuild
+    extends Build
+{
+    private final Element build;
+
+    public JDomBuild( Element build )
+    {
+        this.build = build;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addExtension( Extension extension )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Extension> getExtensions()
+    {
+        Element extensionsElm = build.getChild( "extensions", build.getNamespace() );
+        if ( extensionsElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> extensionElms = extensionsElm.getChildren( "extension", build.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Extension> extensions = new ArrayList<>( extensionElms.size() );
+            for ( Element extensionElm : extensionElms )
+            {
+                extensions.add( new JDomExtension( extensionElm ) );
+            }
+            return extensions;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getScriptSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getTestOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getTestSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeExtension( Extension extension )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExtensions( List<Extension> extensions )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setOutputDirectory( String outputDirectory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setScriptSourceDirectory( String scriptSourceDirectory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setSourceDirectory( String sourceDirectory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setTestOutputDirectory( String testOutputDirectory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setTestSourceDirectory( String testSourceDirectory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addFilter( String string )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addResource( Resource resource )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addTestResource( Resource resource )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDefaultGoal()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getFilters()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getFinalName()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Resource> getResources()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Resource> getTestResources()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeFilter( String string )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeResource( Resource resource )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeTestResource( Resource resource )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDefaultGoal( String defaultGoal )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDirectory( String directory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFilters( List<String> filters )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFinalName( String finalName )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setResources( List<Resource> resources )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setTestResources( List<Resource> testResources )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PluginManagement getPluginManagement()
+    {
+        Element pluginManagementElm = build.getChild( "pluginManagement", build.getNamespace() );
+        if ( pluginManagementElm == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new JDomPluginManagement( pluginManagementElm );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPluginManagement( PluginManagement pluginManagement )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addPlugin( Plugin plugin )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Plugin> getPlugins()
+    {
+        Element pluginsElm = build.getChild( "plugins", build.getNamespace() );
+        if ( pluginsElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> pluginElms =
+                pluginsElm.getChildren( "plugin", build.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Plugin> plugins = new ArrayList<>( pluginElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element pluginElm : pluginElms )
+            {
+                plugins.add( new JDomPlugin( pluginElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return plugins;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removePlugin( Plugin plugin )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPlugins( List<Plugin> plugins )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flushPluginMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map getPluginsAsMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependency.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependency.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96b99d1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependency.java
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Exclusion;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.MavenCoordinate;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms DEPENDENCY element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomDependency extends Dependency implements MavenCoordinate
+{
+    private final MavenCoordinate coordinate;
+
+    public JDomDependency( Element dependency )
+    {
+        this.coordinate = new JDomMavenCoordinate( dependency );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addExclusion( Exclusion exclusion )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClassifier()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Exclusion> getExclusions()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getGroupId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getScope()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getSystemPath()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getVersion();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isOptional()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeExclusion( Exclusion exclusion )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClassifier( String classifier )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExclusions( List<Exclusion> exclusions )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGroupId( String groupId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setOptional( boolean optional )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setScope( String scope )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setSystemPath( String systemPath )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setType( String type )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        coordinate.setVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return "dependency";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyManagement.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyManagement.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aade7c8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyManagement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms DEPENDENCYMANAGEMENT element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomDependencyManagement extends DependencyManagement
+{
+    private final Element dependencyManagement;
+
+    public JDomDependencyManagement( Element dependencyManagement )
+    {
+        this.dependencyManagement = dependencyManagement;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addDependency( Dependency dependency )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Dependency> getDependencies()
+    {
+        Element dependenciesElm = dependencyManagement.getChild( "dependencies", dependencyManagement.getNamespace() );
+        if ( dependenciesElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> dependencyElms =
+                dependenciesElm.getChildren( "dependency", dependencyManagement.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Dependency> dependencies = new ArrayList<>( dependencyElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element dependencyElm : dependencyElms )
+            {
+                dependencies.add( new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return dependencies;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeDependency( Dependency dependency )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDependencies( List<Dependency> dependencies )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomExtension.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5dca63f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Extension;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.MavenCoordinate;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms EXTENSION element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomExtension extends Extension implements MavenCoordinate
+{
+    private final MavenCoordinate coordinate;
+
+    public JDomExtension( Element extension )
+    {
+        this.coordinate = new JDomMavenCoordinate( extension );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getGroupId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getVersion();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGroupId( String groupId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        coordinate.setVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return "extension";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomMavenCoordinate.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomMavenCoordinate.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83b927a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomMavenCoordinate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.MavenCoordinate;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomMavenCoordinate implements MavenCoordinate
+{
+    private final Element element;
+
+    public JDomMavenCoordinate( Element elm )
+    {
+        this.element = elm;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return element.getChildTextTrim( "groupId", element.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return element.getChildTextTrim( "artifactId", element.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        Element version = getVersionElement();
+        if ( version == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return version.getTextTrim();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private Element getVersionElement()
+    {
+        return element.getChild( "version", element.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        JDomUtils.rewriteValue( getVersionElement(), version );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return element.getName();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModel.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModel.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88271ba26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Reporting;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.Text;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms PROJECT element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomModel extends Model
+{
+    private final Element project;
+
+    private final JDomModelBase modelBase;
+
+    public JDomModel( Document document )
+    {
+        this( document.getRootElement() );
+    }
+
+    public JDomModel( Element project )
+    {
+        this.project = project;
+        this.modelBase = new JDomModelBase( project );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Build getBuild()
+    {
+        return modelBase.getBuild();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Dependency> getDependencies()
+    {
+        return modelBase.getDependencies();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DependencyManagement getDependencyManagement()
+    {
+        return modelBase.getDependencyManagement();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Parent getParent()
+    {
+        Element elm = getParentElement();
+        if ( elm == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // this way scm setters change DOM tree immediately
+            return new JDomParent( elm );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Element getParentElement()
+    {
+        return project.getChild( "parent", project.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Profile> getProfiles()
+    {
+        Element profilesElm = project.getChild( "profiles", project.getNamespace() );
+        if ( profilesElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> profileElms = profilesElm.getChildren( "profile", project.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Profile> profiles = new ArrayList<>( profileElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element profileElm : profileElms )
+            {
+                profiles.add( new JDomProfile( profileElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return profiles;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Properties getProperties()
+    {
+        Element properties = project.getChild( "properties", project.getNamespace() );
+
+        if ( properties == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new JDomProperties( properties );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Reporting getReporting()
+    {
+        Element reporting = project.getChild( "reporting", project.getNamespace() );
+
+        if ( reporting == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new JDomReporting( reporting );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setScm( Scm scm )
+    {
+        if ( scm == null )
+        {
+            JDomUtils.rewriteElement( "scm", null, project, project.getNamespace() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Element scmRoot = new Element( "scm" );
+            scmRoot.addContent( "\n  " );
+
+            // Write current values to JDom tree
+            Scm jdomScm = new JDomScm( scmRoot );
+            jdomScm.setConnection( scm.getConnection() );
+            jdomScm.setDeveloperConnection( scm.getDeveloperConnection() );
+            jdomScm.setTag( scm.getTag() );
+            jdomScm.setUrl( scm.getUrl() );
+
+            project.addContent( "\n  " ).addContent( scmRoot ).addContent( "\n" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Scm getScm()
+    {
+        Element elm = project.getChild( "scm", project.getNamespace() );
+        if ( elm == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // this way scm setters change DOM tree immediately
+            return new JDomScm( elm );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        Element versionElement = project.getChild( "version", project.getNamespace() );
+
+        String parentVersion;
+        Element parent = getParentElement();
+        if ( parent != null )
+        {
+            parentVersion = parent.getChildTextTrim( "version", project.getNamespace() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            parentVersion = null;
+        }
+
+        if ( versionElement == null )
+        {
+            if ( !version.equals( parentVersion ) )
+            {
+                // we will add this after artifactId, since it was missing but different from the inherited version
+                Element artifactIdElement = project.getChild( "artifactId", project.getNamespace() );
+                int index = project.indexOf( artifactIdElement );
+
+                versionElement = new Element( "version", project.getNamespace() );
+                versionElement.setText( version );
+                project.addContent( index + 1, new Text( "\n  " ) );
+                project.addContent( index + 2, versionElement );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            JDomUtils.rewriteValue( versionElement, version );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelBase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdc6442ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomModelBase
+{
+    private final Element modelBase;
+
+    public JDomModelBase( Element modelBase )
+    {
+        this.modelBase = modelBase;
+    }
+
+    public Build getBuild()
+    {
+        Element elm = modelBase.getChild( "build", modelBase.getNamespace() );
+        if ( elm == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // this way build setters change DOM tree immediately
+            return new JDomBuild( elm );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public List<Dependency> getDependencies()
+    {
+        Element dependenciesElm = modelBase.getChild( "dependencies", modelBase.getNamespace() );
+        if ( dependenciesElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> dependencyElms = dependenciesElm.getChildren( "dependency", modelBase.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Dependency> dependencies = new ArrayList<>( dependencyElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element dependencyElm : dependencyElms )
+            {
+                dependencies.add( new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return dependencies;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public DependencyManagement getDependencyManagement()
+    {
+        Element elm = modelBase.getChild( "dependencyManagement", modelBase.getNamespace() );
+        if ( elm == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // this way build setters change DOM tree immediately
+            return new JDomDependencyManagement( elm );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETL.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETL.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0b845788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETL.java
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.ModelETL;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
+import org.jdom.CDATA;
+import org.jdom.Comment;
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.JDOMException;
+import org.jdom.Namespace;
+import org.jdom.filter.ContentFilter;
+import org.jdom.filter.ElementFilter;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.jdom.output.Format;
+import org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation for extracting, transform, loading the Model (pom.xml)
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomModelETL implements ModelETL
+{
+    private ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor;
+
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    private Document document;
+
+    private String intro = null;
+    private String outtro = null;
+
+    private String ls = ReleaseUtil.LS;
+
+    public void setLs( String ls )
+    {
+        this.ls = ls;
+    }
+
+    public void setReleaseDescriptor( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        this.releaseDescriptor = releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+
+    public void setProject( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        this.project = project;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void extract( File pomFile ) throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            String content = ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( pomFile, ls );
+            // we need to eliminate any extra whitespace inside elements, as JDOM will nuke it
+            content = content.replaceAll( "<([^!][^>]*?)\\s{2,}([^>]*?)>", "<$1 $2>" );
+            content = content.replaceAll( "(\\s{2,})/>", "$1 />" );
+
+            SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+            document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+
+            // Normalize line endings to platform's style (XML processors like JDOM normalize line endings to "\n" as
+            // per section 2.11 of the XML spec)
+            normaliseLineEndings( document );
+
+            // rewrite DOM as a string to find differences, since text outside the root element is not tracked
+            StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
+            Format format = Format.getRawFormat();
+            format.setLineSeparator( ls );
+            XMLOutputter out = new XMLOutputter( format );
+            out.output( document.getRootElement(), w );
+
+            int index = content.indexOf( w.toString() );
+            if ( index >= 0 )
+            {
+                intro = content.substring( 0, index );
+                outtro = content.substring( index + w.toString().length() );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                /*
+                 * NOTE: Due to whitespace, attribute reordering or entity expansion the above indexOf test can easily
+                 * fail. So let's try harder. Maybe some day, when JDOM offers a StaxBuilder and this builder employes
+                 * XMLInputFactory2.P_REPORT_PROLOG_WHITESPACE, this whole mess can be avoided.
+                 */
+                // CHECKSTYLE_OFF: LocalFinalVariableName
+                final String SPACE = "\\s++";
+                final String XML = "<\\?(?:(?:[^\"'>]++)|(?:\"[^\"]*+\")|(?:'[^\']*+'))*+>";
+                final String INTSUB = "\\[(?:(?:[^\"'\\]]++)|(?:\"[^\"]*+\")|(?:'[^\']*+'))*+\\]";
+                final String DOCTYPE =
+                    "<!DOCTYPE(?:(?:[^\"'\\[>]++)|(?:\"[^\"]*+\")|(?:'[^\']*+')|(?:" + INTSUB + "))*+>";
+                final String PI = XML;
+                final String COMMENT = "<!--(?:[^-]|(?:-[^-]))*+-->";
+
+                final String INTRO =
+                    "(?:(?:" + SPACE + ")|(?:" + XML + ")|(?:" + DOCTYPE + ")|(?:" + COMMENT + ")|(?:" + PI + "))*";
+                final String OUTRO = "(?:(?:" + SPACE + ")|(?:" + COMMENT + ")|(?:" + PI + "))*";
+                final String POM = "(?s)(" + INTRO + ")(.*?)(" + OUTRO + ")";
+                // CHECKSTYLE_ON: LocalFinalVariableName
+
+                Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile( POM ).matcher( content );
+                if ( matcher.matches() )
+                {
+                    intro = matcher.group( 1 );
+                    outtro = matcher.group( matcher.groupCount() );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( JDOMException | IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error reading POM: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void transform()
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void load( File targetFile ) throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        writePom( targetFile, document, releaseDescriptor, project.getModelVersion(), intro, outtro );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Model getModel()
+    {
+        return new JDomModel( document );
+    }
+
+    private void normaliseLineEndings( Document document )
+    {
+        for ( Iterator<?> i = document.getDescendants( new ContentFilter( ContentFilter.COMMENT ) ); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            Comment c = (Comment) i.next();
+            c.setText( ReleaseUtil.normalizeLineEndings( c.getText(), ls ) );
+        }
+        for ( Iterator<?> i = document.getDescendants( new ContentFilter( ContentFilter.CDATA ) ); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            CDATA c = (CDATA) i.next();
+            c.setText( ReleaseUtil.normalizeLineEndings( c.getText(), ls ) );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writePom( File pomFile, Document document, ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, String modelVersion,
+                           String intro, String outtro )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        Element rootElement = document.getRootElement();
+
+        if ( releaseDescriptor.isAddSchema() )
+        {
+            Namespace pomNamespace = Namespace.getNamespace( "", "http://maven.apache.org/POM/" + modelVersion );
+            rootElement.setNamespace( pomNamespace );
+            Namespace xsiNamespace = Namespace.getNamespace( "xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" );
+            rootElement.addNamespaceDeclaration( xsiNamespace );
+
+            if ( rootElement.getAttribute( "schemaLocation", xsiNamespace ) == null )
+            {
+                rootElement.setAttribute( "schemaLocation", "http://maven.apache.org/POM/" + modelVersion
+                    + " https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-" + modelVersion + ".xsd", xsiNamespace );
+            }
+
+            // the empty namespace is considered equal to the POM namespace, so match them up to avoid extra xmlns=""
+            ElementFilter elementFilter = new ElementFilter( Namespace.getNamespace( "" ) );
+            for ( Iterator<?> i = rootElement.getDescendants( elementFilter ); i.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                Element e = (Element) i.next();
+                e.setNamespace( pomNamespace );
+            }
+        }
+
+        
+        try ( Writer writer = WriterFactory.newXmlWriter( pomFile ) )
+        {
+            if ( intro != null )
+            {
+                writer.write( intro );
+            }
+
+            Format format = Format.getRawFormat();
+            format.setLineSeparator( ls );
+            XMLOutputter out = new XMLOutputter( format );
+            out.output( document.getRootElement(), writer );
+
+            if ( outtro != null )
+            {
+                writer.write( outtro );
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ReleaseExecutionException( "Error writing POM: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETLFactory.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETLFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26ebe5de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelETLFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.ModelETLRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.ModelETLFactory;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+@Component( role = ModelETLFactory.class, hint = JDomModelETLFactory.ROLE_HINT )
+public class JDomModelETLFactory implements ModelETLFactory
+{
+    public static final String ROLE_HINT = "jdom-sax";
+
+    @Override
+    public JDomModelETL newInstance( ModelETLRequest request )
+    {
+        JDomModelETL result = new JDomModelETL();
+
+        result.setLs( request.getLineSeparator() );
+        result.setProject( request.getProject() );
+        result.setReleaseDescriptor( request.getReleaseDescriptor() );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomParent.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomParent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be345df4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomParent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms PARENT element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomParent extends Parent
+{
+    private Element parent;
+
+    public JDomParent( Element parent )
+    {
+        this.parent = parent;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        JDomUtils.rewriteElement( "version", version, parent, parent.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRelativePath()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGroupId( String groupId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setRelativePath( String relativePath )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getId()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPlugin.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf21eeab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.PluginExecution;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.MavenCoordinate;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms PLUGIN element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomPlugin extends Plugin implements MavenCoordinate
+{
+    private Element plugin;
+    private final MavenCoordinate coordinate;
+
+    public JDomPlugin( Element plugin )
+    {
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+        this.coordinate = new JDomMavenCoordinate( plugin );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addDependency( Dependency dependency )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addExecution( PluginExecution pluginExecution )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Dependency> getDependencies()
+    {
+        Element dependenciesElm = plugin.getChild( "dependencies", plugin.getNamespace() );
+        if ( dependenciesElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> dependencyElms =
+                dependenciesElm.getChildren( "dependency", plugin.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Dependency> dependencies = new ArrayList<>( dependencyElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element dependencyElm : dependencyElms )
+            {
+                dependencies.add( new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return dependencies;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<PluginExecution> getExecutions()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getGoals()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getGroupId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getVersion();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isExtensions()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeDependency( Dependency dependency )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeExecution( PluginExecution pluginExecution )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDependencies( List<Dependency> dependencies )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExecutions( List<PluginExecution> executions )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExtensions( boolean extensions )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGoals( Object goals )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGroupId( String groupId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        coordinate.setVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flushExecutionMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, PluginExecution>  getExecutionsAsMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return "plugin";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPluginManagement.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPluginManagement.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b997bde20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPluginManagement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms PLUGINMANAGEMENT element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomPluginManagement extends PluginManagement
+{
+    private final Element pluginManagement;
+
+    public JDomPluginManagement( Element pluginManagement )
+    {
+        this.pluginManagement = pluginManagement;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addPlugin( Plugin plugin )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Plugin> getPlugins()
+    {
+        Element pluginsElm = pluginManagement.getChild( "plugins", pluginManagement.getNamespace() );
+        if ( pluginsElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> pluginElms = pluginsElm.getChildren( "plugin", pluginManagement.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<Plugin> plugins = new ArrayList<>( pluginElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element pluginElm : pluginElms )
+            {
+                plugins.add( new JDomPlugin( pluginElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return plugins;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removePlugin( Plugin plugin )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPlugins( List<Plugin> plugins )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flushPluginMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map getPluginsAsMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomProfile.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomProfile.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bcc4bb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomProfile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.BuildBase;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms PROFILE element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomProfile
+    extends Profile
+{
+    private final JDomModelBase modelBase;
+
+    public JDomProfile( Element profile )
+    {
+        this.modelBase = new JDomModelBase( profile ) ;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BuildBase getBuild()
+    {
+        return modelBase.getBuild();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Dependency> getDependencies()
+    {
+        return modelBase.getDependencies();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DependencyManagement getDependencyManagement()
+    {
+        return modelBase.getDependencyManagement();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomProperties.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0f4c75c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms PROPERTIES element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomProperties extends Properties
+{
+    private final Element properties;
+
+    public JDomProperties( Element properties )
+    {
+        this.properties = properties;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized Object setProperty( String key, String value )
+    {
+        Element property = properties.getChild( key, properties.getNamespace() );
+
+        JDomUtils.rewriteValue( property, value );
+
+        // todo follow specs of Hashtable.put
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void load( Reader reader )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void load( InputStream inStream )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void save( OutputStream out, String comments )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void store( Writer writer, String comments )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void store( OutputStream out, String comments )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void loadFromXML( InputStream in )
+        throws IOException, InvalidPropertiesFormatException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void storeToXML( OutputStream os, String comment )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void storeToXML( OutputStream os, String comment, String encoding )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProperty( String key )
+    {
+        Element property = properties.getChild( key, properties.getNamespace() );
+
+        if ( property == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return property.getTextTrim();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProperty( String key, String defaultValue )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<?> propertyNames()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<String> stringPropertyNames()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void list( PrintStream out )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void list( PrintWriter out )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomReportPlugin.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomReportPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b781ef116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomReportPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.ReportPlugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.ReportSet;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.MavenCoordinate;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms reports PLUGIN element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomReportPlugin
+    extends ReportPlugin implements MavenCoordinate
+{
+    private final MavenCoordinate coordinate;
+
+    public JDomReportPlugin( Element reportPlugin )
+    {
+        this.coordinate = new JDomMavenCoordinate( reportPlugin );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addReportSet( ReportSet reportSet )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getConfiguration()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getGroupId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getInherited()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ReportSet> getReportSets()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return coordinate.getVersion();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeReportSet( ReportSet reportSet )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setConfiguration( Object configuration )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGroupId( String groupId )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setInherited( String inherited )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setReportSets( List<ReportSet> reportSets )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVersion( String version )
+    {
+        coordinate.setVersion( version );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flushReportSetMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, ReportSet> getReportSetsAsMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getKey()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unsetInheritanceApplied()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isInheritanceApplied()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return "plugin";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomReporting.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomReporting.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a07f15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomReporting.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.ReportPlugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Reporting;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms REPORTING element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomReporting extends Reporting
+{
+
+    private final Element reporting;
+
+    public JDomReporting( Element reporting )
+    {
+        this.reporting = reporting;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addPlugin( ReportPlugin reportPlugin )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ReportPlugin> getPlugins()
+    {
+        Element pluginsElm = reporting.getChild( "plugins", reporting.getNamespace() );
+        if ( pluginsElm == null )
+        {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<Element> pluginElms = pluginsElm.getChildren( "plugin", reporting.getNamespace() );
+
+            List<ReportPlugin> plugins = new ArrayList<>( pluginElms.size() );
+
+            for ( Element pluginElm : pluginElms )
+            {
+                plugins.add( new JDomReportPlugin( pluginElm ) );
+            }
+
+            return plugins;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removePlugin( ReportPlugin reportPlugin )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setOutputDirectory( String outputDirectory )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPlugins( List<ReportPlugin> plugins )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flushReportPluginMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, ReportPlugin> getReportPluginsAsMap()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isExcludeDefaults()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExcludeDefaults( boolean excludeDefaults )
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomScm.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomScm.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9187dcc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomScm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * JDom implementation of poms SCM element
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class JDomScm extends Scm
+{
+    private Element scm;
+
+    JDomScm( Element scm )
+    {
+        this.scm = scm;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConnection()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setConnection( String connection )
+    {
+        JDomUtils.rewriteElement( "connection", connection, scm, scm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDeveloperConnection()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDeveloperConnection( String developerConnection )
+    {
+        JDomUtils.rewriteElement( "developerConnection", developerConnection, scm, scm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getTag()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setTag( String tag )
+    {
+        JDomUtils.rewriteElement( "tag", tag, scm, scm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUrl()
+    {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUrl( String url )
+    {
+        JDomUtils.rewriteElement( "url", url, scm, scm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomUtils.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17355f87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.Namespace;
+import org.jdom.Text;
+
+/**
+ * Common JDom functions
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public final class JDomUtils
+{
+
+    private JDomUtils()
+    {
+        // noop
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the text value of the given element. The primary purpose of this method is to preserve any whitespace and
+     * comments around the original text value.
+     *
+     * @param element The element to update, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     * @param value   The text string to set, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    public static void rewriteValue( Element element, String value )
+    {
+        Text text = null;
+        if ( element.getContent() != null )
+        {
+            for ( Iterator<?> it = element.getContent().iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                Object content = it.next();
+                if ( ( content instanceof Text ) && ( (Text) content ).getTextTrim().length() > 0 )
+                {
+                    text = (Text) content;
+                    while ( it.hasNext() )
+                    {
+                        content = it.next();
+                        if ( content instanceof Text )
+                        {
+                            text.append( (Text) content );
+                            it.remove();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ( text == null )
+        {
+            element.addContent( value );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            String chars = text.getText();
+            String trimmed = text.getTextTrim();
+            int idx = chars.indexOf( trimmed );
+            String leadingWhitespace = chars.substring( 0, idx );
+            String trailingWhitespace = chars.substring( idx + trimmed.length() );
+            text.setText( leadingWhitespace + value + trailingWhitespace );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static Element rewriteElement( String name, String value, Element root, Namespace namespace )
+    {
+        Element tagElement = root.getChild( name, namespace );
+        if ( tagElement != null )
+        {
+            if ( value != null )
+            {
+                rewriteValue( tagElement, value );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                int index = root.indexOf( tagElement );
+                root.removeContent( index );
+                for ( int i = index - 1; i >= 0; i-- )
+                {
+                    if ( root.getContent( i ) instanceof Text )
+                    {
+                        root.removeContent( i );
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( value != null )
+            {
+                Element element = new Element( name, namespace );
+                element.setText( value );
+                root.addContent( "  " ).addContent( element ).addContent( "\n  " );
+                tagElement = element;
+            }
+        }
+        return tagElement;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/PomFinder.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/PomFinder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df2519222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/PomFinder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
+import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamReader;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
+
+/**
+ * <p>This utility class helps with finding a maven pom file
+ * which got parsed previously. It uses the fact that the
+ * combination of any parent ids plus the ids of the current
+ * pom itself is unique.</p>
+ * <p>This is e.g. needed for SCM systems which do not support
+ * sparse checkout but only can checkout the repository as whole
+ * like e.g. GIT. If the module which we are going to release is
+ * not in the parent directory, we first need to search for the
+ * 'right' sub directory in this case.
+ * subdirectory </p>
+ *
+ * <h3>Usage:</h3>
+ * <p>PomFinder is a statefull class. One instance of this class intended
+ * for a singular use! You need to create a new instance if you like
+ * to search for another pom.</p>
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>
+ *     Parse an origin pom in a given directory with {@link #parsePom(java.io.File)}
+ *     This will act as the information about what to search for.
+ *   </li>
+ *   <li>
+ *      Search for the matching pom in a given tree using
+ *      {@link #findMatchingPom(java.io.File)}
+ *   </li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:struberg@yahoo.de">Mark Struberg</a>
+ */
+public class PomFinder
+{
+
+    private Logger log;
+    private PomInfo foundPomInfo;
+
+    public PomFinder( Logger log )
+    {
+        this.log = log;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param originPom the pom File which should be used as blueprint for the search
+     * @return <code>true</code> if a pom got parsed successfully, <code>false</code> otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean parsePom( File originPom )
+    {
+        if ( !originPom.exists() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            foundPomInfo = readPomInfo( originPom );
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            log.warn( "Error while parsing pom file", e );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return foundPomInfo != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Search for the previously with {@link #parsePom(java.io.File)}
+     * parsed pom in the given directory.
+     * @param startDirectory the initial directory
+     * @return the pom file which matches the previously parsed pom or <code>null</code>
+     * if no matching pom file could have been found.
+     */
+    public File findMatchingPom( File startDirectory )
+    {
+        if ( !startDirectory.exists() )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ( !startDirectory.isDirectory() )
+        {
+            log.error( "PomFinder must be started with a directory! Got " + startDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ( foundPomInfo == null )
+        {
+            log.error( "Please run parsePom first!" );
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // look for the file in the current directory
+        File matchingPom = new File( startDirectory, foundPomInfo.getFileName() );
+        if ( matchingPom.exists() )
+        {
+            PomInfo pi = null;
+            try
+            {
+                pi = readPomInfo( matchingPom );
+            }
+            catch ( Exception e )
+            {
+                log.warn( "Error while parsing pom file", e );
+                // do nothing, just continue with the search
+                // this might happen if a build contains unfinished pom.xml
+                // files in integration tests, etc
+            }
+
+            if  ( pi == null || !pi.equals( foundPomInfo ) )
+            {
+                matchingPom = null;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            matchingPom = null;
+        }
+
+        if ( matchingPom == null )
+        {
+            String[] childFiles = startDirectory.list();
+            for ( int i = 0; i < childFiles.length; i++ )
+            {
+                String childFile = childFiles[ i ];
+
+                File subDir = new File( startDirectory, childFile );
+                if ( subDir.isDirectory() && !subDir.isHidden() )
+                {
+                    matchingPom = findMatchingPom( subDir );
+                }
+
+                if ( matchingPom != null )
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return matchingPom;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Read the {@link PomInfo} from the given pom file
+     * @param pomFile pom.xml file
+     * @return the PomInfo or <code>null</code
+     */
+    private PomInfo readPomInfo( File pomFile )
+            throws IOException, XmlPullParserException
+    {
+        if ( !pomFile.exists() || !pomFile.isFile() )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        PomInfo pomInfo = null;
+
+        MavenXpp3Reader reader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
+        
+        Model model = null;
+        try ( XmlStreamReader xmlReader = ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( pomFile ) )
+        {
+            model = reader.read( xmlReader );
+        }
+
+        if ( model != null )
+        {
+            pomInfo = new PomInfo();
+            pomInfo.setArtifactId( model.getArtifactId() );
+            pomInfo.setGroupId( model.getGroupId() );
+
+            Parent parent = model.getParent();
+            if ( parent != null )
+            {
+                pomInfo.setParentArtifactId( parent.getArtifactId() );
+                pomInfo.setParentGroupId( parent.getGroupId() );
+            }
+
+            pomInfo.setFileName( pomFile.getName() );
+        }
+        return pomInfo;
+    }
+
+    /***
+     * Data container which helds information about a pom.
+     * Information may partially be empty.
+     */
+    private static class PomInfo
+    {
+        private String fileName;
+        private String artifactId;
+        private String groupId;
+        private String parentArtifactId;
+        private String parentGroupId;
+
+        public String getFileName()
+        {
+            return fileName;
+        }
+
+        public void setFileName( String fileName )
+        {
+            this.fileName = fileName;
+        }
+
+        public void setArtifactId( String artifactId )
+        {
+            this.artifactId = artifactId;
+        }
+
+        public void setGroupId( String groupId )
+        {
+            this.groupId = groupId;
+        }
+
+        public void setParentArtifactId( String parentArtifactId )
+        {
+            this.parentArtifactId = parentArtifactId;
+        }
+
+        public void setParentGroupId( String parentGroupId )
+        {
+            this.parentGroupId = parentGroupId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals( Object o )
+        {
+            if ( this == o )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if ( o == null || getClass() != o.getClass() )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            PomInfo pomInfo = (PomInfo) o;
+
+            if ( artifactId != null ? !artifactId.equals( pomInfo.artifactId ) : pomInfo.artifactId != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( groupId != null ? !groupId.equals( pomInfo.groupId ) : pomInfo.groupId != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( parentArtifactId != null ? !parentArtifactId.equals( pomInfo.parentArtifactId )
+                            : pomInfo.parentArtifactId != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( parentGroupId != null ? !parentGroupId.equals( pomInfo.parentGroupId )
+                                       : pomInfo.parentGroupId != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode()
+        {
+            int result = artifactId != null ? artifactId.hashCode() : 0;
+            result = 31 * result + ( groupId != null ? groupId.hashCode() : 0 );
+            result = 31 * result + ( parentArtifactId != null ? parentArtifactId.hashCode() : 0 );
+            result = 31 * result + ( parentGroupId != null ? parentGroupId.hashCode() : 0 );
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/ReleaseUtil.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/ReleaseUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b64f20c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/ReleaseUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.InterpolationException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.MapBasedValueSource;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.ObjectBasedValueSource;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.PrefixAwareRecursionInterceptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.PrefixedObjectValueSource;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.StringSearchInterpolator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class ReleaseUtil
+{
+    @SuppressWarnings( "checkstyle:constantname" )
+    public static final String RELEASE_POMv4 = "release-pom.xml";
+
+    @SuppressWarnings( "checkstyle:constantname" )
+    public static final String POMv4 = "pom.xml";
+
+    /**
+     * The line separator to use.
+     */
+    public static final String LS = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
+
+    private ReleaseUtil()
+    {
+        // noop
+    }
+
+    public static MavenProject getRootProject( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        MavenProject project = reactorProjects.get( 0 );
+        for ( MavenProject currentProject : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            if ( currentProject.isExecutionRoot() )
+            {
+                project = currentProject;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return project;
+    }
+
+    public static File getStandardPom( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        if ( project == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        File pom = project.getFile();
+
+        if ( pom == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        File releasePom = getReleasePom( project );
+        if ( pom.equals( releasePom ) )
+        {
+            pom = new File( pom.getParent(), POMv4 );
+        }
+
+        return pom;
+    }
+
+    public static File getReleasePom( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        if ( project == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        File pom = project.getFile();
+
+        if ( pom == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new File( pom.getParent(), RELEASE_POMv4 );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the string contents of the specified XML file. Note: In contrast to an XML processor, the line separators in
+     * the returned string will be normalized to use the platform's native line separator. This is basically to save
+     * another normalization step when writing the string contents back to an XML file.
+     *
+     * @param file The path to the XML file to read in, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     * @return The string contents of the XML file.
+     * @throws IOException If the file could not be opened/read.
+     */
+    public static String readXmlFile( File file )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return readXmlFile( file, LS );
+    }
+
+    public static String readXmlFile( File file, String ls )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        try ( Reader reader = ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( file ) )
+        {
+            return normalizeLineEndings( IOUtil.toString( reader ), ls );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalizes the line separators in the specified string.
+     *
+     * @param text The string to normalize, may be <code>null</code>.
+     * @param separator The line separator to use for normalization, typically "\n" or "\r\n", must not be
+     *            <code>null</code>.
+     * @return The input string with normalized line separators or <code>null</code> if the string was <code>null</code>
+     *         .
+     */
+    public static String normalizeLineEndings( String text, String separator )
+    {
+        String norm = text;
+        if ( text != null )
+        {
+            norm = text.replaceAll( "(\r\n)|(\n)|(\r)", separator );
+        }
+        return norm;
+    }
+
+    public static ReleaseDescriptor createBasedirAlignedReleaseDescriptor( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor,
+                                                                           List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        int parentLevels = Paths.get( releaseDescriptor.getPomFileName() ).getNameCount() - 1;
+
+        String url = releaseDescriptor.getScmSourceUrl();
+        url = realignScmUrl( parentLevels, url );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( url );
+
+        return ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+    }
+
+    public static int getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( final Path baseDirectory, final Path workingDirectory )
+    {
+        return Math.max( 0, workingDirectory.normalize().getNameCount() - baseDirectory.normalize().getNameCount() );
+    }
+
+    public static String realignScmUrl( int parentLevels, String url )
+    {
+        if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( url ) )
+        {
+            // normalize
+            url = url.replaceAll( "/\\./", "/" ).replaceAll( "/\\.$", "" ).
+                            replaceAll( "/[^/]+/\\.\\./", "/" ).replaceAll( "/[^/]+/\\.\\.$", "" );
+
+            int index = url.length();
+            String suffix = "";
+            if ( url.endsWith( "/" ) )
+            {
+                index--;
+                suffix = "/";
+            }
+
+            for ( int i = 0; i < parentLevels && index > 0; i++ )
+            {
+                index = url.lastIndexOf( '/', index - 1 );
+            }
+
+            if ( index > 0 )
+            {
+                url = url.substring( 0, index ) + suffix;
+            }
+
+        }
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    public static String interpolate( String value, Model model )
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException
+    {
+        if ( value != null && value.contains( "${" ) )
+        {
+            StringSearchInterpolator interpolator = new StringSearchInterpolator();
+            List<String> pomPrefixes = Arrays.asList( "pom.", "project." );
+            interpolator.addValueSource( new PrefixedObjectValueSource( pomPrefixes, model, false ) );
+            interpolator.addValueSource( new MapBasedValueSource( model.getProperties() ) );
+            interpolator.addValueSource( new ObjectBasedValueSource( model ) );
+            try
+            {
+                value = interpolator.interpolate( value, new PrefixAwareRecursionInterceptor( pomPrefixes ) );
+            }
+            catch ( InterpolationException e )
+            {
+                throw new ReleaseExecutionException(
+                                                     "Failed to interpolate " + value + " for project " + model.getId(),
+                                                     e );
+            }
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/DefaultVersionInfo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/DefaultVersionInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71b496329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/DefaultVersionInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * This compares and increments versions for a common java versioning scheme.
+ * <p>
+ * The supported version scheme has the following parts.<br>
+ * <code><i>component-digits-annotation-annotationRevision-buildSpecifier</i></code><br>
+ * Example:<br>
+ * <code>my-component-1.0.1-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</code>
+ * <b>Terms:</b>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><i>component</i> - name of the versioned component (log4j, commons-lang, etc)
+ * <li><i>digits</i> - Numeric digits with at least one "." period. (1.0, 1.1, 1.01, 1.2.3, etc)
+ * <li><i>annotationRevision</i> - Integer qualifier for the annotation. (4 as in RC-4)
+ * <li><i>buildSpecifier</i> - Additional specifier for build. (SNAPSHOT, or build number like "20041114.081234-2")
+ * </ul>
+ * <b>Digits is the only required piece of the version string, and must contain at lease one "." period.</b>
+ * Implementation details:<br>
+ * The separators "_" and "-" between components are also optional (though they are usually recommended).<br>
+ * Example:<br>
+ * <code>log4j-1.2.9-beta-9-SNAPSHOT == log4j1.2.9beta9SNAPSHOT == log4j_1.2.9_beta_9_SNAPSHOT</code>
+ * Leading zeros are significant when performing comparisons.
+ * TODO: this parser is better than DefaultArtifactVersion - replace it with this (but align naming) and then remove
+ * this from here.
+ */
+public class DefaultVersionInfo
+    implements VersionInfo
+{
+    private final String strVersion;
+
+    private final List<String> digits;
+
+    private String annotation;
+
+    private String annotationRevision;
+
+    private final String buildSpecifier;
+
+    private String annotationSeparator;
+
+    private String annotationRevSeparator;
+
+    private final String buildSeparator;
+
+    private static final int DIGITS_INDEX = 1;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_SEPARATOR_INDEX = 2;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_INDEX = 3;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX = 4;
+
+    private static final int ANNOTATION_REVISION_INDEX = 5;
+
+    private static final int BUILD_SEPARATOR_INDEX = 6;
+
+    private static final int BUILD_SPECIFIER_INDEX = 7;
+
+    private static final String SNAPSHOT_IDENTIFIER = "SNAPSHOT";
+
+    private static final String DIGIT_SEPARATOR_STRING = ".";
+
+    public static final Pattern STANDARD_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
+        "^((?:\\d+\\.)*\\d+)"      // digit(s) and '.' repeated - followed by digit (version digits 1.22.0, etc)
+        + "([-_])?"                // optional - or _  (annotation separator)
+        + "([a-zA-Z]*)"            // alpha characters (looking for annotation - alpha, beta, RC, etc.)
+        + "([-_])?"                // optional - or _  (annotation revision separator)
+        + "(\\d*)"                 // digits  (any digits after rc or beta is an annotation revision)
+        + "(?:([-_])?(.*?))?$" );  // - or _ followed everything else (build specifier)
+
+    /* *
+     * cmaki 02242009
+     * FIX for non-digit release numbers, e.g. trunk-SNAPSHOT or just SNAPSHOT
+     * This alternate pattern supports version numbers like:
+     * trunk-SNAPSHOT
+     * branchName-SNAPSHOT
+     * SNAPSHOT
+     */
+    // for SNAPSHOT releases only (possible versions include: trunk-SNAPSHOT or SNAPSHOT)
+    public static final Pattern ALTERNATE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "^(SNAPSHOT|[a-zA-Z]+[_-]SNAPSHOT)" );
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs this object and parses the supplied version string.
+     *
+     * @param version the version string
+     * @throws VersionParseException if an exception during parsing the input
+     */
+    public DefaultVersionInfo( String version )
+        throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        strVersion = version;
+
+        // FIX for non-digit release numbers, e.g. trunk-SNAPSHOT or just SNAPSHOT
+        Matcher matcher = ALTERNATE_PATTERN.matcher( strVersion );
+        // TODO: hack because it didn't support "SNAPSHOT"
+        if ( matcher.matches() )
+        {
+            annotation = null;
+            digits = null;
+            buildSpecifier = version;
+            buildSeparator = null;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Matcher m = STANDARD_PATTERN.matcher( strVersion );
+        if ( m.matches() )
+        {
+            digits = parseDigits( m.group( DIGITS_INDEX ) );
+            if ( !SNAPSHOT_IDENTIFIER.equals( m.group( ANNOTATION_INDEX ) ) )
+            {
+                annotationSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                annotation = nullIfEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_INDEX ) );
+
+                if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX ) )
+                    && StringUtils.isEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_REVISION_INDEX ) ) )
+                {
+                    // The build separator was picked up as the annotation revision separator
+                    buildSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                    buildSpecifier = nullIfEmpty( m.group( BUILD_SPECIFIER_INDEX ) );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    annotationRevSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_REV_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                    annotationRevision = nullIfEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_REVISION_INDEX ) );
+
+                    buildSeparator = m.group( BUILD_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                    buildSpecifier = nullIfEmpty( m.group( BUILD_SPECIFIER_INDEX ) );
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Annotation was "SNAPSHOT" so populate the build specifier with that data
+                buildSeparator = m.group( ANNOTATION_SEPARATOR_INDEX );
+                buildSpecifier = nullIfEmpty( m.group( ANNOTATION_INDEX ) );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new VersionParseException( "Unable to parse the version string: \"" + version + "\"" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public DefaultVersionInfo( List<String> digits, String annotation, String annotationRevision, String buildSpecifier,
+                               String annotationSeparator, String annotationRevSeparator, String buildSeparator )
+    {
+        this.digits = digits;
+        this.annotation = annotation;
+        this.annotationRevision = annotationRevision;
+        this.buildSpecifier = buildSpecifier;
+        this.annotationSeparator = annotationSeparator;
+        this.annotationRevSeparator = annotationRevSeparator;
+        this.buildSeparator = buildSeparator;
+        this.strVersion = getVersionString( this, buildSpecifier, buildSeparator );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSnapshot()
+    {
+        return ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot( strVersion );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public VersionInfo getNextVersion()
+    {
+        DefaultVersionInfo version = null;
+        if ( digits != null )
+        {
+            List<String> digits = new ArrayList<>( this.digits );
+            String annotationRevision = this.annotationRevision;
+            if ( StringUtils.isNumeric( annotationRevision ) )
+            {
+                annotationRevision = incrementVersionString( annotationRevision );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                digits.set( digits.size() - 1, incrementVersionString( digits.get( digits.size() - 1 ) ) );
+            }
+
+            version = new DefaultVersionInfo( digits, annotation, annotationRevision, buildSpecifier,
+                                              annotationSeparator, annotationRevSeparator, buildSeparator );
+        }
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares this {@link DefaultVersionInfo} to the supplied {@link DefaultVersionInfo} to determine which version is
+     * greater.
+     *
+     * @param obj the comparison version
+     * @return the comparison value
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the components differ between the objects or if either of the annotations can
+     *             not be determined.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo( VersionInfo obj )
+    {
+        DefaultVersionInfo that = (DefaultVersionInfo) obj;
+
+        int result;
+        // TODO: this is a workaround for a bug in DefaultArtifactVersion - fix there - 1.01 < 1.01.01
+        if ( strVersion.startsWith( that.strVersion ) && !strVersion.equals( that.strVersion )
+            && strVersion.charAt( that.strVersion.length() ) != '-' )
+        {
+            result = 1;
+        }
+        else if ( that.strVersion.startsWith( strVersion ) && !strVersion.equals( that.strVersion )
+            && that.strVersion.charAt( strVersion.length() ) != '-' )
+        {
+            result = -1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // TODO: this is a workaround for a bug in DefaultArtifactVersion - fix there - it should not consider case in comparing the qualifier
+            // NOTE: The combination of upper-casing and lower-casing is an approximation of String.equalsIgnoreCase()
+            String thisVersion = strVersion.toUpperCase( Locale.ENGLISH ).toLowerCase( Locale.ENGLISH );
+            String thatVersion = that.strVersion.toUpperCase( Locale.ENGLISH ).toLowerCase( Locale.ENGLISH );
+
+            result = new DefaultArtifactVersion( thisVersion ).compareTo( new DefaultArtifactVersion( thatVersion ) );
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals( Object obj )
+    {
+        if ( !( obj instanceof DefaultVersionInfo ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return compareTo( (VersionInfo) obj ) == 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return strVersion.toLowerCase( Locale.ENGLISH ).hashCode();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Takes a string and increments it as an integer.
+     * Preserves any lpad of "0" zeros.
+     *
+     * @return {@code String} increments the input {@code String} as an integer 
+     * and Preserves any lpad of "0" zeros.
+     * @param s the version number
+     */
+    protected String incrementVersionString( String s )
+    {
+        int n = Integer.valueOf( s ).intValue() + 1;
+        String value = String.valueOf( n );
+        if ( value.length() < s.length() )
+        {
+            // String was left-padded with zeros
+            value = StringUtils.leftPad( value, s.length(), "0" );
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getSnapshotVersionString()
+    {
+        if ( strVersion.equals( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION ) )
+        {
+            return strVersion;
+        }
+
+        String baseVersion = getReleaseVersionString();
+
+        if ( baseVersion.length() > 0 )
+        {
+            baseVersion += "-";
+        }
+
+        return baseVersion + Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getReleaseVersionString()
+    {
+        String baseVersion = strVersion;
+
+        Matcher m = Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher( baseVersion );
+        if ( m.matches() )
+        {
+            baseVersion = m.group( 1 );
+        }
+        // MRELEASE-623 SNAPSHOT is case-insensitive
+        else if ( StringUtils.right( baseVersion, 9 ).equalsIgnoreCase( "-" + Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION ) )
+        {
+            baseVersion = baseVersion.substring( 0, baseVersion.length() - Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION.length() - 1 );
+        }
+        else if ( baseVersion.equals( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION ) )
+        {
+            baseVersion = "1.0";
+        }
+        return baseVersion;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return strVersion;
+    }
+
+    protected static String getVersionString( DefaultVersionInfo info, String buildSpecifier, String buildSeparator )
+    {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+        if ( info.digits != null )
+        {
+            sb.append( joinDigitString( info.digits ) );
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( info.annotation ) )
+        {
+            sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( info.annotationSeparator ) );
+            sb.append( info.annotation );
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( info.annotationRevision ) )
+        {
+            if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( info.annotation ) )
+            {
+                sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( info.annotationSeparator ) );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( info.annotationRevSeparator ) );
+            }
+            sb.append( info.annotationRevision );
+        }
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( buildSpecifier ) )
+        {
+            sb.append( StringUtils.defaultString( buildSeparator ) );
+            sb.append( buildSpecifier );
+        }
+
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simply joins the items in the list with "." period
+     *
+     * @return a single {@code String} of the items in the passed list, joined with a "."
+     * @param digits {@code List<String>} of digits
+     */
+    protected static String joinDigitString( List<String> digits )
+    {
+        return digits != null ? StringUtils.join( digits.iterator(), DIGIT_SEPARATOR_STRING ) : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Splits the string on "." and returns a list
+     * containing each digit.
+     *
+     * @param strDigits
+     */
+    private List<String> parseDigits( String strDigits )
+    {
+        return Arrays.asList( StringUtils.split( strDigits, DIGIT_SEPARATOR_STRING ) );
+    }
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------
+    // Getters & Setters
+    //--------------------------------------------------
+
+    private static String nullIfEmpty( String s )
+    {
+        return StringUtils.isEmpty( s ) ? null : s;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getDigits()
+    {
+        return digits;
+    }
+
+    public String getAnnotation()
+    {
+        return annotation;
+    }
+
+    public String getAnnotationRevision()
+    {
+        return annotationRevision;
+    }
+
+    public String getBuildSpecifier()
+    {
+        return buildSpecifier;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionInfo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de2c9945e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/VersionInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Represent the different version representations during the release-prepare phase
+ */
+public interface VersionInfo
+    extends Comparable<VersionInfo>
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representing the version with a snapshot specification
+     *
+     * @return the snapshot version transformation of the original value
+     */
+    String getSnapshotVersionString();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representing the version without a snapshot specification.
+     *
+     * @return the final version transformation of the original value
+     */
+    String getReleaseVersionString();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@link VersionInfo} object which represents the next version of this object.
+     *
+     * @return the next VersionInfo
+     */
+    VersionInfo getNextVersion();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this represents a snapshot version.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the original value was a snapshot, otherwise {@code false}
+     */
+    boolean isSnapshot();
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/mdo/release-descriptor.mdo b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/mdo/release-descriptor.mdo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed0ea580e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/mdo/release-descriptor.mdo
@@ -0,0 +1,1165 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<model xmlns="https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/MODELLO/1.4.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/MODELLO/1.4.0 https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/modello/xsd/modello-1.4.0.xsd">
+  <id>release-descriptor</id>
+  <name>ReleaseDescriptor</name>
+  <description>
+    A release descriptor contains everything that is needed to perform a
+    release. A release descriptor can be used by third party systems like
+    Continuum to perform releases in a consistent way. The release model could also
+    be deployed to the repository manager so that new releases can be announced easily
+    and automatically.
+  </description>
+  <defaults>
+    <default>
+      <key>package</key>
+      <value>org.apache.maven.shared.release.config</value>
+    </default>
+  </defaults>
+  <classes>
+    <class rootElement="true">
+      <name>ModelloReleaseDescriptor</name>
+      <version>1.0.0+</version>
+      <fields>
+        <!-- Descriptive Information -->
+        <field>
+          <name>name</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The name of this release configuration
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>description</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The description of this release configuration
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <!-- Settings needs to be resolved -->
+        <!-- SCM Information -->
+        <field>
+          <name>ScmCommentPrefix</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>[maven-release-manager] </defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The prefix of SCM modification messages
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmReleaseCommitComment</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The SCM commit comment when setting pom.xml to release
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmDevelopmentCommitComment</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The SCM commit comment when setting pom.xml back to development
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmBranchCommitComment</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The SCM commit comment when branching
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmRollbackCommitComment</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The SCM commit comment when rolling back
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmSourceUrl</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            This is a MavenSCM of where you're going to get the sources to make the release with.
+            Example: scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/trunk/maven-release-plugin
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmTagBase</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Where you are going to put your tagged sources
+            Example https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmBranchBase</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Where you are going to put your branched sources
+            Example https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/branches
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmReleaseLabel</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            tag or branch name: the identifier for the tag/branch.
+            Example: maven-release-plugin-2.0
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmId</name>
+          <version>2.3.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The id can be used to get the credentials by the server-id from the settings.xml
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmUsername</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The user name to interact with the scm
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmPassword</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The password for the user interacting with the scm
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmPrivateKey</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Private key for an SSH based SCM repository.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmPrivateKeyPassPhrase</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Pass phrase for the private key.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmUseEditMode</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to use edit mode when making SCM modifications. This setting is disregarded
+            if the SCM does not support edit mode, or if edit mode is compulsory for the given SCM.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmRelativePathProjectDirectory</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Relative path of the project returned by the checkout command.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <!-- Maven Information -->
+<!--         <field> -->
+<!--           <name>releaseVersions</name> -->
+<!--           <version>1.0.0+</version> -->
+<!--           <type>Map</type> -->
+<!--           <association> -->
+<!--             <type>String</type> -->
+<!--             <multiplicity>*</multiplicity> -->
+<!--           </association> -->
+<!--           <description> -->
+<!--             A map of projects to versions to use when releasing the given projects. -->
+<!--           </description> -->
+<!--         </field> -->
+<!--         <field> -->
+<!--           <name>developmentVersions</name> -->
+<!--           <version>1.0.0+</version> -->
+<!--           <type>Map</type> -->
+<!--           <association> -->
+<!--             <type>String</type> -->
+<!--             <multiplicity>*</multiplicity> -->
+<!--           </association> -->
+<!--           <description> -->
+<!--             A map of projects to versions to use when moving the given projects back into development after release. -->
+<!--           </description> -->
+<!--         </field> -->
+<!--         <field> -->
+<!--           <name>resolvedSnapshotDependencies</name> -->
+<!--           <version>1.0.0+</version> -->
+<!--           <type>Map</type> -->
+<!--           <association> -->
+<!--             <type>String</type> -->
+<!--             <multiplicity>*</multiplicity> -->
+<!--           </association> -->
+<!--           <description> -->
+<!--             A map of resolved snapshot dependencies versions. -->
+<!--           </description> -->
+<!--         </field> -->
+        <field>
+          <name>updateDependencies</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            If updateDependencies is false, dependencies version won't be updated to the next development version.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>useReleaseProfile</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Whether to use the release profile that adds sources and javadocs to the released artifact, if appropriate.
+            If set to true, this will set the property "performRelease" to true.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>activateProfiles</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>List</type>
+          <association>
+            <type>String</type>
+            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
+          </association>
+          <description>List of profiles to activate.</description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>workingDirectory</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The directory where the release is performed.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>checkoutDirectory</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>target/checkout</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The directory where the tag will be checked out.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>completedPhase</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The last completed phase.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>addSchema</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            <![CDATA[Whether to add the model schema to the top of the rewritten POM if it wasn't there already.
+            If <code>false</code> then the root element will remain untouched.]]>
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>generateReleasePoms</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to generate release POMs.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>autoVersionSubmodules</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to use the parent pom version for submodule versions.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>interactive</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Whether the release process is interactive and the release manager should be prompted to
+            confirm values, or whether the defaults are used regardless.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>snapshotReleasePluginAllowed</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Whether a SNAPSHOT of the release plugin is allowed.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>additionalArguments</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Additional arguments to pass to any executed Maven process.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>pomFileName</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The file name of the POM to pass to any executed Maven process.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>checkModificationExcludes</name>
+          <version>2.1.0+</version>
+          <type>List</type>
+          <association>
+            <type>String</type>
+            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
+          </association>
+          <description>
+            In some exceptions you want to allow changes to the working copy. Changes
+            to files listed here will not make the ScmCheckModificationsPhase fail.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>preparationGoals</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The goals to execute in preparation for the release.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>completionGoals</name>
+          <version>2.2.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The goals to execute in on completion of preparation for the release.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>performGoals</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The goals to execute in perform phase for the release.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>commitByProject</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The commits must be done by modules or not. Set it to true in case of flat directory structure.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>branchCreation</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to create a branch instead of do a release.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>updateBranchVersions</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to update branch POM versions.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>updateWorkingCopyVersions</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Whether to update working copy POM versions.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>updateVersionsToSnapshot</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to update branch versions to SNAPSHOT.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch</name>
+          <version>2.1.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <description>
+            Whether to suppress a commit of changes to the working copy before a tag or branch is created.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>waitBeforeTagging</name>
+          <version>2.2.0+</version>
+          <type>int</type>
+          <description>
+            Wait the specified number of seconds before creating a tag.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>allowTimestampedSnapshots</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Should timestamped SNAPSHOT dependencies be allowed?  Default is to fail when any SNAPSHOT
+              dependency is found.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>defaultReleaseVersion</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Default version to use for the tagged release or the new branch.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>defaultDevelopmentVersion</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Default version to use for new working copy.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>projectVersionPolicyId</name>
+          <version>2.5.1+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>default</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The role-hint for the VersionPolicy implementation used to calculate the project versions.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>projectNamingPolicyId</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <!--  no default value to support scmTagNameFormat-style behavior  -->
+          <description>
+            The role-hint for the NamingPolicy implementation used to calculate the project branch and tag names.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>releaseStrategyId</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <defaultValue>default</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            The role-hint for the release Strategy implementation.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>remoteTagging</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            NOTE : currently only implemented with svn scm. Enable a workaround to prevent issue due to svn client > 1.5.0
+            (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-406)
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>scmReleasedPomRevision</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            NOTE : currently only implemented with svn scm. It contains the revision of the committed released pom to remotely tag
+            the source code with this revision.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>pushChanges</name>
+          <version>2.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Should distributed changes be pushed to the central repository?
+            For many distributed SCMs like Git, a change like a commit is only stored in your local copy of the repository.
+            Pushing the change allows your to more easily share it with other users.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>localCheckout</name>
+          <version>2.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            If the scm provider should use local checkouts via file://${basedir}
+            instead of doing a clean checkout over the network.
+            This is very helpful for releasing large projects!
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>scmTagNameFormat</name>
+          <version>2.2.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Specifies the format for generating a tag name. Property expansion is
+            used with the optional prefix of project, where properties are delimited
+            with @{ and }
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>workItem</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            Some SCMs may require a Work Item or a Task to allow the changes to be pushed or delivered.
+            This field allows you to specify that Work Item or Task. It is optional, and only relevant
+            if pushChanges is true.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>autoResolveSnapshots</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            <![CDATA[Specifies whether unresolved SNAPSHOT dependencies are automatically resolved.
+            If set, it is used as the answer to use when being asked how unresolved SNAPSHOT 
+            dependencies should be resolved:
+            <ul>
+            <li>"all" or "0": resolve all kinds of snapshots, ie. project, plugin, report and extension dependencies</li>
+            <li>"dependencies" or "1": resolve project dependencies</li>
+            <li>"plugins" or "2": resolve plugin dependencies</li>
+            <li>"reports" or "3": resolve report dependencies</li>
+            <li>"extensions" or "4": resolve extension dependencies</li>
+            </ul>
+            Additionally this implies that the default values for the dependency's release and next
+            development version are used.]]>
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <field>
+          <name>pinExternals</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>boolean</type>
+          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
+          <description>
+            Enable the "--pin-externals" option in svn copy commands which is new in Subversion 1.9.
+            NOTE : Currently only implemented with Subversion.
+            (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SCM-805)
+          </description>
+        </field>
+
+        <!-- Announcement Information
+
+        Announcement related info, this can be a second part of the process.
+
+        o anything that might be of interest in the release
+          o issue management urls
+          o new content
+          o announcement text
+
+        -->
+      </fields>
+
+      <!-- Code Segments -->
+      <codeSegments>
+        <codeSegment>
+          <version>2.1.0+</version>
+          <code><![CDATA[
+    /**
+     * Field resolvedSnapshotDependencies.
+     */
+    private java.util.Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> resolvedSnapshotDependencies = new java.util.HashMap<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Field projectVersions
+     */
+    private java.util.Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> projectVersions = new java.util.HashMap<>();
+    
+    /**
+     * Field originalScmInfo.
+     */
+    private java.util.Map<String, org.apache.maven.model.Scm> originalScmInfo = new java.util.HashMap<>();
+    
+    
+    java.util.Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> getProjectVersions()
+    {
+        return projectVersions;
+    }
+    
+    java.util.Map<String, org.apache.maven.model.Scm> getOriginalScmInfo()
+    {
+        return originalScmInfo;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Method getResolvedSnapshotDependencies.
+     * 
+     * @return Map
+     */
+    java.util.Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> getResolvedSnapshotDependencies()
+    {
+        return this.resolvedSnapshotDependencies;
+    } //-- java.util.Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> getResolvedSnapshotDependencies()
+
+    public String getProjectReleaseVersion( String projectId )
+    {
+      if ( projectVersions.containsKey( projectId ) )
+      {
+        return projectVersions.get( projectId ).getRelease();
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method addReleaseVersion.
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     */
+    public void addReleaseVersion( String projectId, String version )
+    {
+        computeIfAbsent( projectVersions, projectId ).setRelease( version ); 
+    } //-- void addReleaseVersion( String, String )
+
+    public String getProjectDevelopmentVersion( String projectId )
+    {
+      if ( projectVersions.containsKey( projectId ) )
+      {
+        return projectVersions.get( projectId ).getDevelopment();
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method addDevelopmentVersion.
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     */
+    public void addDevelopmentVersion( String projectId, String version )
+    {
+        computeIfAbsent( projectVersions, projectId ).setDevelopment( version ); 
+    } //-- void addDevelopmentVersion( String, String )
+
+    /**
+     * Method getOriginalScmInfo.
+     * 
+     * @return Map
+     */
+    public org.apache.maven.model.Scm getOriginalScmInfo( String id )
+    {
+        return this.originalScmInfo.get( id );
+    } //-- java.util.Map<Object, String> getOriginalScmInfo()
+    
+    /**
+     * Method addOriginalScmInfo.
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     */
+    public void addOriginalScmInfo( String key, org.apache.maven.model.Scm value )
+    {
+        getOriginalScmInfo().put( key, value );
+    } //-- void addOriginalScmInfo( String, org.apache.maven.model.Scm )
+
+    public String getProjectOriginalVersion( String projectId )
+    {
+      if ( projectVersions.containsKey( projectId ) )
+      {
+        return projectVersions.get( projectId ).getOriginal();
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+    
+    public void addOriginalVersion( String projectId, String version )
+    {
+      computeIfAbsent( projectVersions, projectId ).setOriginal( version ); 
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the release version for the resolved snapshot dependency.
+     *
+     */
+    public String getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( String artifactConflictId )
+    {
+        if ( resolvedSnapshotDependencies.containsKey( artifactConflictId ) )
+        {
+            ReleaseStageVersions versionMap = resolvedSnapshotDependencies.get( artifactConflictId );
+            return versionMap.getDevelopment();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the release version for the resolved snapshot dependency.
+     *
+     */
+    public String getDependencyReleaseVersion( String artifactConflictId )
+    {
+        if ( resolvedSnapshotDependencies.containsKey( artifactConflictId ) )
+        {
+            ReleaseStageVersions versionMap = resolvedSnapshotDependencies.get( artifactConflictId );
+            return versionMap.getRelease();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the original version for the resolved snapshot dependency.
+     *
+     */
+    public String getDependencyOriginalVersion( String artifactConflictId )
+    {
+        if ( resolvedSnapshotDependencies.containsKey( artifactConflictId ) )
+        {
+            ReleaseStageVersions versionMap = resolvedSnapshotDependencies.get( artifactConflictId );
+            return versionMap.getOriginal();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    public void addDependencyOriginalVersion( String dependencyKey, String version )
+    {
+        computeIfAbsent( resolvedSnapshotDependencies, dependencyKey ).setOriginal( version );
+    }
+
+    public void addDependencyReleaseVersion( String dependencyKey, String version )
+    {
+        computeIfAbsent( resolvedSnapshotDependencies, dependencyKey ).setRelease( version );
+    }
+
+    public void addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( String dependencyKey, String version )
+    {
+        computeIfAbsent( resolvedSnapshotDependencies, dependencyKey ).setDevelopment( version );
+    }
+    
+    private static ReleaseStageVersions computeIfAbsent( java.util.Map<String, ReleaseStageVersions> map, String key )
+    {
+        ReleaseStageVersions value = map.get( key );
+        if ( value == null )
+        {
+            value = new ReleaseStageVersions();
+            map.put( key, value );
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals( Object obj )
+    {
+        if ( this == obj )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ( obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        ModelloReleaseDescriptor that = (ModelloReleaseDescriptor) obj;
+
+        if ( updateDependencies               != that.isUpdateDependencies()               ||
+             useReleaseProfile                != that.isUseReleaseProfile()                ||
+             autoVersionSubmodules            != that.isAutoVersionSubmodules()            ||
+             snapshotReleasePluginAllowed     != that.isSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed()     ||
+             commitByProject                  != that.isCommitByProject()                  ||
+             branchCreation                   != that.isBranchCreation()                   ||
+             updateBranchVersions             != that.isUpdateBranchVersions()             ||
+             updateWorkingCopyVersions        != that.isUpdateWorkingCopyVersions()        ||
+             suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch  != that.isSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch()  ||
+             updateVersionsToSnapshot         != that.isUpdateVersionsToSnapshot()         ||
+             allowTimestampedSnapshots        != that.isAllowTimestampedSnapshots()        ||
+             remoteTagging                    != that.isRemoteTagging()                    ||
+             pinExternals                     != that.isPinExternals()                     ||
+             localCheckout                    != that.isLocalCheckout()                    ||
+             pushChanges                      != that.isPushChanges()
+           )
+           {
+               return false;
+           }
+
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( defaultDevelopmentVersion, that.getDefaultDevelopmentVersion() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( scmRelativePathProjectDirectory, that.getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( checkoutDirectory, that.getCheckoutDirectory() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( performGoals, that.getPerformGoals() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( defaultReleaseVersion, that.getDefaultReleaseVersion() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( workItem, that.getWorkItem() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( scmReleasedPomRevision, that.getScmReleasedPomRevision() ) ||
+             !java.util.Objects.equals( autoResolveSnapshots, that.getAutoResolveSnapshots() )
+           )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ( addSchema != that.isAddSchema() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( generateReleasePoms != that.isGenerateReleasePoms() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( interactive != that.isInteractive() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( scmUseEditMode != that.isScmUseEditMode() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( completedPhase, that.getCompletedPhase() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( ( checkModificationExcludes == null || ( checkModificationExcludes != null && checkModificationExcludes.size() == 0) ) &&
+            ( that.getCheckModificationExcludes() == null || ( that.getCheckModificationExcludes() != null && that.getCheckModificationExcludes().size() == 0) ) )
+        {
+            // Do nothing.  This is a Modello workaround
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( checkModificationExcludes != null ? !checkModificationExcludes.equals( that.getCheckModificationExcludes() )
+                : that.getCheckModificationExcludes() != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        if ( ( originalScmInfo == null || (originalScmInfo != null && originalScmInfo.size() == 0 ) ) &&
+            ( that.getOriginalScmInfo() == null || ( that.getOriginalScmInfo() != null && that.getOriginalScmInfo().size() == 0 ) ) )
+        {
+            // Do nothing.  This is a Modello workaround
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( originalScmInfo != null ? !compareScmCollections( that.getOriginalScmInfo() ) : that.getOriginalScmInfo() != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( additionalArguments, that.getAdditionalArguments() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( preparationGoals, that.getPreparationGoals() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( completionGoals, that.getCompletionGoals() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( pomFileName, that.getPomFileName() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmDevelopmentCommitComment, that.getScmDevelopmentCommitComment() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmReleaseCommitComment, that.getScmReleaseCommitComment() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmBranchCommitComment, that.getScmBranchCommitComment() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmRollbackCommitComment, that.getScmRollbackCommitComment() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmPrivateKeyPassPhrase, that.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmPassword, that.getScmPassword() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmPrivateKey, that.getScmPrivateKey() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmReleaseLabel, that.getScmReleaseLabel() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmTagBase, that.getScmTagBase() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmBranchBase, that.getScmBranchBase() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmId, that.getScmId() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmSourceUrl, that.getScmSourceUrl() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmUsername, that.getScmUsername() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( workingDirectory, that.getWorkingDirectory() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( scmTagNameFormat, that.getScmTagNameFormat() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.deepEquals( projectVersions, that.getProjectVersions() ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private boolean compareScmCollections( java.util.Map<String, org.apache.maven.model.Scm> that )
+    {
+        // Must manually compare as Scm doesn't have an equals method
+        if ( that == null && originalScmInfo == null )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if ( ( that == null && originalScmInfo != null ) || ( that != null && originalScmInfo == null ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ( that.size() != originalScmInfo.size() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        for ( java.util.Iterator<java.util.Map.Entry<String, org.apache.maven.model.Scm>> i = originalScmInfo.entrySet().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            java.util.Map.Entry<String, org.apache.maven.model.Scm> entry = i.next();
+
+            org.apache.maven.model.Scm thatScm = that.get( entry.getKey() );
+
+            org.apache.maven.model.Scm thisScm = entry.getValue();
+            if ( thatScm == null && thisScm == null )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            else if ( thatScm == null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if ( thisScm == null )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if ( thisScm.getConnection() != null ? !thisScm.getConnection().equals( thatScm.getConnection() )
+                : thatScm.getConnection() != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( thisScm.getDeveloperConnection() != null ? !thisScm.getDeveloperConnection().equals(
+                thatScm.getDeveloperConnection() ) : thatScm.getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( thisScm.getUrl() != null ? !thisScm.getUrl().equals( thatScm.getUrl() ) : thatScm.getUrl() != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( thisScm.getTag() != null ? !thisScm.getTag().equals( thatScm.getTag() ) : thatScm.getTag() != null )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if ( thisScm instanceof org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm && thatScm instanceof org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm )
+            {
+                org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm thisIdentifiedScm = (org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm) thisScm;
+                org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm thatIdentifiedScm = (org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm) thatScm;
+                if ( thisIdentifiedScm.getId() != null ? !thisIdentifiedScm.getId().equals( thatIdentifiedScm.getId() ) : thatIdentifiedScm.getId() != null )
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        int result = java.util.Objects.hashCode( completedPhase );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmReleaseLabel );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( additionalArguments );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( preparationGoals );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( completionGoals );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( pomFileName );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( checkModificationExcludes );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmDevelopmentCommitComment );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmReleaseCommitComment );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmBranchCommitComment );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmRollbackCommitComment );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmTagBase );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmBranchBase );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmUsername );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmPassword  );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmId );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmSourceUrl );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmPrivateKey );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmPrivateKeyPassPhrase );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( workingDirectory );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmUseEditMode );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( addSchema );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( generateReleasePoms );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( interactive );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( projectVersions );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( originalScmInfo  );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( updateDependencies );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( useReleaseProfile );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( autoVersionSubmodules );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( snapshotReleasePluginAllowed );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( commitByProject );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( branchCreation );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( updateBranchVersions );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( updateWorkingCopyVersions );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( updateVersionsToSnapshot );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( allowTimestampedSnapshots );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( remoteTagging );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( localCheckout );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( pushChanges );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( defaultDevelopmentVersion  );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmRelativePathProjectDirectory );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( checkoutDirectory );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( performGoals );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( defaultReleaseVersion );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( scmReleasedPomRevision );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( workItem );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( autoResolveSnapshots );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( pinExternals );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+]]></code>
+        </codeSegment>
+      </codeSegments>
+    </class>
+    <class>
+      <name>ReleaseStageVersions</name>
+      <fields>
+        <field>
+          <name>original</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>release</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>development</name>
+          <version>3.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+        </field>
+      </fields>
+      <codeSegments>
+        <codeSegment>
+          <version>2.1.0+</version>
+          <code><![CDATA[
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals( Object obj )
+    {
+        if ( this == obj )
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ( obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass() )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        ReleaseStageVersions that = (ReleaseStageVersions) obj;
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( original, that.original ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( release, that.release ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ( !java.util.Objects.equals( development, that.development ) )
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+          
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        int result = java.util.Objects.hashCode( original );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( release );
+        result = 29 * result + java.util.Objects.hashCode( development );
+        return result;
+    }      
+          
+]]></code>
+        </codeSegment>
+      </codeSegments>          
+    </class>
+  </classes>
+</model>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c997dbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher</role>
+      <role-hint>mng-4384</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.DefaultSecDispatcher</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.PlexusCipher</role>
+          <role-hint>mng-4384</role-hint>
+          <field-name>_cipher</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+      <configuration>
+        <_configuration-file>~/.m2/settings-security.xml</_configuration-file>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.PlexusCipher</role>
+      <role-hint>mng-4384</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.DefaultPlexusCipher</implementation>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/release-messages.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/release-messages.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2083f31fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/release-messages.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+mapversion.branch.prompt      = What is the branch version for "{0}"? ({1})
+mapversion.development.prompt = What is the new development version for "{0}"? ({1})
+mapversion.release.prompt     = What is the release version for "{0}"? ({1})
+mapversion.workingcopy.prompt = What is the new working copy version for "{0}"? ({1})
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/release-messages_en.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/release-messages_en.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96cf40750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/main/resources/release-messages_en.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# NOTE:
+# This bundle is intentionally empty because English strings are provided by the base bundle via the parent chain. It
+# must be provided nevertheless such that a request for locale "en" will not errorneously pick up the bundle for the
+# JVM's default locale (which need not be "en"). See the method javadoc about
+#   ResourceBundle.getBundle(String, Locale, ClassLoader)
+# for a full description of the lookup strategy.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a907e5c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+ ------
+ Maven Release Manager
+ ------
+ Hervé Boutemy
+ ------
+ 2019-11-03
+ ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Maven Release Manager
+
+ Maven Release Manager implements:
+ 
+ * the release management engine ({{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/shared/release/ReleaseManager.html}ReleaseManager}} API
+   with {{{./xref/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManager.html}DefaultReleaseManager}} implementation),
+
+ * default release phases (in {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/package-summary.html}phase package}}),
+
+ * and the default release strategy ({{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/shared/release/strategies/DefaultStrategy.html}DefaultStrategy}})
+   with its phases configuration:
+
+%{snippet|id=default-strategy|file=${project.build.sourceDirectory}/../components-fragment.xml}
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/site/site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..220ecbb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent" inherit="top" />
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e024d00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,799 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkout.CheckOutScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStore;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStoreException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RunPerformGoalsPhase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Test the default release manager.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class DefaultReleaseManagerTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub configStore;
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        configStore = (ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub) lookup( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class, "stub" );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareNoCompletedPhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( null );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertTrue( "step1 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareCompletedPhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "step1" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareCompletedPhaseNoResume()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "step1" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( false );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( false );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertFalse( "step1 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareCompletedAllPhases()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "step3" );
+        
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareInvalidCompletedPhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "foo" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertTrue( "step1 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareSimulateNoCompletedPhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( null );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( true );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( true );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertTrue( "step1 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareSimulateCompletedPhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "step1" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( true );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( true );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareSimulateCompletedAllPhases()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "step3" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( true );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( true );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareSimulateInvalidCompletedPhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = configStore.getReleaseConfiguration();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "foo" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( true );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( true );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertTrue( "step1 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step1 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step2 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 simulated", phase.isSimulated() );
+        assertFalse( "step3 not executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareUnknownPhaseConfigured()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "bad-phase-configured" );
+
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setReleaseStrategyId( "foo" );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+        
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+            fail( "Should have failed to find a phase" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // good
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testReleaseConfigurationStoreReadFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        DefaultReleaseManager releaseManager = (DefaultReleaseManager) lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorStore configStoreMock = mock( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class );
+        when( configStoreMock.read( builder ) ).thenThrow( new ReleaseDescriptorStoreException( "message", new IOException( "ioExceptionMsg" ) ) );
+
+        releaseManager.setConfigStore( configStoreMock );
+        
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+            fail( "Should have failed to read configuration" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // good
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( configStoreMock ).read( builder );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( configStoreMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleaseConfigurationStoreWriteFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        DefaultReleaseManager releaseManager = (DefaultReleaseManager) lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorStore configStoreMock = mock( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class );
+        doThrow( new ReleaseDescriptorStoreException( "message", new IOException( "ioExceptionMsg" ) ) ).when( configStoreMock ).write( any( ReleaseDescriptor.class) );
+
+        releaseManager.setConfigStore( configStoreMock );
+        
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( false );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( false );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+            fail( "Should have failed to read configuration" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // good
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( configStoreMock ).write( any( ReleaseDescriptor.class ) ) ;
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( configStoreMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleaseConfigurationStoreClean()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        DefaultReleaseManager releaseManager = (DefaultReleaseManager) lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorStore configStoreMock = mock( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class );
+
+        releaseManager.setConfigStore( configStoreMock );
+
+        ReleaseCleanRequest cleanRequest = new ReleaseCleanRequest();
+        cleanRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        
+        // execute
+        releaseManager.clean( cleanRequest );
+
+        // verify
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step1" );
+        assertTrue( "step1 not cleaned", phase.isCleaned() );
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step2" );
+        assertTrue( "step2 not cleaned", phase.isCleaned() );
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "step3" );
+        assertTrue( "step3 not cleaned", phase.isCleaned() );
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "branch1" );
+        assertTrue( "branch1 not cleaned", phase.isCleaned() );
+
+        verify( configStoreMock ).delete( any( ReleaseDescriptor.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( configStoreMock );
+    }
+
+    private static List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects() throws IOException
+    {
+        MavenProject project = new MavenProject();
+        
+        File projectFile = getTestFile( "target/dummy-project/pom.xml" );
+        if ( !projectFile.exists() )
+        {
+            projectFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            projectFile.createNewFile();
+        }
+        project.setFile( projectFile );
+        return Collections.singletonList( project );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerformWithResult()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestPath( "target/dummy-project" ) );
+        
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        performRequest.setReactorProjects( createReactorProjects() );
+
+        ReleaseResult result = releaseManager.performWithResult( performRequest );
+
+        assertTrue( result.getOutput().length() > 0 );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleaseConfigurationStoreReadFailureOnPerform()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        DefaultReleaseManager releaseManager = (DefaultReleaseManager) lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorStore configStoreMock = mock( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class );
+        when( configStoreMock.read( builder ) ).thenThrow( new ReleaseDescriptorStoreException( "message", new IOException( "ioExceptionMsg" ) ) );
+
+        releaseManager.setConfigStore( configStoreMock );
+        
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+            releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+            fail( "Should have failed to read configuration" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // good
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ReleaseDescriptorStoreException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( configStoreMock ).read( builder );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( configStoreMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerformWithIncompletePrepare()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        DefaultReleaseManager releaseManager = (DefaultReleaseManager) lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub configStore = new ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "scm-tag" );
+        releaseManager.setConfigStore( configStore );
+
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+            releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+            fail( "Should have failed to perform" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            // good
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-758: release:perform no longer removes release.properties
+    public void testPerformWithDefaultClean()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setDryRun( true );
+
+        ReleaseManagerListener managerListener = mock( ReleaseManagerListener.class );
+        performRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( managerListener );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        // test
+        releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( managerListener ).phaseStart( "verify-release-configuration" );
+        verify( managerListener ).phaseStart( "verify-completed-prepare-phases" );
+        verify( managerListener ).phaseStart( "checkout-project-from-scm" );
+        verify( managerListener ).phaseStart( "run-perform-goals" );
+        verify( managerListener ).phaseStart( "cleanup" );
+        verify( managerListener, times( 5 ) ).phaseEnd();
+
+        // not part of actual test, but required to confirm 'no more interactions'
+        verify( managerListener ).goalStart( anyString(), any( List.class ) );
+        verify( managerListener ).goalEnd();
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( managerListener );
+    }
+
+    public void testNoScmUrlPerform()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        
+        try
+        {
+            builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+            releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+
+            fail( "perform should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testScmExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( any( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                        any( ScmFileSet.class ),
+                                        any( ScmTag.class ),
+                                        any(CommandParameters.class)) )
+            .thenThrow( new ScmException( "..." ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        performRequest.setReactorProjects( createReactorProjects() );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+
+            fail( "commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify(  scmProviderMock ).checkOut( any( ScmRepository.class ), any( ScmFileSet.class ),
+                                             any( ScmTag.class ), any( CommandParameters.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testScmResultFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestPath( "target/dummy-project" ) );
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = (ScmManager) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub =
+            (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        providerStub.setCheckOutScmResult( new CheckOutScmResult( "", "", "", false ) );
+        
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( new DefaultReleaseEnvironment() );
+        performRequest.setReactorProjects( createReactorProjects() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+
+            fail( "commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-1042
+    public void testKeepProfilesOnPerform()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setDryRun( true );
+
+        ReleaseManagerListener managerListener = mock( ReleaseManagerListener.class );
+        performRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( managerListener );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setActivateProfiles( Arrays.asList("aProfile", "anotherOne") );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/working-directory" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+
+        DefaultReleaseManager releaseManager = (DefaultReleaseManager) lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder secondBuilder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        secondBuilder.setActivateProfiles( new ArrayList( Arrays.asList("aProfile", "bProfile") ) );
+        secondBuilder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorStore configStoreMock = mock( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class );
+        when( configStoreMock.read( any( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.class ) ) ).thenReturn( secondBuilder );
+        releaseManager.setConfigStore( configStoreMock );
+
+        // test
+        ReleaseResult result = releaseManager.performWithResult( performRequest );
+
+        // verify
+        assertTrue( result.getOutput().contains( "-P aProfile,bProfile,anotherOne" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testDetermineWorkingDirectory()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        DefaultReleaseManager defaultReleaseManager = new DefaultReleaseManager();
+
+        File checkoutDir = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        FileUtils.forceDelete( checkoutDir );
+        checkoutDir.mkdirs();
+
+        File projectDir = getTestFile( "target/checkout/my/project" );
+        projectDir.mkdirs();
+
+        // only checkout dir
+        assertEquals( checkoutDir, defaultReleaseManager.determineWorkingDirectory( checkoutDir, "" ) );
+        assertEquals( checkoutDir, defaultReleaseManager.determineWorkingDirectory( checkoutDir, null ) );
+
+        // checkout dir and relative path project dir
+        assertEquals( projectDir, defaultReleaseManager.determineWorkingDirectory( checkoutDir, "my/project" ) );
+        assertEquals( projectDir, defaultReleaseManager.determineWorkingDirectory( checkoutDir, "my/project/" ) );
+        assertEquals( projectDir, defaultReleaseManager.determineWorkingDirectory( checkoutDir, "my" + File.separator +
+            "project" ) );
+
+        FileUtils.forceDelete( checkoutDir );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-761
+    public void testRollbackCall()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+        
+        ReleaseRollbackRequest rollbackRequest = new ReleaseRollbackRequest();
+        rollbackRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( configStore.getReleaseConfiguration() );
+
+        releaseManager.rollback( rollbackRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "rollbackPhase1" );
+
+        assertTrue( "rollbackPhase1 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+    }
+
+
+    // MRELEASE-765
+    public void testUpdateVersionsCall()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseManager releaseManager = lookup( ReleaseManager.class, "test" );
+        
+        ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest updateVersionsRequest = new ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest();
+        updateVersionsRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( configStore.getReleaseConfiguration() );
+        updateVersionsRequest.setUserProperties( new Properties() );
+
+        releaseManager.updateVersions( updateVersionsRequest );
+
+        ReleasePhaseStub phase = (ReleasePhaseStub) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "updateVersionsPhase1" );
+
+        assertTrue( "updateVersionsPhase1 executed", phase.isExecuted() );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/PlexusJUnit4TestCase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/PlexusJUnit4TestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b491cc29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/PlexusJUnit4TestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.ContainerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultContainerConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainerException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.context.Context;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.context.DefaultContext;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+/**
+ * Based on PlexusTestCase from org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-inject-plexus
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+public abstract class PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private PlexusContainer container;
+
+    private static String basedir;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        basedir = getBasedir();
+    }
+
+    protected void setupContainer()
+    {
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Context Setup
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        final DefaultContext context = new DefaultContext();
+
+        context.put( "basedir", getBasedir() );
+
+        customizeContext( context );
+
+        final boolean hasPlexusHome = context.contains( "plexus.home" );
+
+        if ( !hasPlexusHome )
+        {
+            final File f = getTestFile( "target/plexus-home" );
+
+            if ( !f.isDirectory() )
+            {
+                f.mkdir();
+            }
+
+            context.put( "plexus.home", f.getAbsolutePath() );
+        }
+
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Configuration
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        final String config = getCustomConfigurationName();
+
+        final ContainerConfiguration containerConfiguration =
+            new DefaultContainerConfiguration().setName( "test" ).setContext( context.getContextData() ).setClassPathCaching( true );
+
+        if ( config != null )
+        {
+            containerConfiguration.setContainerConfiguration( config );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            final String resource = getConfigurationName( null );
+
+            containerConfiguration.setContainerConfiguration( resource );
+        }
+
+        customizeContainerConfiguration( containerConfiguration );
+
+        try
+        {
+            container = new DefaultPlexusContainer( containerConfiguration );
+        }
+        catch ( final PlexusContainerException e )
+        {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            fail( "Failed to create plexus container." );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allow custom test case implementations do augment the default container configuration before executing tests.
+     *
+     * @param containerConfiguration
+     */
+    protected void customizeContainerConfiguration( final ContainerConfiguration containerConfiguration )
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected void customizeContext( final Context context )
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected PlexusConfiguration customizeComponentConfiguration()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        if ( container != null )
+        {
+            container.dispose();
+
+            container = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected PlexusContainer getContainer()
+    {
+        if ( container == null )
+        {
+            setupContainer();
+        }
+
+        return container;
+    }
+
+    protected InputStream getConfiguration()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return getConfiguration( null );
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings( "unused" )
+    protected InputStream getConfiguration( final String subname )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return getResourceAsStream( getConfigurationName( subname ) );
+    }
+
+    protected String getCustomConfigurationName()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allow the retrieval of a container configuration that is based on the name of the test class being run. So if you
+     * have a test class called org.foo.FunTest, then this will produce a resource name of org/foo/FunTest.xml which
+     * would be used to configure the Plexus container before running your test.
+     *
+     * @param subname
+     * @return
+     */
+    protected String getConfigurationName( final String subname )
+    {
+        return getClass().getName().replace( '.', '/' ) + ".xml";
+    }
+
+    protected InputStream getResourceAsStream( final String resource )
+    {
+        return getClass().getResourceAsStream( resource );
+    }
+
+    protected ClassLoader getClassLoader()
+    {
+        return getClass().getClassLoader();
+    }
+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Container access
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    protected Object lookup( final String componentKey )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return getContainer().lookup( componentKey );
+    }
+
+    protected Object lookup( final String role, final String roleHint )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return getContainer().lookup( role, roleHint );
+    }
+
+    protected <T> T lookup( final Class<T> componentClass )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return getContainer().lookup( componentClass );
+    }
+
+    protected <T> T lookup( final Class<T> componentClass, final String roleHint )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return getContainer().lookup( componentClass, roleHint );
+    }
+
+    protected void release( final Object component )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        getContainer().release( component );
+    }
+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Helper methods for sub classes
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    public static File getTestFile( final String path )
+    {
+        return new File( getBasedir(), path );
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings( "hiding" )
+    public static File getTestFile( final String basedir, final String path )
+    {
+        File basedirFile = new File( basedir );
+
+        if ( !basedirFile.isAbsolute() )
+        {
+            basedirFile = getTestFile( basedir );
+        }
+
+        return new File( basedirFile, path );
+    }
+
+    public static String getTestPath( final String path )
+    {
+        return getTestFile( path ).getAbsolutePath();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings( "hiding" )
+    public static String getTestPath( final String basedir, final String path )
+    {
+        return getTestFile( basedir, path ).getAbsolutePath();
+    }
+
+    public static String getBasedir()
+    {
+        if ( basedir != null )
+        {
+            return basedir;
+        }
+
+        basedir = System.getProperty( "basedir" );
+
+        if ( basedir == null )
+        {
+            basedir = new File( "" ).getAbsolutePath();
+        }
+
+        return basedir;
+    }
+
+    public String getTestConfiguration()
+    {
+        return getTestConfiguration( getClass() );
+    }
+
+    public static String getTestConfiguration( final Class<?> clazz )
+    {
+        final String s = clazz.getName().replace( '.', '/' );
+
+        return s.substring( 0, s.indexOf( "$" ) ) + ".xml";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStoreTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStoreTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e563fab00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStoreTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,499 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.BuilderReleaseDescriptor;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractReleaseTestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.IdentifiedScm;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher;
+
+/**
+ * Test the properties store.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStoreTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore store;
+
+    private SecDispatcher secDispatcher;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        store = (PropertiesReleaseDescriptorStore) lookup( ReleaseDescriptorStore.class, "properties" );
+        secDispatcher = lookup( SecDispatcher.class, "mng-4384" );
+    }
+
+    public void testReadFromFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/release.properties" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor config = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor expected = createExpectedReleaseConfiguration().build();
+
+        assertEquals( "check matches", expected, config );
+    }
+
+    public void testReadFromFileUsingWorkingDirectory()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath(  getTestFile( "target/test-classes" ) ) );
+        ReleaseDescriptor config = store.read( builder ).build();
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder expected = createExpectedReleaseConfiguration();
+        expected.setWorkingDirectory( builder.build().getWorkingDirectory() );
+
+        assertEquals( "check matches", expected.build(), config );
+    }
+
+    public void testReadFromEmptyFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/empty-release.properties" );
+
+        BuilderReleaseDescriptor config = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertDefaultReleaseConfiguration( config );
+    }
+
+    public void testReadMissingFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/no-release.properties" );
+
+        BuilderReleaseDescriptor config = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertDefaultReleaseConfiguration( config );
+    }
+
+    public void testMergeFromEmptyFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/empty-release.properties" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor = createMergeConfiguration();
+        ReleaseDescriptor config = store.read( mergeDescriptor, file ).build();
+
+        assertEquals( "Check configurations merged", mergeDescriptor.build(), config );
+    }
+
+    public void testMergeFromMissingFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/no-release.properties" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor = createMergeConfiguration();
+        ReleaseDescriptor config = store.read( mergeDescriptor, file ).build();
+
+        assertEquals( "Check configurations merged", mergeDescriptor.build(), config );
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteToNewFile()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/new-release.properties" );
+        file.delete();
+        assertFalse( "Check file doesn't exist", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseConfigurationForWriting();
+
+        store.write( config.build(), file );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor rereadDescriptor = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertAndAdjustScmPassword( config, rereadDescriptor );
+        assertAndAdjustScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( config, rereadDescriptor );
+
+        assertEquals( "compare configuration", config.build(), rereadDescriptor );
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteToWorkingDirectory()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/new/release.properties" );
+        file.delete();
+        assertFalse( "Check file doesn't exist", file.exists() );
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseConfigurationForWriting();
+        config.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( file.getParentFile() ) );
+
+        store.write( config.build() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder rereadDescriptorBuilder = store.read( file );
+        rereadDescriptorBuilder.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( file.getParentFile() ) );
+
+        assertAndAdjustScmPassword( config, rereadDescriptorBuilder.build() );
+        assertAndAdjustScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( config, rereadDescriptorBuilder.build() );
+
+        assertEquals( "compare configuration", config.build(), rereadDescriptorBuilder.build() );
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteToNewFileRequiredOnly()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/new-release.properties" );
+        file.delete();
+        assertFalse( "Check file doesn't exist", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        config.setCompletedPhase( "completed-phase-write" );
+        config.setScmSourceUrl( "url-write" );
+
+        store.write( config.build(), file );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor rereadDescriptor = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertEquals( "compare configuration", config.build(), rereadDescriptor );
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteToNewFileDottedIds()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/new-release.properties" );
+        file.delete();
+        assertFalse( "Check file doesn't exist", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        config.setCompletedPhase( "completed-phase-write" );
+        config.setScmSourceUrl( "url-write" );
+
+        config.addReleaseVersion( "group.id:artifact.id", "1.1" );
+        config.addDevelopmentVersion( "group.id:artifact.id", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        IdentifiedScm scm = new IdentifiedScm();
+        scm.setId( "id" );
+        scm.setConnection( "connection" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "devConnection" );
+        scm.setTag( "tag" );
+        scm.setUrl( "url" );
+        config.addOriginalScmInfo( "group.id:artifact.id", scm );
+
+        store.write( config.build(), file );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor rereadDescriptor = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertEquals( "compare configuration", config.build(), rereadDescriptor );
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteToNewFileNullMappedScm()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/new-release.properties" );
+        file.delete();
+        assertFalse( "Check file doesn't exist", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "completed-phase-write" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "url-write" );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "group.id:artifact.id", "1.1" );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "group.id:artifact.id", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "group.id:artifact.id", null );
+
+        store.write( builder.build(), file );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor rereadDescriptor = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertNull( "check null scm is mapped correctly",
+                    rereadDescriptor.getOriginalScmInfo( "group.id:artifact.id" ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "compare configuration", builder.build(), rereadDescriptor );
+    }
+
+    public void testOverwriteFile()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/rewrite-release.properties" );
+        assertTrue( "Check file already exists", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseConfigurationForWriting();
+
+        store.write( config.build(), file );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor rereadDescriptor = store.read( file ).build();
+
+        assertAndAdjustScmPassword( config, rereadDescriptor );
+        assertAndAdjustScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( config, rereadDescriptor );
+
+        assertEquals( "compare configuration", config.build(), rereadDescriptor );
+    }
+    
+    public void testDeleteFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/delete/release.properties" );
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        file.createNewFile();
+        assertTrue( "Check file already exists", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseConfigurationForWriting();
+        config.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( file.getParentFile() ) );
+
+        store.delete( config.build() );
+
+        assertFalse( "Check file already exists", file.exists() );
+    }
+
+    public void testMissingDeleteFile()
+        throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/delete/release.properties" );
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        file.delete();
+        assertFalse( "Check file already exists", file.exists() );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseConfigurationForWriting();
+        config.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( file.getParentFile() ) );
+
+        store.delete( config.build() );
+
+        assertFalse( "Check file already exists", file.exists() );
+    }
+    
+    public void testWriteEncryptedProperties()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final String scmPassword = "s3cr3t_SCMPASSWORD";
+        final String scmPassPhrase = "s3cr3t_SCMPASSPHRASE";
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        config.setCompletedPhase( "completed-phase-write" );
+        config.setScmSourceUrl( "url-write" );
+        
+        config.setScmPassword( scmPassword );
+        config.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( scmPassPhrase );
+
+        File file = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/encrypt/release.properties" );
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        
+        store.write( config.build(), file );
+        
+        Properties persistedProperties = new Properties();
+        try ( InputStream is = new FileInputStream( file ) )
+        {
+            persistedProperties.load( is );
+        }
+
+        String persistedPassword = persistedProperties.getProperty( "scm.password" );
+        assertNotNull( persistedPassword );
+        assertNotEquals( scmPassword, persistedPassword );        
+
+        String persistedPassPhrase = persistedProperties.getProperty( "scm.passphrase" );
+        assertNotNull( persistedPassPhrase );
+        assertNotEquals( scmPassPhrase, persistedPassPhrase );
+        
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = store.read( file );
+        BuilderReleaseDescriptor descriptor = builder.build();
+        assertEquals( scmPassword, descriptor.getScmPassword() );
+        assertEquals( scmPassPhrase, descriptor.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase() );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseConfigurationForWriting()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "completed-phase-write" );
+        builder.setCommitByProject( true );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "url-write" );
+        builder.setScmId( "id-write" );
+        builder.setScmUsername( "username-write" );
+        builder.setScmPassword( "password-write" );
+        builder.setScmPrivateKey( "private-key-write" );
+        builder.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( "passphrase-write" );
+        builder.setScmTagBase( "tag-base-write" );
+        builder.setScmBranchBase( "branch-base-write" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag-write" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "additional-args-write" );
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "preparation-goals-write" );
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "completion-goals-write" );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom-file-name-write" );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        IdentifiedScm scm = new IdentifiedScm();
+        scm.setId( "id-write" );
+        scm.setConnection( "connection-write" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "developerConnection-write" );
+        scm.setUrl( "url-write" );
+        scm.setTag( "tag-write" );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", scm );
+
+        scm = new IdentifiedScm();
+        scm.setConnection( "connection-write" );
+        // omit optional elements
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:subproject1", scm );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    private static void assertDefaultReleaseConfiguration( BuilderReleaseDescriptor config )
+    {
+        assertNull( "Expected no completedPhase", config.getCompletedPhase() );
+        assertFalse( "Expected no commitPerProject", config.isCommitByProject() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no id", config.getScmId() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no url", config.getScmSourceUrl() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no username", config.getScmUsername() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no password", config.getScmPassword() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no privateKey", config.getScmPrivateKey() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no passphrase", config.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no tagBase", config.getScmTagBase() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no tag", config.getScmReleaseLabel() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no additional arguments", config.getAdditionalArguments() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no preparation goals", config.getPreparationGoals() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no completion goals", config.getCompletionGoals() );
+        assertNull( "Expected no pom file name", config.getPomFileName() );
+
+        assertNull( "Expected no workingDirectory", config.getWorkingDirectory() );
+        assertFalse( "Expected no generateReleasePoms", config.isGenerateReleasePoms() );
+        assertFalse( "Expected no useEditMode", config.isScmUseEditMode() );
+        assertTrue( "Expected default interactive", config.isInteractive() );
+        assertFalse( "Expected no addScema", config.isAddSchema() );
+
+        for ( ReleaseStageVersions versions : config.getProjectVersions().values() )
+        {
+            assertNull( "Expected no release version mappings", versions.getRelease() );
+            assertNull( "Expected no dev version mappings", versions.getDevelopment() );
+        }
+        assertTrue( "Expected no scm mappings", config.getOriginalScmInfo().isEmpty() );
+        assertNotNull( "Expected resolved snapshot dependencies map", config.getResolvedSnapshotDependencies() );
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createMergeConfiguration()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmUsername( "username" );
+        // Not setting other optional SCM settings for brevity
+        
+        File workingDir = getTestFile( "target/test-working-directory" );
+        if ( !workingDir.exists() )
+        {
+            assertTrue( "Failed to create the directory, along with all necessary parent directories",
+                        workingDir.mkdirs() );
+        }
+        
+        releaseDescriptor.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( workingDir ) );
+        // Not setting non-override setting completedPhase
+
+        return releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+
+    private void assertAndAdjustScmPassword( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder expected, ReleaseDescriptor original )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String expectedPassword = expected.build().getScmPassword();
+        String originalPassword = original.getScmPassword();
+
+        // encrypting the same password twice doesn't have to be the same result
+        if ( expectedPassword != null ? !expectedPassword.equals( originalPassword ) : originalPassword != null )
+        {
+            assertEquals( secDispatcher.decrypt( expectedPassword ), secDispatcher.decrypt( originalPassword ) );
+
+            expected.setScmPassword( originalPassword );
+        }
+        assertEquals( expected.build().getScmPassword(), original.getScmPassword() );
+    }
+
+    private void assertAndAdjustScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder expected, ReleaseDescriptor original )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String expectedPassPhrase = expected.build().getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase();
+        String originalPassPhrase = original.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase();
+
+        // encrypting the same passphrase twice doesn't have to be the same result
+        if ( expectedPassPhrase != null ? !expectedPassPhrase.equals( originalPassPhrase ) : originalPassPhrase != null )
+        {
+            assertEquals( secDispatcher.decrypt( expectedPassPhrase ), secDispatcher.decrypt( originalPassPhrase ) );
+
+            expected.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( originalPassPhrase );
+        }
+        assertEquals( expected.build().getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase(), original.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase() );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createExpectedReleaseConfiguration()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "step1" );
+        builder.setCommitByProject( true );
+        builder.setScmId( "scm-id" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmUsername( "username" );
+        builder.setScmPassword( "password" );
+        builder.setScmPrivateKey( "private-key" );
+        builder.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( "passphrase" );
+        builder.setScmTagBase( "tagBase" );
+        builder.setScmTagNameFormat( "expectedTagNameFormat" );
+        builder.setScmBranchBase( "branchBase" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "additional-arguments" );
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "preparation-goals" );
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "completion-goals" );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom-file-name" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( null );
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( false );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( false );
+        builder.setInteractive( true );
+        builder.setAddSchema( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId1", "2.0" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId2", "3.0" );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId1", "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId2", "3.0.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        IdentifiedScm scm = new IdentifiedScm();
+        scm.setId( "id" );
+        scm.setConnection( "connection" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "developerConnection" );
+        scm.setUrl( "url" );
+        scm.setTag( "tag" );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId1", scm );
+        scm = new IdentifiedScm();
+        scm.setId( null );
+        scm.setConnection( "connection2" );
+        scm.setUrl( "url2" );
+        scm.setTag( null );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( null );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId2", scm );
+        builder.addDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId",  "1.0" );
+        builder.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId", "1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1352d288a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Test stub for the release configuration store that holds a single configuration in memory.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub
+    implements ReleaseDescriptorStore
+{
+    /**
+     * The release configuration to use.
+     */
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder read( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor )
+    {
+        return mergeDescriptor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write( ReleaseDescriptor config )
+    {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void delete( ReleaseDescriptor config )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public ReleaseDescriptorBuilder getReleaseConfiguration()
+    {
+        return releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseUtilsTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22faa9760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/config/ReleaseUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.BuilderReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractReleaseTestCase;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * ReleaseDescriptor Tester.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleaseUtilsTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    public void testEquals()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder originalReleaseDescriptor = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = copyReleaseDescriptor( originalReleaseDescriptor.build() );
+        doEqualsAssertions( builder, originalReleaseDescriptor, "other", new File( "target/test-working-directory" ) );
+        originalReleaseDescriptor = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        builder = copyReleaseDescriptor( originalReleaseDescriptor.build() );
+        doEqualsAssertions( originalReleaseDescriptor, builder, "other", new File( "target/test-working-directory" ) );
+
+        originalReleaseDescriptor = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        builder = copyReleaseDescriptor( originalReleaseDescriptor.build() );
+        doEqualsAssertions( builder, originalReleaseDescriptor, null, null );
+        originalReleaseDescriptor = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        builder = copyReleaseDescriptor( originalReleaseDescriptor.build() );
+        doEqualsAssertions( originalReleaseDescriptor, builder, null, null );
+
+        assertEquals( "test ==", builder, builder );
+        Object obj = this;
+        assertFalse( "test class instance", builder.equals( obj ) );
+    }
+
+    private static void doEqualsAssertions( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor,
+                                            ReleaseDescriptorBuilder originalReleaseDescriptor, String other, File otherFile )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        BuilderReleaseDescriptor origConfig = originalReleaseDescriptor.build();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder configBuilder = releaseDescriptor;
+        assertEquals( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build(), origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmSourceUrl( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmSourceUrl( origConfig.getScmSourceUrl() );
+
+        configBuilder.setAdditionalArguments( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setAdditionalArguments( origConfig.getAdditionalArguments() );
+
+        configBuilder.setAddSchema( !origConfig.isAddSchema() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setAddSchema( origConfig.isAddSchema() );
+
+        configBuilder.setGenerateReleasePoms( !origConfig.isAddSchema() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setGenerateReleasePoms( origConfig.isGenerateReleasePoms() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmUseEditMode( !origConfig.isScmUseEditMode() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmUseEditMode( origConfig.isScmUseEditMode() );
+
+        configBuilder.setInteractive( !origConfig.isInteractive() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setInteractive( origConfig.isInteractive() );
+
+        configBuilder.setCommitByProject( !origConfig.isCommitByProject() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setCommitByProject( origConfig.isCommitByProject() );
+
+        configBuilder.setCompletedPhase( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setCompletedPhase( origConfig.getCompletedPhase() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( origConfig.getScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmPassword( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmPassword( origConfig.getScmPassword() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmUsername( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmUsername( origConfig.getScmUsername() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmPrivateKey( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmPrivateKey( origConfig.getScmPrivateKey() );
+
+        configBuilder.setPomFileName( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setPomFileName( origConfig.getPomFileName() );
+
+        configBuilder.setPreparationGoals( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setPreparationGoals( origConfig.getPreparationGoals() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmReleaseLabel( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmReleaseLabel( origConfig.getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        configBuilder.setScmTagBase( other );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder.setScmTagBase( origConfig.getScmTagBase() );
+
+        if ( otherFile != null )
+        {
+            if ( !otherFile.exists() )
+            {
+                assertTrue( "Failed to create the directory, along with all necessary parent directories",
+                            otherFile.mkdirs() );
+            }
+            configBuilder.setWorkingDirectory( AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( otherFile ) );
+            assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        }
+
+        configBuilder.setWorkingDirectory( origConfig.getWorkingDirectory() );
+
+        // sanity check the test was resetting correctly
+        assertEquals( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build(), origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", new Scm() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", new Scm() );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "foo", new Scm() );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        origConfig = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", new Scm() );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", new Scm() );
+        assertEquals( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build(), origConfig );
+        origConfig = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build(), origConfig );
+        origConfig = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "-", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        origConfig = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "-", "url", "tag" ) );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        origConfig = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "-", "tag" ) );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+        origConfig = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+        configBuilder = copyReleaseDescriptor( origConfig );
+
+        configBuilder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "-" ) );
+        origConfig.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", getScm( "conn", "dev", "url", "tag" ) );
+        assertFalse( "Check original comparison", configBuilder.build().equals( origConfig ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testHashCode()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor = createReleaseDescriptor().build();
+
+        assertEquals( "Check hash code", releaseDescriptor.hashCode(),
+                      createReleaseDescriptor( releaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() ).build().hashCode() );
+    }
+
+    public void testLoadResolvedDependencies()
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        String dependencyKey = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( "com.groupId", "artifactId" );
+        properties.put( "dependency." + dependencyKey  + ".release", "1.3" );
+        properties.put( "dependency." + dependencyKey + ".development", "1.3-SNAPSHOT" );
+        
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( properties, builder );
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = builder.build();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.3", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( dependencyKey ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.3-SNAPSHOT", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( dependencyKey ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-750
+    public void testArtifactIdEndswithDependency()
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        String relDependencyKey = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( "com.release.magic", "dependency" );
+        properties.put( "dependency." + relDependencyKey  + ".release", "1.3" );
+        String devDependencyKey = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( "com.development.magic", "dependency" );
+        properties.put( "dependency." + devDependencyKey + ".development", "1.3-SNAPSHOT" );
+        
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( properties, builder );
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = builder.build();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.3", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( relDependencyKey ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.3-SNAPSHOT", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( devDependencyKey ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-834
+    public void testSystemPropertyStartingWithDependency()
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        properties.setProperty( "dependency.locations.enabled", "false" );
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( properties, new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+    }
+    
+    // MRELEASE-1038
+    public void testActiveProfilesProperty()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        properties.setProperty( "exec.activateProfiles", "aProfile,anotherOne" );
+        ReleaseUtils.copyPropertiesToReleaseDescriptor( properties, builder );
+
+        assertEquals( Arrays.asList("aProfile", "anotherOne"), builder.build().getActivateProfiles() );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder copyReleaseDescriptor( ReleaseDescriptor originalReleaseDescriptor )
+    {
+        return createReleaseDescriptor( originalReleaseDescriptor.getWorkingDirectory() );
+    }
+
+    private static Scm getScm( String connection, String developerConnection, String url, String tag )
+    {
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( connection );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( developerConnection );
+        scm.setTag( tag );
+        scm.setUrl( url );
+        return scm;
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        File workingDirectory = new File( "." );
+
+        return createReleaseDescriptor(AbstractReleaseTestCase.getPath( workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor( String workingDirectory )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setCompletedPhase( "completed-phase" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmPrivateKeyPassPhrase( "passphrase" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmPassword( "password" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmPrivateKey( "private-key" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmTagBase( "tag-base" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setScmUsername( "username" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory );
+        releaseDescriptor.setAdditionalArguments( "additional-arguments" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setPomFileName( "pom-file-name" );
+        releaseDescriptor.setPreparationGoals( "preparation-goals" );
+
+        return releaseDescriptor;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b7f904c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/AbstractMavenExecutorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+public class AbstractMavenExecutorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+
+    public void testGoalSeparation()
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        AbstractMavenExecutor executor = spy( new AbstractMavenExecutorSpy() );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, (String) null, new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ), eq( new ArrayList<String>() ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, " clean verify ", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ),
+                                         eq( Arrays.asList( "clean", "verify" ) ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, ",clean,verify,", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ),
+                                         eq( Arrays.asList( "clean", "verify" ) ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, "\nclean\nverify\n", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ),
+                                         eq( Arrays.asList( "clean", "verify" ) ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, "\rclean\rverify\r", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ),
+                                         eq( Arrays.asList( "clean", "verify" ) ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, "\r\nclean\r\nverify\r\n", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ),
+                                         eq( Arrays.asList( "clean", "verify" ) ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+
+        executor.executeGoals( null, "\tclean\tverify\t", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), true, null, null, null );
+        verify( executor ).executeGoals( isNull( File.class ),
+                                         eq( Arrays.asList( "clean", "verify" ) ),
+                                         isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ), eq( true ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                         isNull( String.class ), isNull( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        reset( executor );
+    }
+
+    protected class AbstractMavenExecutorSpy
+        extends AbstractMavenExecutor
+    {
+
+        @Override
+        protected void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, List<String> goals, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                                     boolean interactive, String additionalArguments, String pomFileName,
+                                     ReleaseResult result )
+            throws MavenExecutorException
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/CommandLineFactoryTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/CommandLineFactoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bdedb05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/CommandLineFactoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * Test the command line factory.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class CommandLineFactoryTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private CommandLineFactory factory;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        factory = (CommandLineFactory) lookup( CommandLineFactory.class );
+    }
+
+    public void testCreation()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Commandline cl = factory.createCommandLine( "exec" );
+
+        String executable = cl.getExecutable();
+        assertTrue( "Check executable " + executable, executable.contains("exec") );
+        assertNotNull( "Check environment", cl.getEnvironmentVariables() );
+        assertFalse( "Check environment", cl.getEnvironmentVariables().length == 0 );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b655932a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,365 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.endsWith;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Proxy;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Writer;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Arg;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher;
+
+/**
+ * Test the forked Maven executor.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ForkedMavenExecutorTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private ForkedMavenExecutor executor;
+
+    private SecDispatcher secDispatcher;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        executor = (ForkedMavenExecutor) lookup( MavenExecutor.class, "forked-path" );
+
+        secDispatcher = (SecDispatcher) lookup( SecDispatcher.class, "mng-4384" );
+    }
+
+    public void testExecution()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+        Process mockProcess = mock( Process.class );
+        when( mockProcess.getInputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getErrorStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getOutputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( OutputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.waitFor() ).thenReturn( 0 );
+
+        Commandline commandLineMock = mock( Commandline.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.execute() ).thenReturn( mockProcess );
+
+        Arg valueArgument = mock( Arg.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.createArg() ).thenReturn( valueArgument );
+
+        CommandLineFactory commandLineFactoryMock = mock( CommandLineFactory.class );
+        when( commandLineFactoryMock.createCommandLine( isA( String.class ) /*"mvn"*/ ) ).thenReturn( commandLineMock );
+
+        executor.setCommandLineFactory( commandLineFactoryMock );
+
+        // execute
+        executor.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "clean integration-test", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), false, null,
+                               null, new ReleaseResult() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockProcess ).getInputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getErrorStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getOutputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).waitFor();
+        verify( commandLineMock ).setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( "MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD", "on" );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( eq( "M2_HOME" ), isNull( String.class ) );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).execute();
+        verify( commandLineMock, times( 3 ) ).createArg();
+        verify( valueArgument ).setValue( "clean" );
+        verify( valueArgument ).setValue( "integration-test" );
+        verify( valueArgument ).setValue( "--batch-mode" );
+        verify( commandLineFactoryMock ).createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockProcess, commandLineFactoryMock, commandLineMock, valueArgument );
+    }
+
+    public void testExecutionWithCustomPomFile()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+        Process mockProcess = mock( Process.class );
+        when( mockProcess.getInputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getErrorStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getOutputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( OutputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.waitFor() ).thenReturn( 0 );
+
+        Commandline commandLineMock = mock( Commandline.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.execute() ).thenReturn( mockProcess );
+
+        Arg argMock = mock( Arg.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.createArg() ).thenReturn( argMock );
+
+        CommandLineFactory commandLineFactoryMock = mock( CommandLineFactory.class );
+        when( commandLineFactoryMock.createCommandLine( isA( String.class ) /* "mvn" */ ) ).thenReturn( commandLineMock );
+
+        executor.setCommandLineFactory( commandLineFactoryMock );
+
+        // execute
+        executor.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "clean integration-test", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), false, null, "my-pom.xml",
+                               new ReleaseResult() );
+        // verify
+        verify( mockProcess ).getInputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getErrorStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getOutputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).waitFor();
+        verify( commandLineMock ).setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( "MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD", "on" );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( eq( "M2_HOME" ), isNull( String.class ) );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).execute();
+        verify( commandLineMock, times( 5 ) ).createArg();
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "clean" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "integration-test" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "-f" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "my-pom.xml" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "--batch-mode" );
+        verify( commandLineFactoryMock ).createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockProcess, commandLineMock, argMock, commandLineFactoryMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testExecutionWithArguments()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+        Process mockProcess = mock( Process.class );
+        when( mockProcess.getInputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getErrorStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getOutputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( OutputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.waitFor() ).thenReturn( 0 );
+
+        Commandline commandLineMock = mock( Commandline.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.execute() ).thenReturn( mockProcess );
+
+        Arg argMock = mock( Arg.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.createArg() ).thenReturn( argMock );
+
+        CommandLineFactory commandLineFactoryMock = mock( CommandLineFactory.class );
+        when( commandLineFactoryMock.createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) ) ).thenReturn( commandLineMock );
+
+        executor.setCommandLineFactory( commandLineFactoryMock );
+
+        // execute
+        String arguments = "-DperformRelease=true -Dmaven.test.skip=true";
+        executor.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "clean integration-test", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), false, arguments, null, new ReleaseResult() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockProcess ).getInputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getErrorStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getOutputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).waitFor();
+        verify( commandLineMock ).setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( "MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD", "on" );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( eq( "M2_HOME" ), isNull( String.class ) );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).execute();
+        verify( commandLineMock, times( 4 ) ).createArg();
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "clean" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "integration-test" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "--batch-mode" );
+        verify( argMock ).setLine( "-DperformRelease=true -Dmaven.test.skip=true" );
+        verify( commandLineFactoryMock ).createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockProcess, commandLineMock, argMock, commandLineFactoryMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testExecutionWithNonZeroExitCode()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+        Process mockProcess = mock( Process.class );
+        when( mockProcess.getInputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getErrorStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getOutputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( OutputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.waitFor() ).thenReturn( 1 );
+        when( mockProcess.exitValue() ).thenReturn( 1 ); // why was this here in the original test?
+
+        Commandline commandLineMock = mock( Commandline.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.execute() ).thenReturn( mockProcess );
+
+        Arg argMock = mock( Arg.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.createArg() ).thenReturn( argMock );
+
+        CommandLineFactory commandLineFactoryMock = mock( CommandLineFactory.class );
+        when( commandLineFactoryMock.createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) ) ).thenReturn( commandLineMock );
+
+        executor.setCommandLineFactory( commandLineFactoryMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            executor.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "clean integration-test", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), false, null, null, new ReleaseResult() );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( MavenExecutorException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check exit code", 1, e.getExitCode() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockProcess ).getInputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getErrorStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).getOutputStream();
+        verify( mockProcess ).waitFor();
+//        verify( mockProcess ).exitValue();
+        verify( commandLineMock ).setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( "MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD", "on" );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( eq( "M2_HOME" ), isNull( String.class ) );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).execute();
+        verify( commandLineMock, times( 3 ) ).createArg();
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "clean" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "integration-test" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "--batch-mode" );
+        verify( commandLineFactoryMock ).createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockProcess, commandLineMock, argMock, commandLineFactoryMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testExecutionWithCommandLineException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        Commandline commandLineMock = mock( Commandline.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.execute() ).thenThrow( new CommandLineException( "..." ) );
+
+        Arg argMock = mock( Arg.class );
+        when ( commandLineMock.createArg() ).thenReturn( argMock );
+
+        CommandLineFactory commandLineFactoryMock = mock( CommandLineFactory.class );
+        when( commandLineFactoryMock.createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) ) ).thenReturn( commandLineMock );
+
+        executor.setCommandLineFactory( commandLineFactoryMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            executor.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "clean integration-test", new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), false, null, null, new ReleaseResult() );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( MavenExecutorException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", CommandLineException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( commandLineMock ).setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( "MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD", "on" );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).addEnvironment( eq( "M2_HOME" ), isNull( String.class ) );
+        verify( commandLineMock ).execute();
+        verify( commandLineMock, times( 3 ) ).createArg();
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "clean" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "integration-test" );
+        verify( argMock ).setValue( "--batch-mode" );
+        verify( commandLineFactoryMock ).createCommandLine( endsWith( "mvn" ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( commandLineMock, argMock, commandLineFactoryMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testEncryptSettings()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+        Process mockProcess = mock( Process.class );
+        when( mockProcess.getInputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getErrorStream() ).thenReturn( mock( InputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.getOutputStream() ).thenReturn( mock( OutputStream.class ) );
+        when( mockProcess.waitFor() ).thenReturn( 0 );
+
+        Commandline commandLineMock = mock( Commandline.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.execute() ).thenReturn( mockProcess );
+
+        Arg valueArgument = mock( Arg.class );
+        when( commandLineMock.createArg() ).thenReturn( valueArgument );
+
+        CommandLineFactory commandLineFactoryMock = mock( CommandLineFactory.class );
+        when( commandLineFactoryMock.createCommandLine( isA( String.class ) /* "mvn" */) ).thenReturn( commandLineMock );
+
+        executor.setCommandLineFactory( commandLineFactoryMock );
+
+        Settings settings = new Settings();
+        Server server = new Server();
+        server.setPassphrase( "server_passphrase" );
+        server.setPassword( "server_password" );
+        settings.addServer( server );
+        Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
+        proxy.setPassword( "proxy_password" );
+        settings.addProxy( proxy );
+
+        DefaultReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment = new DefaultReleaseEnvironment();
+        releaseEnvironment.setSettings( settings );
+
+        AbstractMavenExecutor executorSpy = spy( executor );
+        SettingsXpp3Writer settingsWriter = mock( SettingsXpp3Writer.class );
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<Settings> encryptedSettings = ArgumentCaptor.forClass( Settings.class );
+
+        when( executorSpy.getSettingsWriter() ).thenReturn( settingsWriter );
+
+        executorSpy.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "validate", releaseEnvironment, false, null, null, new ReleaseResult() );
+
+        verify( settingsWriter ).write( isA( Writer.class ), encryptedSettings.capture() );
+
+        assertNotSame( settings, encryptedSettings.getValue() );
+
+        Server encryptedServer = encryptedSettings.getValue().getServers().get( 0 );
+        assertEquals( "server_passphrase", secDispatcher.decrypt( encryptedServer.getPassphrase() ) );
+        assertEquals( "server_password", secDispatcher.decrypt( encryptedServer.getPassword() ) );
+
+        Proxy encryptedProxy = encryptedSettings.getValue().getProxies().get( 0 );
+        assertEquals( "proxy_password", secDispatcher.decrypt( encryptedProxy.getPassword() ) );
+
+        File settingsSecurity = new File( System.getProperty( "user.home" ), ".m2/settings-security.xml" );
+        if ( settingsSecurity.exists() )
+        {
+            assertFalse( "server_passphrase".equals( encryptedServer.getPassphrase() ) );
+            assertFalse( "server_password".equals( encryptedServer.getPassword() ) );
+            assertFalse( "proxy_password".equals( encryptedProxy.getPassword() ) );
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57327e205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/InvokerMavenExecutorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Proxy;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Writer;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvocationRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.InvocationRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecDispatcher;
+
+public class InvokerMavenExecutorTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+
+    private InvokerMavenExecutor executor;
+
+    private SecDispatcher secDispatcher;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        executor = (InvokerMavenExecutor) lookup( MavenExecutor.class, "invoker" );
+
+        secDispatcher = (SecDispatcher) lookup( SecDispatcher.class, "mng-4384" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThreads()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Logger logger = mock( Logger.class );
+        executor.enableLogging( logger );
+
+        InvocationRequest req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "-T 3" );
+        assertEquals( "3", req.getThreads() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "-T4" );
+        assertEquals( "4", req.getThreads() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "\"-T5\"" );
+        assertEquals( "5", req.getThreads() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBatch()
+                  throws Exception
+    {
+        Logger logger = mock( Logger.class );
+        executor.enableLogging( logger );
+
+        InvocationRequest req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        // bug: assertEquals( true, req.isInteractive() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        req.setInteractive( true );
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "-B" );
+        assertEquals( false, req.isInteractive() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        req.setInteractive( true );
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "\"-B\"" );
+        assertEquals( false, req.isInteractive() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUserToolchains()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Logger logger = mock( Logger.class );
+        executor.enableLogging( logger );
+
+        InvocationRequest req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "-t mytoolchains.xml" );
+        assertEquals( new File( "mytoolchains.xml" ), req.getToolchainsFile() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "-tmytoolchains.xml" );
+        assertEquals( new File( "mytoolchains.xml" ), req.getToolchainsFile() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "\"-tmytoolchains.xml\"" );
+        assertEquals( new File( "mytoolchains.xml" ), req.getToolchainsFile() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGlobalSettings()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Logger logger = mock( Logger.class );
+        executor.enableLogging( logger );
+
+        InvocationRequest req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "-gs custom-settings.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "custom-settings.xml", req.getGlobalSettingsFile().getPath() );
+
+        req = new DefaultInvocationRequest();
+        executor.setupRequest( req, null, "--global-settings other-settings.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "other-settings.xml", req.getGlobalSettingsFile().getPath() );
+    }
+
+    public void testEncryptSettings()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+        workingDirectory.mkdirs();
+
+
+        Settings settings = new Settings();
+        Server server = new Server();
+        server.setPassphrase( "server_passphrase" );
+        server.setPassword( "server_password" );
+        settings.addServer( server );
+        Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
+        proxy.setPassword( "proxy_password" );
+        settings.addProxy( proxy );
+
+        DefaultReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment = new DefaultReleaseEnvironment();
+        releaseEnvironment.setSettings( settings );
+        releaseEnvironment.setMavenHome( new File( System.getProperty( "injectedMavenHome" ) ) );
+
+        InvokerMavenExecutor executorSpy = spy( executor );
+        SettingsXpp3Writer settingsWriter = mock( SettingsXpp3Writer.class );
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<Settings> encryptedSettings = ArgumentCaptor.forClass( Settings.class );
+
+        when( executorSpy.getSettingsWriter() ).thenReturn( settingsWriter );
+        when( executorSpy.getOutputHandler() ).thenReturn( null );
+        when( executorSpy.getInvokerLogger() ).thenReturn( null );
+
+        try
+        {
+            executorSpy.executeGoals( workingDirectory, "validate", releaseEnvironment, false, null, null, new ReleaseResult() );
+        }
+        catch ( MavenExecutorException e )
+        {
+        }
+
+        verify( settingsWriter ).write( isA( Writer.class ), encryptedSettings.capture() );
+
+        assertNotSame( settings, encryptedSettings.getValue() );
+
+        Server encryptedServer = encryptedSettings.getValue().getServers().get( 0 );
+        assertEquals( "server_passphrase", secDispatcher.decrypt( encryptedServer.getPassphrase() ) );
+        assertEquals( "server_password", secDispatcher.decrypt( encryptedServer.getPassword() ) );
+
+        Proxy encryptedProxy = encryptedSettings.getValue().getProxies().get( 0 );
+        assertEquals( "proxy_password", secDispatcher.decrypt( encryptedProxy.getPassword() ) );
+
+        File settingsSecurity = new File( System.getProperty( "user.home" ), ".m2/settings-security.xml" );
+        if ( settingsSecurity.exists() )
+        {
+            assertFalse( "server_passphrase".equals( encryptedServer.getPassphrase() ) );
+            assertFalse( "server_password".equals( encryptedServer.getPassword() ) );
+            assertFalse( "proxy_password".equals( encryptedProxy.getPassword() ) );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeConsumerTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeConsumerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7d2e04ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeConsumerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+/**
+ * Test the consumer that tees output both to a stream and into an internal buffer for later.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class TeeConsumerTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private TeeConsumer consumer;
+
+    private ByteArrayOutputStream out;
+
+    private static final String LS = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        consumer = new TeeConsumer( new PrintStream( out ), "xxx " );
+    }
+
+    public void testConsumeLine()
+    {
+        consumer.consumeLine( "line" );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check output", "xxx line" + LS, out.toString() );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check content", "line" + LS, consumer.getContent() );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check toString", "line" + LS, consumer.toString() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStreamTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStreamTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b6cbf7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/TeeOutputStreamTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+/**
+ * Test the output stream that tees output both to a stream and into an internal buffer for later.
+ *
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class TeeOutputStreamTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private TeeOutputStream stream;
+
+    private ByteArrayOutputStream out;
+
+    private static final String LS = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        stream = new TeeOutputStream( new PrintStream( out ), "xxx " );
+    }
+
+    public void testConsumeLine()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        stream.write( ( "the first line" + LS + "line2" + LS + "3" + LS ).getBytes() );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check output", "xxx the first line" + LS + "xxx line2" + LS + "xxx 3" + LS, out.toString() );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check content", "the first line" + LS + "line2" + LS + "3" + LS, stream.getContent() );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check toString", "the first line" + LS + "line2" + LS + "3" + LS, stream.toString() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce8e00efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private final String pomFilename = "pom.xml";
+
+    protected final String releaseBackupSuffix = ".releaseBackup";
+
+    protected ReleasePhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = getReleasePhase();
+    }
+
+    abstract ReleasePhase getReleasePhase()
+        throws Exception;
+
+    protected List<MavenProject> getReactorProjects( String projectPath )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        File pomFile = new File( projectPath, pomFilename );
+
+        MavenProject mainProject = createMavenProject( pomFile );
+
+        reactorProjects.add( mainProject );
+
+        for ( String module : mainProject.getModel().getModules() )
+        {
+            File modulePom = new File( projectPath + "/" + module, pomFilename );
+
+            MavenProject subproject = createMavenProject( modulePom );
+
+            reactorProjects.add( subproject );
+        }
+
+        return reactorProjects;
+    }
+
+    private MavenProject createMavenProject( File pomFile )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        MavenXpp3Reader reader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
+
+        Model model = reader.read( ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( pomFile ) );
+
+        MavenProject project = new MavenProject( model );
+
+        project.setFile( pomFile );
+
+        return project;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e1372879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.edit.EditScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Base class with tests for rewriting POMs with edit mode.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+    extends AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+{
+    public AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase( String modelETL )
+    {
+        super( modelETL );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithEditMode()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( true );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithEditModeFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( true );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManager = new ScmManagerStub();
+        DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator configurator =
+            (DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator) lookup( ScmRepositoryConfigurator.class, "default" );
+        configurator.setScmManager( scmManager );
+
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub = (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmSourceUrl() );
+        providerStub.setEditScmResult( new EditScmResult( "", "", "", false ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "Check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithEditModeException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( true );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.edit( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                    isA( ScmFileSet.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new ScmException( "..." ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManager = new ScmManagerStub();
+        DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator configurator =
+            (DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator) lookup( ScmRepositoryConfigurator.class, "default" );
+        configurator.setScmManager( scmManager );
+        scmManager.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).edit( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomPluginDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-plugin-deps" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-plugin-deps" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomUnmappedPluginDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-plugin-deps" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-plugin-deps" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomProfile()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-profile" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-profile" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomUnmappedProfile()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-profile" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-profile" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..989fad22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractReleaseTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.ArtifactFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.MavenArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.DefaultRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Repository;
+import org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuildingRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingRequest.RepositoryMerging;
+import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.InvalidDependencyVersionException;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingResult;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectSorter;
+import org.apache.maven.repository.internal.MavenRepositorySystemSession;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.sonatype.aether.impl.internal.SimpleLocalRepositoryManager;
+import org.sonatype.aether.repository.WorkspaceReader;
+import org.sonatype.aether.repository.WorkspaceRepository;
+import org.xmlunit.builder.DiffBuilder;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.Comparison;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.ComparisonResult;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.ComparisonType;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.DefaultNodeMatcher;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.Diff;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.DifferenceEvaluator;
+import org.xmlunit.diff.ElementSelectors;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for some release tests.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReleaseTestCase
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    protected ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+
+    protected ArtifactRepository localRepository;
+    
+    private ArtifactFactory artifactFactory;
+
+    protected ReleasePhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        projectBuilder = lookup( ProjectBuilder.class );
+        artifactFactory = lookup( ArtifactFactory.class ); 
+
+        ArtifactRepositoryLayout layout = lookup( ArtifactRepositoryLayout.class, "default" );
+        String localRepoPath = getTestFile( "target/local-repository" ).getAbsolutePath().replace( '\\', '/' );
+        localRepository = new MavenArtifactRepository( "local", "file://" + localRepoPath, layout, null, null );
+    }
+
+    protected Path getWorkingDirectory( String workingDir )
+    {
+        return Paths.get( getBasedir(), "target/test-classes" ).resolve( Paths.get( "projects", workingDir ) ) ;
+    }
+
+    protected List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects( String path, String subpath )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return createReactorProjects( path, path, subpath );
+    }
+    
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            builder.putOriginalVersion( project.getGroupId() + ':' + project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion() );
+        }
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param sourcePath sourceDirectory to copy from
+     * @param targetPath targetDirectory to copy to
+     * @param executionRoot sub directory of targetPath in case the root pom.xml is not used (e.g. flat projects)
+     * @return all Maven projects
+     * @throws Exception if any occurs
+     */
+    protected List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects( String sourcePath, String targetPath, String executionRoot )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final Path testCaseRootFrom = Paths.get( getBasedir(), "src/test/resources" ).resolve( Paths.get( "projects", sourcePath ) ) ;
+
+        final Path testCaseRootTo = getWorkingDirectory( targetPath );
+
+        // Recopy the test resources since they are modified in some tests
+        Files.walkFileTree( testCaseRootFrom, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public FileVisitResult visitFile( Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs )
+                throws IOException
+            {
+                Path relPath = testCaseRootFrom.relativize( file );
+
+                if ( !relPath.toFile().getName().startsWith( "expected-" ) )
+                {
+                  Files.createDirectories( testCaseRootTo.resolve( relPath ).getParent() );
+
+                  Files.copy( file, testCaseRootTo.resolve( relPath ), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING );
+                }
+
+                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+        });
+
+        Path projectFile;
+        if ( executionRoot == null )
+        {
+            projectFile = testCaseRootTo.resolve( "pom.xml" );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            projectFile = testCaseRootTo.resolve( Paths.get( executionRoot, "pom.xml" ) );
+        }
+
+        List<ArtifactRepository> repos =
+            Collections.<ArtifactRepository>singletonList( new DefaultArtifactRepository( "central",
+                                                                                          getRemoteRepositoryURL(),
+                                                                                          new DefaultRepositoryLayout() ) );
+
+        Repository repository = new Repository();
+        repository.setId( "central" );
+        repository.setUrl( getRemoteRepositoryURL() );
+
+        Profile profile = new Profile();
+        profile.setId( "profile" );
+        profile.addRepository( repository );
+
+        ProjectBuildingRequest buildingRequest = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest();
+        buildingRequest.setLocalRepository( localRepository );
+        buildingRequest.setRemoteRepositories( repos );
+        buildingRequest.setPluginArtifactRepositories( repos );
+        buildingRequest.setRepositoryMerging( RepositoryMerging.REQUEST_DOMINANT );
+        MavenRepositorySystemSession repositorySession = new MavenRepositorySystemSession();
+        repositorySession.setLocalRepositoryManager( new SimpleLocalRepositoryManager( localRepository.getBasedir() ) );
+        buildingRequest.setRepositorySession( repositorySession );
+        buildingRequest.addProfile( profile );
+        buildingRequest.setActiveProfileIds( Arrays.asList( profile.getId() ) );
+        buildingRequest.setResolveDependencies( true );
+
+        List<ProjectBuildingResult> buildingResults =
+            projectBuilder.build( Collections.singletonList( projectFile.toFile() ), true, buildingRequest );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = new ArrayList<>();
+        for ( ProjectBuildingResult buildingResult : buildingResults )
+        {
+            reactorProjects.add( buildingResult.getProject() ) ;
+        }
+
+        WorkspaceReader simpleReactorReader = new SimpleReactorWorkspaceReader( reactorProjects );
+        repositorySession.setWorkspaceReader( simpleReactorReader );
+
+        ProjectSorter sorter = new ProjectSorter( reactorProjects );
+        reactorProjects = sorter.getSortedProjects();
+
+        List<MavenProject> resolvedProjects = new ArrayList<>( reactorProjects.size() );
+        for ( MavenProject project  : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            MavenProject resolvedProject = projectBuilder.build( project.getFile(), buildingRequest ).getProject();
+            
+            // from LifecycleDependencyResolver
+            if ( project.getDependencyArtifacts() == null )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    resolvedProject.setDependencyArtifacts( resolvedProject.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, null, null ) );
+                }
+                catch ( InvalidDependencyVersionException e )
+                {
+                    throw new LifecycleExecutionException( e );
+                }
+            }
+            
+            resolvedProjects.add( resolvedProject );
+        }
+        return resolvedProjects;
+    }
+
+    protected static Map<String,MavenProject> getProjectsAsMap( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        Map<String,MavenProject> map = new HashMap<>();
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            map.put( ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() ), project );
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    protected boolean comparePomFiles( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return comparePomFiles( reactorProjects, true );
+    }
+
+    protected boolean comparePomFiles( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean normalizeLineEndings )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        comparePomFiles( reactorProjects, "", normalizeLineEndings );
+
+        // TODO: return void since this is redundant
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    protected void comparePomFiles( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String expectedFileSuffix )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        comparePomFiles( reactorProjects, expectedFileSuffix, true );
+    }
+
+    protected void comparePomFiles( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String expectedFileSuffix, boolean normalizeLineEndings )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            comparePomFiles( project, expectedFileSuffix, normalizeLineEndings );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void comparePomFiles( MavenProject project, String expectedFileSuffix )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        comparePomFiles( project, expectedFileSuffix, true );
+    }
+
+    protected void comparePomFiles( MavenProject project, String expectedFileSuffix, boolean normalizeLineEndings )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        File actualFile = project.getFile();
+        File expectedFile = new File( actualFile.getParentFile(), "expected-pom" + expectedFileSuffix + ".xml" );
+
+        comparePomFiles( expectedFile, actualFile, normalizeLineEndings, false );
+    }
+
+    protected void comparePomFiles( File expectedFile, File actualFile )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        comparePomFiles( expectedFile, actualFile, true, false );
+    }
+
+    protected void comparePomFiles( File expectedFile, File actualFile, boolean normalizeLineEndings, boolean ignoreComments )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer( "Check the transformed POM " + actualFile );
+        sb.append( SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR );
+
+        final String remoteRepositoryURL = getRemoteRepositoryURL();
+
+        DiffBuilder diffBuilder = DiffBuilder.compare( expectedFile ).withTest( actualFile );
+        if ( normalizeLineEndings )
+        {
+            diffBuilder = diffBuilder.normalizeWhitespace();
+        }
+        if ( ignoreComments )
+        {
+            diffBuilder.ignoreComments();
+        }
+        // Order of elements has changed between M2 and M3, so match by name
+        diffBuilder.withNodeMatcher( new DefaultNodeMatcher( ElementSelectors.byName ) ).checkForSimilar();
+
+        diffBuilder.withDifferenceEvaluator( new DifferenceEvaluator()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public ComparisonResult evaluate( Comparison comparison, ComparisonResult outcome )
+            {
+                if ( "${remoterepo}".equals( comparison.getControlDetails().getValue() ) &&
+                                remoteRepositoryURL.equals( comparison.getTestDetails().getValue() ) )
+                {
+                    return ComparisonResult.EQUAL;
+                }
+                else if ( outcome == ComparisonResult.DIFFERENT
+                    && comparison.getType() == ComparisonType.CHILD_NODELIST_SEQUENCE )
+                {
+                    // Order of elements has changed between M2 and M3
+                    return ComparisonResult.EQUAL;
+                }
+                else if ( outcome == ComparisonResult.DIFFERENT
+                                && comparison.getType() == ComparisonType.TEXT_VALUE
+                                && "${project.build.directory}/site".equals( comparison.getTestDetails().getValue() ) )
+                {
+                    // M2 was target/site, M3 is ${project.build.directory}/site
+                    return ComparisonResult.EQUAL;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return outcome;
+                }
+            }
+        } );
+
+        Diff diff = diffBuilder.build();
+
+        sb.append( diff.toString() );
+
+        assertFalse( sb.toString(), diff.hasDifferences() );
+    }
+
+    private String getRemoteRepositoryURL()
+      throws IOException
+    {
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "src/test/remote-repository" );
+        if (testFile.getAbsolutePath().equals( testFile.getCanonicalPath() ) )
+        {
+            return "file://" + getTestFile( "src/test/remote-repository" ).getAbsolutePath().replace( '\\', '/' );
+        }
+        return "file://" + getTestFile( "src/test/remote-repository" ).getCanonicalPath().replace( '\\', '/' );
+    }
+
+    public static String getPath( File file )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return file.toPath().toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS ).toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * WorkspaceReader to find versions and artifacts from reactor
+     */
+    private static final class SimpleReactorWorkspaceReader
+        implements WorkspaceReader
+    {
+        private final List<MavenProject> reactorProjects;
+
+        private SimpleReactorWorkspaceReader( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        {
+            this.reactorProjects = reactorProjects;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public WorkspaceRepository getRepository()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<String> findVersions( org.sonatype.aether.artifact.Artifact artifact )
+        {
+            for ( MavenProject mavenProject : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                if ( Objects.equals( artifact.toString(), mavenProject.getArtifact().toString() ) )
+                {
+                    return Collections.singletonList( mavenProject.getArtifact().getVersion() );
+                }
+            }
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File findArtifact( org.sonatype.aether.artifact.Artifact artifact )
+        {
+            for ( MavenProject mavenProject : reactorProjects )
+            {
+                String pom = mavenProject.getGroupId() + ':' + mavenProject.getArtifactId() + ":pom:"
+                    + mavenProject.getVersion();
+                if ( Objects.equals( artifact.toString(), pom ) )
+                {
+                    return mavenProject.getFile();
+                }
+                else if ( Objects.equals( artifact.toString(), mavenProject.getArtifact().toString() ) )
+                {
+                    // just an existing, content doesn't matter
+                    return mavenProject.getFile();
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cba62b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,770 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmRepositoryConfigurator;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom.JDomModelETLFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+/**
+ * Base class with tests for rewriting POMs.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public abstract class AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    private String modelETL;
+
+    @Parameters
+    public static Collection<Object[]> data()
+    {
+        return Arrays.asList( new Object[][] { { JDomModelETLFactory.ROLE_HINT } } );
+    }
+
+    public AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase( String modelETL )
+    {
+        this.modelETL = modelETL;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        phase = lookup( ReleasePhase.class, getRoleHint() );
+
+        if( phase instanceof AbstractRewritePomsPhase)
+        {
+            ((AbstractRewritePomsPhase) phase).setModelETL( modelETL );
+            ((AbstractRewritePomsPhase) phase).setStartTime( 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected abstract String getRoleHint();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomEntities()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-entities" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-entities" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomNamespace()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-namespace" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-namespace" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithEncoding()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-encoding" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-encoding" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithParent()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-parent" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithUnmappedParent()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-parent" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent" );
+
+        // Process the child first
+        reactorProjects = new ArrayList<>( reactorProjects );
+        Collections.reverse( reactorProjects );
+
+        mapAlternateNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject1" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithReleasedParent()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-released-parent" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-released-parent" );
+
+        mapAlternateNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject1" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1" );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void mapAlternateNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId );
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithInheritedVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-inherited-version" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-inherited-version" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithChangedInheritedVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-inherited-version" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-inherited-version" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        MavenProject project = getProjectsAsMap( reactorProjects ).get( "groupId:subproject1" );
+        comparePomFiles( project, "-version-changed" );
+    }
+
+    protected abstract ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subsubproject" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomUnmappedDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-dependencies" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomDependenciesDifferentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDifferingVersionConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteManagedPomDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteManagedPomUnmappedDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-plugins" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomUnmappedPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-plugins" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomPluginsDifferentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-differing-snapshot-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDifferingVersionConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-differing-snapshot-plugins" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteManagedPomPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteManagedPomUnmappedPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomReportPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomUnmappedReportPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomReportPluginsDifferentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDifferingVersionConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore( "Extensions being part of reactor is not supported anymore" )
+    public void testRewritePomExtension()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-extension" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-extension" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore( "Extensions being part of reactor is not supported anymore" )
+    public void testRewritePomUnmappedExtension()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-extension" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createUnmappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-extension" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore( "Extensions being part of reactor is not supported anymore" )
+    public void testRewritePomExtensionDifferentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-differing-snapshot-extension" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDifferingVersionConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-differing-snapshot-extension" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore( "Extensions being part of reactor is not supported anymore" )
+    public void testRewritePomExtensionUndefinedVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-without-extension-version" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "pom-without-extension-version" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteAddSchema()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        boolean copyFiles = true;
+
+        // Run a second time to check they are not duplicated
+        for ( int i = 0; i < 2; i++ )
+        {
+            String path = "basic-pom";
+            List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = prepareReactorProjects( path );
+            ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+            mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+            builder.setAddSchema( true );
+
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            comparePomFiles( reactorProjects, "-with-schema" );
+
+            copyFiles = false;
+
+            verifyReactorProjects( path, copyFiles );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateRewriteEditModeSkipped()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( true );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManager = new ScmManagerStub();
+        DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator configurator =
+            (DefaultScmRepositoryConfigurator) lookup( ScmRepositoryConfigurator.class );
+        configurator.setScmManager( scmManager );
+        scmManager.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteUnmappedPom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithScmRepoException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( true );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:fail" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        if ( scmManager instanceof ScmManagerStub )
+        {
+            ((ScmManagerStub) scmManager ).setException( new ScmRepositoryException( "..." ) );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithNoSuchProviderException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.setScmUseEditMode( true );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:fail:path" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = (ScmManager) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        if ( scmManager instanceof ScmManagerStub )
+        {
+            ((ScmManagerStub) scmManager ).setException( new NoSuchScmProviderException( "..." ) );;
+        }
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteWhitespaceAroundValues()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "whitespace-around-values" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "whitespace-around-values" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject2" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteCommentsAroundValues()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "comments-around-values" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "comments-around-values" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject2" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteCDataAroundValues()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "cdata-around-values" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "cdata-around-values" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject2" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCleanNoProjects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // This occurs when it is release:perform run standalone. Just check there are no errors.
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( Collections.<MavenProject>emptyList() );
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createUnmappedConfiguration( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        unmapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject1" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject2" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject3" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    protected List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return prepareReactorProjects( path );
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDefaultConfiguration( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject4" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createMappedConfiguration( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDifferingVersionConfiguration( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject3" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDifferingVersionConfiguration( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subproject2" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception;
+
+    protected abstract void unmapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId );
+
+    protected abstract void mapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId );
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromBasicPom( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+    }
+
+    protected abstract String readTestProjectFile( String fileName )
+        throws IOException;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomDependenciesWithNamespace()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-namespace" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "pom-with-namespace" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    protected abstract List<MavenProject> prepareReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception;
+
+    protected void verifyReactorProjects( String path, boolean copyFiles )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromProjects( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder(), reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory ).toString() );
+        return builder;
+    }
+    
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromProjects( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder, List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            String key = project.getGroupId() + ':' + project.getArtifactId();
+            builder.putOriginalVersion( key, project.getVersion() );
+            builder.addOriginalScmInfo( key, project.getScm() );
+        }
+        
+        if ( rootProject.getScm() == null )
+        {
+            builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk" );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            builder.setScmSourceUrl( rootProject.getScm().getConnection() );
+        }
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a6bbae2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/AbstractScmCommitPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AbstractScmCommitPhaseTest
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultCreatePomFiles()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<File> files =
+            AbstractScmCommitPhase.createPomFiles( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder() ),
+                                                   createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                                                                  new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( "Number of created files", files.size(), 1 );
+        assertTrue( files.contains( new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreatePomFilesSuppressCommitBeforeTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        List<File> files =
+            AbstractScmCommitPhase.createPomFiles(  ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                                                   createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT", new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( "Number of created files", files.size(), 1 );
+        assertTrue( files.contains( new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreatePomFilesWithReleasePom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        List<File> files =
+            AbstractScmCommitPhase.createPomFiles( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                                                   createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT", new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( "Number of created files", files.size(), 2 );
+        assertTrue( files.contains( new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+        assertTrue( files.contains( new File( "release-pom.xml" ) ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreatePomFilesWithReleasePomAndSuppressCommitBeforeTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        List<File> files =
+            AbstractScmCommitPhase.createPomFiles( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                                                   createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT", new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( "Number of created files", files.size(), 1 );
+        assertTrue( files.contains( new File( "pom.xml" ) ) );
+    }
+
+    private static MavenProject createProject( String artifactId, String version, File file )
+    {
+        Model model = new Model();
+        model.setGroupId( "groupId" );
+        model.setArtifactId( artifactId );
+        model.setVersion( version );
+        MavenProject project = new MavenProject( model );
+        project.setFile( file );
+        return project;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ff575f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the variable input phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private InputVariablesPhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        phase = (InputVariablesPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "branch-input-variables" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( isA( String.class ) ) ).thenReturn( "tag-value", "simulated-tag-value" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( isA( String.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnmappedVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesNonInteractiveConfigured()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "simulated-tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesInteractiveConfigured()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "simulated-tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPrompterException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( isA( String.class ),
+                                   isA( String.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new PrompterException( "..." ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "No branch name was given.", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "No branch name was given.", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( isA( String.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBranchOperation()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assertTrue( phase.isBranchOperation() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyBranchName()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( null );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "No branch name was given.", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( null );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "No branch name was given.", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNamingPolicy() throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setProjectNamingPolicyId( "stub" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertEquals( "STUB", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+    }
+
+    private static MavenProject createProject( String artifactId, String version )
+    {
+        Model model = new Model();
+        model.setGroupId( "groupId" );
+        model.setArtifactId( artifactId );
+        model.setVersion( version );
+        return new MavenProject( model );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e8010718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,1261 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the dependency snapshot check phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String NO = "no";
+
+    private static final String YES = "yes";
+
+    private static final List<String> YES_NO_ARRAY = Arrays.asList( YES, NO );
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_CHOICE = "1";
+
+    private static final List<String> CHOICE_ARRAY = Arrays.asList( "0", DEFAULT_CHOICE, "2", "3" );
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSnapshotDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "no-snapshot-dependencies" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSnapshotRangeDependencies()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "no-snapshot-range-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "1.1", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "1.1", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-985
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesInProjectAndResolveFromCommandLine() throws Exception {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-snapshot-dependencies-no-reactor" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+        builder.addDependencyReleaseVersion("groupId:test", "1.0");
+        builder.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion("groupId:test", "1.1");
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            fail( "There should be no failed execution" );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            fail( "There should be no failed execution" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesInProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReleasePluginNonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "snapshot-release-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReleasePluginInteractiveDeclined()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "snapshot-release-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompterWithSnapshotReleasePlugin( NO, NO ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompterWithSnapshotReleasePlugin( NO, NO ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReleasePluginInteractiveAcceptedForExecution()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "snapshot-release-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createYesMockPrompter() );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReleasePluginInteractiveAcceptedForSimulation()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "snapshot-release-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createYesMockPrompter() );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReleasePluginInteractiveInvalid()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "snapshot-release-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompterWithSnapshotReleasePlugin( "donkey", NO ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompterWithSnapshotReleasePlugin( "donkey", NO ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReleasePluginInteractiveException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "snapshot-release-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( YES_NO_ARRAY ),
+                                   eq( NO ) ) ).thenThrow( new PrompterException( "..." ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", PrompterException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( YES_NO_ARRAY ),
+                                   eq( NO ) ) ).thenThrow( new PrompterException( "..." ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", PrompterException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesInProjectOnlyMismatchedVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotManagedDependenciesInProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotUnusedInternalManagedDependency()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createDescriptorFromProjects( "unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotUnusedExternalManagedDependency()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createDescriptorFromProjects( "unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotExternalManagedDependency()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-managed-snapshot-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesOutsideProjectOnlyNonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRangeSnapshotDependenciesOutsideProjectOnlyNonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-range-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesOutsideProjectOnlyInteractiveWithSnapshotsResolved()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ),
+                                               new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0" ) ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // validate
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.1-SNAPSHOT", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+
+        builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesSelectOlderRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "0.9", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ),
+                                               new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // validate
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "0.9", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.0-SNAPSHOT", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId" )  );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesSelectDefaults()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0" ) ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // validate
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId" )  );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesUpdateAllOnlyDependenciesNeeded()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createMockPrompter( YES, "0", new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0" ) ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // validate
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId" )  );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesUpdateAll()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-all" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        Prompter mockPrompter =
+            createMockPrompter( YES, "0",
+                                Arrays.asList( new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0" ), new VersionPair( "1.1", "1.1" ),
+                                               new VersionPair( "1.2", "1.2" ), new VersionPair( "1.3", "1.3" ) ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // validate
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId" )  );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-589
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesOutsideMultimoduleProjectOnlyInteractiveWithSnapshotsResolved()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createDescriptorFromProjects( "multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        VersionPair pair = new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        VersionPair defaultPair = new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0" );
+        Prompter mockPrompter =
+            createMockPrompter( "yes", "1", Arrays.asList( pair, pair ), Arrays.asList( defaultPair, defaultPair ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.1-SNAPSHOT", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId" ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:artifactId2" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.1-SNAPSHOT", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:artifactId2" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotDependenciesInsideAndOutsideProject()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSnapshotReportPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "no-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReportPluginsInProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReportPluginsOutsideProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotReportPluginsInsideAndOutsideProject()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSnapshotPlugins()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "no-snapshot-plugins" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotPluginsInProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-snapshot-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotManagedPluginInProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotUnusedInternalManagedPlugin()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotUnusedExternalManagedPlugin()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotExternalManagedPlugin()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-managed-snapshot-plugin" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotPluginsOutsideProjectOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotPluginsInsideAndOutsideProject()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotExternalParent()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-parent/child" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotExternalParentAdjusted()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-parent/child" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        Prompter mockPrompter = createMockPrompter( YES, DEFAULT_CHOICE, new VersionPair( "1.0-test", "1.0-test" ),
+                                                    new VersionPair( "1.0", "1.0-test" ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // validate
+        ReleaseDescriptor descriptor = ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0-test", descriptor.getDependencyReleaseVersion( "groupId:parent-external" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.0-test", descriptor.getDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:parent-external" )  );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReleaseExternalParent()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-parent/child" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotExternalExtension()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase phase =
+            (CheckDependencySnapshotsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-dependency-snapshots" );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-snapshot-extension" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        phase.setPrompter( createNoMockPrompter() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSnapshotInternalExtension()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "internal-snapshot-extension" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReleaseExternalExtension()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-extension" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAllowTimestampedSnapshots()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createDescriptorFromProjects( "external-timestamped-snapshot-dependencies" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( reactorProjects );
+
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // confirm POM fails without allowTimestampedSnapshots
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed execution" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        // check whether flag allows
+        builder.setAllowTimestampedSnapshots( true );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createDescriptorFromProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "check-dependencies/" + Objects.toString( path, "" );
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createNoMockPrompter()
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        return createYesNoMockPrompter( false );
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createYesMockPrompter()
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        return createYesNoMockPrompter( true );
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createYesNoMockPrompter( boolean yes )
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( YES_NO_ARRAY ), eq( NO ) ) ).thenReturn( yes ? YES : NO );
+
+        return mockPrompter;
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createMockPrompterWithSnapshotReleasePlugin( String useSnapshotReleasePlugin,
+                                                                  String resolveSnapshots )
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( YES_NO_ARRAY ), eq( NO ) ) ).thenReturn( useSnapshotReleasePlugin );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( YES_NO_ARRAY ), eq( NO ) ) ).thenReturn( resolveSnapshots );
+
+        return mockPrompter;
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createMockPrompter( String resolveSnapshots, String resolutionType, VersionPair resolvedVersions )
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        return createMockPrompter( resolveSnapshots, resolutionType, resolvedVersions, resolvedVersions );
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createMockPrompter( String resolveSnapshots, String resolutionType, VersionPair resolvedVersions,
+                                         VersionPair defaultVersions )
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        return createMockPrompter( resolveSnapshots, resolutionType, Collections.singletonList( resolvedVersions ),
+                                   Collections.singletonList( defaultVersions ) );
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createMockPrompter( String resolveSnapshots, String resolutionType,
+                                         List<VersionPair> resolvedVersions )
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        return createMockPrompter( resolveSnapshots, resolutionType, resolvedVersions, resolvedVersions );
+    }
+
+    private Prompter createMockPrompter( String resolveSnapshots, String resolutionType,
+                                         List<VersionPair> resolvedVersions, List<VersionPair> defaultVersions )
+        throws PrompterException
+    {
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( YES_NO_ARRAY ), eq( NO ) ) ).thenReturn( resolveSnapshots );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( anyString(), eq( CHOICE_ARRAY ),
+                                   eq( DEFAULT_CHOICE ) ) ).thenReturn( resolutionType );
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < resolvedVersions.size(); i++ )
+        {
+            when( mockPrompter.prompt( "Which release version should it be set to?",
+                                       defaultVersions.get( i ).releaseVersion ) ).thenReturn( resolvedVersions.get( i ).releaseVersion );
+            when( mockPrompter.prompt( "What version should the dependency be reset to for development?",
+                                       defaultVersions.get( i ).developmentVersion ) ).thenReturn( resolvedVersions.get( i ).developmentVersion );
+        }
+        return mockPrompter;
+    }
+
+    private static class VersionPair
+    {
+        String releaseVersion;
+
+        String developmentVersion;
+
+        public VersionPair( String releaseVersion, String developmentVersion )
+        {
+            this.releaseVersion = releaseVersion;
+            this.developmentVersion = developmentVersion;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84e78d7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckPomPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+/**
+ * Test the POM verification check phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class CheckPomPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private ReleasePhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "check-poms" );
+    }
+
+    public void testCorrectlyConfigured()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/repo" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetUrlFromProjectConnection()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/repo" );
+
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( project ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check URL", "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/repo", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmSourceUrl() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetUrlFromProjectConnectionSimulate()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/repo" );
+
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( project ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check URL", "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/repo", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmSourceUrl() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetUrlFromProjectDevConnection()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:https://localhost/tmp/repo" );
+        
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( project ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check URL", "scm:svn:https://localhost/tmp/repo", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmSourceUrl() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetUrlFromProjectDevConnectionSimulate()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:https://localhost/tmp/repo" );
+
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( project ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "Check URL", "scm:svn:https://localhost/tmp/repo", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmSourceUrl() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetInvalidUrl()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:cvs:" );
+
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( project ) );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testGetInvalidProvider()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( "scm:foo:" );
+        project.setScm( scm );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( project ) );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testMissingUrl()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed to execute" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( createProject( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) ) );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed to simulate" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasingNonSnapshot()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/repo" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( createProject( "1.0" ) ) );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed to execute" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), Collections.singletonList( createProject( "1.0" ) ) );
+
+            fail( "Should have failed to simulate" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static MavenProject createProject( String version )
+    {
+        Model model = new Model();
+
+        model.setArtifactId( "artifactId" );
+        model.setGroupId( "groupId" );
+        model.setVersion( version );
+
+        return new MavenProject( model );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ac4eb57d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkout.CheckOutScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.svn.repository.SvnScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class CheckoutProjectFromScmTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    private CheckoutProjectFromScm phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (CheckoutProjectFromScm) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "checkout-project-from-scm" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteStandard()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-test/standard" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        String sourceUrl = "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk";
+        String scmUrl = "scm:svn:" + sourceUrl;
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( scmUrl );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( sourceUrl );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( eq( repository ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmTagEquals( new ScmTag( "release-label" ) ) ),
+                                        any( CommandParameters.class)))
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "",null ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( scmUrl, repository );
+
+        String dir = "scm-commit/single-pom";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getWorkingDirectory( dir ).toString() );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // prepare
+        assertEquals( "", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory() );
+
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( eq( repository ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmTagEquals( new ScmTag( "release-label" ) ) ),
+                                            any( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteMultiModuleWithDeepSubprojects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-test/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        String sourceUrl = "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk";
+        String scmUrl = "scm:svn:" + sourceUrl;
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( scmUrl );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( sourceUrl );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( eq( repository ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmTagEquals( new ScmTag( "release-label" ) ) ),
+                                        any(CommandParameters.class)))
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "", null ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( scmUrl, repository );
+
+        String dir = "scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getWorkingDirectory( dir ).toString() );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory() );
+
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( eq( repository ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmTagEquals( new ScmTag( "release-label" ) ) ),
+                                            any( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteFlatMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-test/flat-multi-module" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        String sourceUrl = "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project";
+        String scmUrl = "scm:svn:" + sourceUrl;
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( scmUrl );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( sourceUrl );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( eq( repository ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmTagEquals( new ScmTag( "release-label" ) ) ),
+                                        any( CommandParameters.class )) )
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "",null ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( scmUrl, repository );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat", "root-project" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getWorkingDirectory( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat" ) .toString() );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "not found root-project but " + ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory(), "root-project",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmRelativePathProjectDirectory() );
+
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( eq( repository ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmTagEquals( new ScmTag( "release-label" ) ) ),
+                                            any( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSuchScmProviderExceptionThrown()
+                    throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new NoSuchScmProviderException( "..." )  );
+
+        String dir = "scm-commit/single-pom";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmRepositoryExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new ScmRepositoryException( "..." )  );
+
+        String dir = "scm-commit/single-pom";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44e43ee59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CreateBackupPomsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+public class CreateBackupPomsPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest
+{
+    @Override
+    ReleasePhase getReleasePhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "create-backup-poms" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBasicPom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String projectPath = "target/test-classes/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom";
+
+        // should create backup files
+        runExecuteOnProjects( projectPath );
+
+        // should delete backup files
+        runCleanOnProjects( projectPath );
+
+        // should re-create backup files
+        runSimulateOnProjects( projectPath );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultiModulePom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String projectPath = "target/test-classes/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules";
+
+        // should create backup files
+        runExecuteOnProjects( projectPath );
+
+        // should delete backup files
+        runCleanOnProjects( projectPath );
+
+        // should re-create backup files
+        runSimulateOnProjects( projectPath );
+    }
+
+    private void runExecuteOnProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> projects = getReactorProjects( getTestPath( path ) );
+
+        phase.execute( null, new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), projects );
+
+        testProjectBackups( projects, true );
+    }
+
+    private void runSimulateOnProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> projects = getReactorProjects( getTestPath( path ) );
+
+        phase.simulate( null, new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), projects );
+
+        testProjectBackups( projects, true );
+    }
+
+    private void runCleanOnProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> projects = getReactorProjects( getTestPath( path ) );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( projects );
+
+        testProjectBackups( projects, false );
+    }
+
+    protected void testProjectBackups( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, boolean created )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        for( Iterator<MavenProject> projects = reactorProjects.iterator(); projects.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = projects.next();
+
+            File pomFile = project.getFile();
+
+            File backupFile = new File( pomFile.getAbsolutePath() + releaseBackupSuffix );
+
+            if ( created )
+            {
+                assertTrue( "Check if backup file was created.", backupFile.exists() );
+
+                String pomContents = ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( pomFile );
+
+                String backupContents = ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( backupFile );
+
+                assertTrue( "Check if pom and backup files are identical", pomContents.equals( backupContents ) );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                assertFalse( "Check if backup file is not present", backupFile.exists() );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..990bd4144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the the end release phase. Nothing to see here really, but we want to make sure it is configured.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class EndReleasePhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private ReleasePhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "end-release" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecute()
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder() ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS, result.getResultCode() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulate()
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder() ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS, result.getResultCode() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad381eead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.add.AddScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the generate release POMs phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a>
+ */
+public class GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String NEXT_VERSION = "1.0";
+
+    private static final String ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION = "2.0";
+
+    private ScmProvider scmProviderMock;
+
+    public GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest( String modelETL )
+    {
+        super( modelETL );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        scmProviderMock = null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getRoleHint()
+    {
+        return "generate-release-poms";
+    }
+
+    // TODO: MRELEASE-262
+    // @Test public void testRewriteInternalRangeDependency() throws Exception
+    // {
+    // List reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-range-dependency" );
+    // ReleaseDescriptor config = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects );
+    //
+    // phase.execute( config, null, reactorProjects );
+    //
+    // compareFiles( reactorProjects );
+    // }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteExternalRangeDependency()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "external-range-dependency" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "external-range-dependency" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        comparePomFiles( reactorProjects );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-787
+    @Test
+    public void testSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        builder.setRemoteTagging( false );
+        builder.setPinExternals( false );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).add( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranchAndReomoteTagging()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        builder.setRemoteTagging( true );
+        builder.setPinExternals( false );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).add( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-808
+    @Test
+    public void testFinalName()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-finalname" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-finalname" );
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see
+     * org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#createDescriptorFromProjects(java.
+     * util.List)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromProjects( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = super.createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#createReactorProjects(java.lang.
+     * String, boolean)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected List<MavenProject> prepareReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "generate-release-poms/" + path;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+
+        scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        List<File> releasePoms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            releasePoms.add( ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project ) );
+        }
+
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), releasePoms );
+
+        when( scmProviderMock.add( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+               argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new AddScmResult( "...",
+                              Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( "pom.xml", ScmFileStatus.ADDED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        return reactorProjects;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void verifyReactorProjects( String path, boolean copyFiles )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "generate-release-poms/"+ path;
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+
+        List<File> releasePoms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for ( Iterator<MavenProject> iterator = reactorProjects.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = iterator.next();
+
+            releasePoms.add( ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project ) );
+        }
+
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), releasePoms );
+
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).add( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see
+     * org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#mapAlternateNextVersion(org.apache.
+     * maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected void mapAlternateNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see
+     * org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#unmapNextVersion(org.apache.maven.
+     * shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected void unmapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        // nothing to do
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#
+     * createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion(java.util.List)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#
+     * createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion(java.util.List)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see
+     * org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase#readTestProjectFile(java.lang.String)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String readTestProjectFile( String fileName )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/generate-release-poms/"
+            + fileName ) );
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * @see
+     * org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractReleaseTestCase#compareFiles(org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject,
+     * java.lang.String)
+     */
+    // @Override
+    @Override
+    protected void comparePomFiles( MavenProject project, String expectedFileSuffix, boolean normalizeLineEndings )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        File actualFile = ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project );
+        File expectedFile =
+            new File( actualFile.getParentFile(), "expected-release-pom" + expectedFileSuffix + ".xml" );
+
+        comparePomFiles( expectedFile, actualFile, normalizeLineEndings, true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/InputVariablesPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/InputVariablesPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6476f04e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/InputVariablesPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the variable input phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class InputVariablesPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private InputVariablesPhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        phase = (InputVariablesPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "input-variables" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( isA( String.class ), eq( "artifactId-1.0" ) ) ).thenReturn( "tag-value",
+                                                                                               "simulated-tag-value" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( isA( String.class ), eq( "artifactId-1.0" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnmappedVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesNonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "artifactId-1.0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "artifactId-1.0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesNonInteractiveConfigured()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "simulated-tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInputVariablesInteractiveConfigured()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "simulated-tag-value" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-tag-value", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPrompterException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( isA( String.class ),
+                                   isA( String.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new PrompterException( "..." ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", PrompterException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", PrompterException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( isA( String.class ), isA( String.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-110
+    @Test
+    public void testCvsTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "artifactId-1_0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "artifactId-1_0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-159
+    @Test
+    public void testCustomTagFormat()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        Prompter mockPrompter = mock( Prompter.class );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "artifactId-1.0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "1.0" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+        builder.setScmTagNameFormat( "simulated-@{artifactId}-@{version}" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check tag", "simulated-artifactId-1.0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getScmReleaseLabel() );
+
+        // never use prompter
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBranchOperation()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assertFalse( phase.isBranchOperation() );
+    }
+
+    private static MavenProject createProject( String artifactId, String version )
+    {
+        Model model = new Model();
+        model.setGroupId( "groupId" );
+        model.setArtifactId( artifactId );
+        model.setVersion( version );
+        return new MavenProject( model );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmBranchEquals.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmBranchEquals.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79840d4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmBranchEquals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranch;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * JMock constraint to compare tags since it has no equals method.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class IsScmBranchEquals implements ArgumentMatcher<ScmBranch>
+{
+    private final ScmBranch branch;
+
+    public IsScmBranchEquals( ScmBranch branch )
+    {
+        this.branch = branch;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches( ScmBranch argument )
+    {
+        ScmBranch sb = (ScmBranch) argument;
+
+        return sb.getName().equals( this.branch.getName() );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmBranchParametersEquals.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmBranchParametersEquals.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..537a23804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmBranchParametersEquals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranch;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranchParameters;
+
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:olamy@apache.org">olamy</a>
+ */
+public class IsScmBranchParametersEquals implements ArgumentMatcher<ScmBranchParameters>
+{
+    private final ScmBranchParameters scmBranchParameters;
+
+    public IsScmBranchParametersEquals( ScmBranchParameters scmBranchParameters )
+    {
+        this.scmBranchParameters = scmBranchParameters;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches( ScmBranchParameters argument )
+    {
+        ScmBranchParameters sbp = (ScmBranchParameters) argument;
+        return sbp.getMessage().equals( this.scmBranchParameters.getMessage() )
+            && sbp.isRemoteBranching() == this.scmBranchParameters.isRemoteBranching()
+            && sbp.isPinExternals() == this.scmBranchParameters.isPinExternals();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmFileSetEquals.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmFileSetEquals.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f32a02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmFileSetEquals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * JMock constraint to compare file sets since it has no equals method.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @todo add an equals() method
+ */
+public class IsScmFileSetEquals implements ArgumentMatcher<ScmFileSet>
+{
+    private final ScmFileSet fileSet;
+
+    public IsScmFileSetEquals( ScmFileSet fileSet )
+    {
+        this.fileSet = fileSet;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches( ScmFileSet argument )
+    {
+        ScmFileSet fs = (ScmFileSet) argument;
+
+        try
+        {
+            return fs.getBasedir().getCanonicalPath().equals( fileSet.getBasedir().getCanonicalPath() )
+                && fs.getFileList().equals( fileSet.getFileList() );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            // should not happened so RuntimeException
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmTagEquals.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmTagEquals.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c55924787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmTagEquals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * JMock constraint to compare tags since it has no equals method.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @todo add an equals() method
+ */
+public class IsScmTagEquals implements ArgumentMatcher<ScmTag>
+{
+    private final ScmTag tag;
+
+    public IsScmTagEquals( ScmTag tag )
+    {
+        this.tag = tag;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches( ScmTag argument )
+    {
+        ScmTag tag = (ScmTag) argument;
+
+        return tag.getName().equals( this.tag.getName() );
+    }
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmTagParametersEquals.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmTagParametersEquals.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0d012df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/IsScmTagParametersEquals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTagParameters;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:olamy@apache.org">olamy</a>
+ */
+public class IsScmTagParametersEquals implements ArgumentMatcher<ScmTagParameters>
+{
+    private final ScmTagParameters scmTagParameters;
+
+    public IsScmTagParametersEquals( ScmTagParameters scmTagParameters )
+    {
+        this.scmTagParameters = scmTagParameters;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches( ScmTagParameters argument )
+    {
+        ScmTagParameters stp = (ScmTagParameters) argument;
+        return stp.getMessage().equals( this.scmTagParameters.getMessage() )
+            && stp.isRemoteTagging() == this.scmTagParameters.isRemoteTagging()
+            && stp.isPinExternals() == this.scmTagParameters.isPinExternals();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapDevelopmentVersionPhaseIT.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapDevelopmentVersionPhaseIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbd55208e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapDevelopmentVersionPhaseIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+
+public class MapDevelopmentVersionPhaseIT
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private MapVersionsPhase mapVersionsPhase;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        mapVersionsPhase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "map-development-versions" );
+    }
+
+    private static MavenProject createProject( String artifactId, String version )
+    {
+        Model model = new Model();
+        model.setGroupId( "groupId" );
+        model.setArtifactId( artifactId );
+        model.setVersion( version );
+        return new MavenProject( model );
+    }
+
+    public void testNoUpdateWorkingCopyVersions() throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+        mapVersionsPhase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..338d9792b
--- /dev/null
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+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
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+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.startsWith;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.Prompter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.components.interactivity.PrompterException;
+import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
+/**
+ * Test the version mapping phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class MapVersionsPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private static final String TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS = "test-map-branch-versions";
+
+    private static final String TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS = "test-map-development-versions";
+
+    private static final String TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS = "test-map-release-versions";
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    @Mock
+    private Prompter mockPrompter;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks( this );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void tearDown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.tearDown();
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mockPrompter );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshot_MapRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                   eq( "1.0" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                       eq( "1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshot_MapReleaseVersions()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                   eq( "1.0" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                       eq( "1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-403: Release plugin ignores given version number
+    @Test
+    public void testMapReleaseVersionsInteractiveAddZeroIncremental()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                   eq( "1.0" ) ) ).thenReturn( "1.0.0" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.0.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.0.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        verify( mockPrompter,
+                times( 2 ) ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                     eq( "1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test to release "SNAPSHOT" version MRELEASE-90
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testMapReleaseVersionsInteractiveWithSnaphotVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                   eq( "1.0" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        verify( mockPrompter,
+                times( 2 ) ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for \"" + project.getName() + "\"?" ),
+                                     eq( "1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MRELEASE-524: ignores commandline versions in batch mode
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testMapReleaseVersionsNonInteractiveWithExplicitVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "2.0" );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "2.0" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotNonInteractive_MapRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.0" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotNonInteractive_MapReleaseVersions()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.0" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapDevVersionsInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for \"" + project.getName()
+            + "\"?" ), eq( "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for \""
+            + project.getName() + "\"?" ), eq( "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MRELEASE-760: updateWorkingCopyVersions=false still bumps up pom versions to next development version
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testMapDevVersionsInteractiveDoNotUpdateWorkingCopy()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.0",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.0" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapDevVersionsNonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "1.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MRELEASE-524: ignores commandline versions in batch mode
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testMapDevVersionsNonInteractiveWithExplicitVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "2-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", "2-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPrompterException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( isA( String.class ),
+                                   isA( String.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new PrompterException( "..." ) );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", PrompterException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", PrompterException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( isA( String.class ), isA( String.class ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAdjustVersionInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+        MavenProject project = createProject( "artifactId", "foo" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for \"" + project.getName()
+            + "\"?" ), eq( "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( project );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        // prepare
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check mapped versions", "2.0-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for \""
+            + project.getName() + "\"?" ), eq( "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAdjustVersionNonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "foo" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", VersionParseException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Expected an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", VersionParseException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultDevelopmentVersion_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultDevelopmentVersion_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotDefaultDevelopmentVersion_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotDefaultDevelopmentVersion_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotDefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotDefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotNonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotNonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions",  "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions",  "1.2" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_NotInteractive_MapRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        /*
+         * "By default, the POM in the new branch keeps the same version as the local working copy, and the local POM is incremented to the next revision."
+         * This is true for trunk, but when branching from a tag I would expect the next SNAPSHOT version. For now keep
+         * '1.2' instead of '1.3-SNAPSHOT' until further investigation.
+         */
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseAutoVersionSubmodules_BranchCreation_NotInteractive_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        /*
+         * "By default, the POM in the new branch keeps the same version as the local working copy, and the local POM is incremented to the next revision."
+         * This is true for trunk, but when branching from a tag I would expect the next SNAPSHOT version. For now keep
+         * '1.2' instead of '1.3-SNAPSHOT' until further investigation.
+         */
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions",  "1.2" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_NonInteractive_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions",  "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_NonInteractive_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultReleaseVersion_NonInteractive_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "2.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultReleaseVersion_NonInteractive_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions",  "2.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultReleaseVersion_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "2.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_DefaultReleaseVersion_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "2.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_UpdateVersionsToSnapshot_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+        builder.setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( true );
+
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT (yes, one step back!)
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT (yes, one step back!)
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions",  "2.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_UpdateVersionsToSnapshot_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+        builder.setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( true );
+
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT (yes, one step back!)
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT (yes, one step back!)
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "2.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_UpdateVersionsToSnapshot_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+        builder.setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( true );
+
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_UpdateVersionsToSnapshot_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+        builder.setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( true );
+
+        // updateBranchVersions is set to true, so suggest the next snapshot version
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > 1.2-SNAPSHOT
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > 1.3-SNAPSHOT
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the branch version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseBranchCreation_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        /*
+         * "By default, the POM in the new branch keeps the same version as the local working copy, and the local POM is incremented to the next revision."
+         * This is true for trunk, but when branching from a tag I would expect the next SNAPSHOT version. For now keep
+         * '1.2' instead of '1.3-SNAPSHOT' until further investigation.
+         */
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions",  "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseBranchCreation_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        /*
+         * "By default, the POM in the new branch keeps the same version as the local working copy, and the local POM is incremented to the next revision."
+         * This is true for trunk, but when branching from a tag I would expect the next SNAPSHOT version. For now keep
+         * '1.2' instead of '1.3-SNAPSHOT' until further investigation.
+         */
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseBranchCreation_NonUpdateWorkingCopyVersions_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseBranchCreation_NonUpdateWorkingCopyVersions_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseBranchCreation_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > true
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > false
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseBranchCreation_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > true
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > false
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_NonUpdateWorkingCopyVersions_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_NonUpdateWorkingCopyVersions_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.2-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteReleaseBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > true
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > false
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateReleaseBranchCreation_UpdateBranchVersions_MapBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:(,2.4) > true
+        // org.apache.maven.release:maven-release-manager:[2.4,) > false
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "1.2" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check development versions",
+                    ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotBranchCreation_UpdateWorkingCopyVersions_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( true );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the new working copy version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the new working copy version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotBranchCreation_UpdateWorkingCopyVersions_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( true );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the new working copy version for" ),
+                                   eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the new working copy version for" ), eq( "1.3-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteMultiModuleAutoVersionSubmodules__MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = new ArrayList<>();
+        Collections.addAll( reactorProjects, createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ),
+                            createProject( "module1", "2.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "2.0" , ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:module1") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:module1") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateMultiModuleAutoVersionSubmodules__MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = new ArrayList<>();
+        Collections.addAll( reactorProjects, createProject( "artifactId", "1.2-SNAPSHOT" ),
+                            createProject( "module1", "2.0" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "1.3-SNAPSHOT", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "2.0", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:module1") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:module1") );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_DefaultReleaseVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2.1-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "3.0" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "3.1-SNAPSHOT" ,
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion("groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_DefaultReleaseVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2.1-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "3.0" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "3.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_DefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2.1-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "3.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "3.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateSnapshotAutoVersionSubmodules_DefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive_MapDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // verify
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.2.1-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setAutoVersionSubmodules( true );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "3.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions", "3.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertNull( "Check release versions", ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-511
+    @Test
+    public void testUnusualVersions1()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        MapVersionsPhase mapReleasephase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+        MapVersionsPhase mapDevelopmentphase =
+            (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "MYB_200909-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "PPX" );
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "MYB_200909-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // test
+        mapReleasephase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+        mapDevelopmentphase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        assertEquals( "Check development versions",
+                      "MYB_200909-SNAPSHOT",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectDevelopmentVersion("groupId:artifactId") );
+        assertEquals( "Check release versions", "PPX",
+                      ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ).getProjectReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId" ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-269
+    @Test
+    public void testContinuousSnapshotCheck()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "bar", "1.11-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for " ),
+                                   eq( "1.12-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0" ) // wrong, expected SNAPSHOT
+                                                            .thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter, times( 2 ) ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for " ),
+                                                   eq( "1.12-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-734
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyDefaultDevelopmentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "bar", "1.11-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for " ),
+                                   eq( "1.12-SNAPSHOT" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the new development version for " ),
+                                       eq( "1.12-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyDefaultReleaseVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "bar", "1.11-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "" );
+
+        when( mockPrompter.prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for " ),
+                                   eq( "1.11" ) ) ).thenReturn( "2.0" );
+        phase.setPrompter( mockPrompter );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mockPrompter ).prompt( startsWith( "What is the release version for " ), eq( "1.11" ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MRELEASE-975: Test that a PolicyException is thrown when using an unknown policy version hint.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testNonExistentVersionPolicy()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        expectedException.expect( ReleaseExecutionException.class );
+        expectedException.expectCause( CoreMatchers.isA( PolicyException.class ) );
+
+        // prepare
+        MapVersionsPhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "artifactId", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setProjectVersionPolicyId( "UNKNOWN" );
+
+        // test
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateBranchInvalidDefaultReleaseVersion_NonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleasePhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_BRANCH_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "bar", "1.11-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "3.0" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+        builder.setUpdateBranchVersions( true );
+
+        // test
+        try {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should fail due to invalid version" );
+        }
+        catch( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "3.0 is invalid, expected a snapshot", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateReleaseInvalidDefaultReleaseVersion_NonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleasePhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_RELEASE_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "bar", "1.11-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultReleaseVersion( "3.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        try {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should fail due to invalid version" );
+        }
+        catch( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "3.0-SNAPSHOT is invalid, expected a non-snapshot", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateDevelopmentInvalidDefaultDevelopmentVersion_NonInteractive()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleasePhase phase = (MapVersionsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, TEST_MAP_DEVELOPMENT_VERSIONS );
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = Collections.singletonList( createProject( "bar", "1.11-SNAPSHOT" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( "3.0" );
+        builder.setInteractive( false );
+
+        // test
+        try {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should fail due to invalid version" );
+        }
+        catch( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "3.0 is invalid, expected a snapshot", e.getMessage() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static MavenProject createProject( String artifactId, String version )
+    {
+        Model model = new Model();
+        model.setGroupId( "groupId" );
+        model.setArtifactId( artifactId );
+        model.setVersion( version );
+        return new MavenProject( model );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ReleasePhaseStub.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ReleasePhaseStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d28bdf4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ReleasePhaseStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Test stub for testing if a phase is executed.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ReleasePhaseStub
+    implements ReleasePhase, ResourceGenerator
+{
+    /**
+     * Whether the phase was simulated.
+     */
+    private boolean simulated;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the phase was executed.
+     */
+    private boolean executed;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the phase was cleaned.
+     */
+    private boolean cleaned;
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult execute( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment, List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        executed = true;
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult simulate( ReleaseDescriptor releaseDescriptor, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment, List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        simulated = true;
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReleaseResult clean( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+    {
+        ReleaseResult result = new ReleaseResult();
+
+        cleaned = true;
+
+        result.setResultCode( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isExecuted()
+    {
+        return executed;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSimulated()
+    {
+        return simulated;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isCleaned()
+    {
+        return cleaned;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce8396089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.remove.RemoveScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the remove release POMs phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a>
+ */
+public class RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "remove-release-poms" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteBasicPom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( workingDirectory );
+        MavenProject project = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+
+        File releasePom = ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( workingDirectory, releasePom );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.remove( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                      isA( String.class ) ) ).thenReturn( new RemoveScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                               Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( "pom.xml",
+                                                                                                                                       ScmFileStatus.DELETED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).remove( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                          isA( String.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecutePomWithModules()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-modules" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        List<File> releasePoms = new ArrayList<>();
+        for ( Iterator<MavenProject> iterator = reactorProjects.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = iterator.next();
+            File releasePom = ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( project );
+            releasePoms.add( releasePom );
+        }
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( workingDirectory, releasePoms );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.remove( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                      isA( String.class ) ) ).thenReturn( new RemoveScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                               Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( "pom.xml",
+                                                                                                                                       ScmFileStatus.DELETED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).remove( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                          isA( String.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateBasicPom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // never invoke scmProviderMock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteWithSuppressCommitBeforeTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult result = phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        try
+        {
+            reader = new BufferedReader( new StringReader( result.getOutput() ) );
+
+            assertEquals( "[INFO] Removing release POM for 'artifactId'...",
+                          reader.readLine() );
+            assertEquals( "Expected EOF", null, reader.readLine() );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            IOUtil.close( reader );
+        }
+
+        // never invoke scmProviderMock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateWithSuppressCommitBeforeTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult result = phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        try
+        {
+            reader = new BufferedReader( new StringReader( result.getOutput() ) );
+
+            assertEquals( "[INFO] Removing release POM for 'artifactId'...",
+                          reader.readLine() );
+            assertEquals( "[INFO] Full run would be removing [" + reactorProjects.get( 0 ).getFile().getParent()
+                + File.separator + "release-pom.xml]", reader.readLine() );
+            assertEquals( "Expected EOF", null, reader.readLine() );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            IOUtil.close( reader );
+        }
+
+        // never invoke scmProviderMock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    protected List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "remove-release-poms/" + path;
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+    {
+        return createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ) );
+    }
+    
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( File workingDirectory )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4dab0ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.untag.UntagScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.mockito.Matchers;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+/**
+ * Test the remove SCM tag phase.
+ */
+public class RemoveScmTagPhaseTest extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = ( ReleasePhase ) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "remove-scm-tag" );
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteOutput() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        // mock, only real matcher is the file set
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = Mockito.mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        Mockito.when( scmProviderMock.untag( Matchers.isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                Matchers.argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                Matchers.isA( CommandParameters.class ) ) )
+                .thenReturn( new UntagScmResult( "...", "...", "...", true ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = ( ScmManagerStub ) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult actual = phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify, actual contains trailing newline
+        Assert.assertEquals( "[INFO] Removing tag with the label release-label ...", actual.getOutput().trim() );
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteResultCode() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        // mock, only real matcher is the file set
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = Mockito.mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        Mockito.when( scmProviderMock.untag( Matchers.isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                Matchers.argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                Matchers.isA( CommandParameters.class ) ) )
+                .thenReturn( new UntagScmResult( "...", "...", "...", true ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = ( ScmManagerStub ) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult actual = phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        Assert.assertEquals( 0, actual.getResultCode() );
+
+    }
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException exceptionRule = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore( "We changed the behaviour to warning instead of error." )
+    public void testExecuteError() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        // mock, only real matcher is the file set
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = Mockito.mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        Mockito.when( scmProviderMock.untag( Matchers.isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                Matchers.argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                Matchers.isA( CommandParameters.class ) ) )
+                .thenReturn( new UntagScmResult( "command-line", "provider-message", "command-output", false ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = ( ScmManagerStub ) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // set up exception rule
+        exceptionRule.expect( ReleaseScmCommandException.class );
+        exceptionRule.expectMessage(
+                "Unable to remove tag \nProvider message:\nprovider-message\nCommand output:\ncommand-output" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteNoError() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        // mock, only real matcher is the file set
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = Mockito.mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        Mockito.when( scmProviderMock.untag( Matchers.isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                Matchers.argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                Matchers.isA( CommandParameters.class ) ) )
+                .thenReturn( new UntagScmResult( "command-line", "provider-message", "command-output", false ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = ( ScmManagerStub ) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult actual = phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        Assert.assertEquals( 0, actual.getResultCode() );
+
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateOutput() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult actual = phase.simulate(ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify, actual contains newline
+        Assert.assertEquals( "[INFO] Full run would remove tag with label: 'release-label'", 
+                actual.getOutput().trim() );
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateResultCode() throws Exception
+    {
+
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+
+        // execute
+        ReleaseResult actual = phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ),
+                new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        Assert.assertEquals( 0, actual.getResultCode() );
+
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects() throws Exception
+    {
+        return createReactorProjects( "scm-commit/single-pom", "" );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dacb66a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RestoreBackupPomsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ */
+public class RestoreBackupPomsPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractBackupPomsPhaseTest
+{
+    private String expectedPomFilename = "expected-pom.xml";
+
+    @Override
+    ReleasePhase getReleasePhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "restore-backup-poms" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBasicPom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String projectPath = "/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom";
+
+        // copy poms so tests are valid without clean
+        File sourceDir = getTestFile( "src/test/resources" + projectPath );
+        File testDir = getTestFile( "target/test-classes" + projectPath );
+        FileUtils.copyDirectoryStructure( sourceDir, testDir );
+
+        String testPath = "target/test-classes" + projectPath;
+
+        runExecuteOnProjects( testPath );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultiModulePom()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String projectPath = "/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules";
+
+        // copy poms so tests are valid without clean
+        File sourceDir = getTestFile( "src/test/resources" + projectPath );
+        File testDir = getTestFile( "target/test-classes" + projectPath );
+        FileUtils.copyDirectoryStructure( sourceDir, testDir );
+
+        String testPath = "target/test-classes" + projectPath;
+
+        runExecuteOnProjects( testPath );
+    }
+
+    private void runExecuteOnProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> projects = getReactorProjects( getTestPath( path ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:http://myhost/myrepo" );
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), projects );
+
+        testProjectIsRestored( projects );
+    }
+
+    private void testProjectIsRestored( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            File pomFile = project.getFile();
+
+            File expectedFile = new File( pomFile.getParentFile(), expectedPomFilename );
+
+            assertTrue( "Check if expected file exists.", expectedFile.exists() );
+
+            String pomContents = ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( pomFile );
+
+            String expectedContents = ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( expectedFile );
+
+            assertTrue( "Check if pom and backup files are identical", pomContents.equals( expectedContents ) );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49642affa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,476 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM modification check phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String NEXT_VERSION = "1.0-SNAPSHOT";
+
+    private static final String ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION = "2.0-SNAPSHOT";
+
+    public RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest( String modelETL )
+    {
+        super( modelETL );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getRoleHint()
+    {
+        return "rewrite-poms-for-branch";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Path getWorkingDirectory( String workingDir )
+    {
+        return super.getWorkingDirectory( "rewrite-for-branch/" + workingDir );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<MavenProject> prepareReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "rewrite-for-branch/" + Objects.toString( path, "" );
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, path, null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String readTestProjectFile( String fileName )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-branch/" + fileName ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateRewrite()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        String expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        String actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the original POM untouched", expected, actual );
+
+        expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/expected-pom.xml" );
+        actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml.branch" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the transformed POM", expected, actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteWithDashedComments()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        String expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        String actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the original POM is untouched", expected, actual );
+
+        expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml" );
+        actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml.branch" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the transformed POM", expected, actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClean()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/pom.xml.branch" );
+        testFile.delete();
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( testFile.exists() );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCleanNotExists()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/pom.xml.branch" );
+        testFile.delete();
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-116
+    @Test
+    public void testScmOverridden()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-overridden-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-overridden-scm" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subsubproject", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapAlternateNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", NEXT_VERSION );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void unmapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        // nothing to do
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithCvs()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-cvs" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-cvs" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithScmExpression()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-scm-expression" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-scm-expression" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithTagBase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-tag-base" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-tag-base" );
+        builder.setScmBranchBase( "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithTagBaseAndVaryingScmUrls()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls" );
+        builder.setScmBranchBase( "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/allprojects/branches" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithCvsFromTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithEmptyScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-empty-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-empty-scm" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteInterpolatedVersions()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "interpolated-versions" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "interpolated-versions" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteInterpolatedVersionsDifferentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "interpolated-versions" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "interpolated-versions" );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject3", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            // skip subproject1 - we don't need to worry about its version mapping change, it has no deps of any kind
+            if ( !"groupId".equals( project.getGroupId() ) || !"subproject1".equals( project.getArtifactId() ) )
+            {
+                comparePomFiles( project, "-different-version", true );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithInheritedScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-inherited-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-inherited-scm" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subsubproject", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithParentAndProperties()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-parent-and-properties" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent-and-properties" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-311
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDependencyPropertyCoordinate()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1-3.4", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-305
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithScmOfParentEndingWithASlash()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDeepSubprojects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "multimodule-with-deep-subprojects" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "multimodule-with-deep-subprojects" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomForFlatMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat", "pom-with-parent-flat", "root-project" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder =
+            createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent-flat" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-383
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithCDATASectionOnWindows()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "cdata-section" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "cdata-section" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        AbstractRewritePomsPhase phase = (AbstractRewritePomsPhase) this.phase;
+        phase.setLs( "\r\n" );
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // compare POMS without line ending normalization
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects, false ) );
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromProjects( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = super.createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-454
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithImportedDependencyManagementInReactor()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "imported-dependency-management-in-reactor" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "imported-dependency-management-in-reactor" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDifferentVersionsAcrossModules()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "modules-with-different-versions" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "modules-with-different-versions" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..953694ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM modification check phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String NEXT_VERSION = "1.1-SNAPSHOT";
+
+    private static final String ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION = "2.1-SNAPSHOT";
+
+    private static final String RELEASE_VERSION = "1.0";
+
+    private static final String ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION = "2.0";
+
+    public RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest( String modelETL )
+    {
+        super( modelETL );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getRoleHint()
+    {
+        return "rewrite-poms-for-development";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected Path getWorkingDirectory( String workingDir )
+    {
+        return super.getWorkingDirectory( "rewrite-for-development/" + workingDir );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateRewrite()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjectsWhenSimulated( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        String expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        String actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the original POM untouched", expected, actual );
+
+        expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/expected-pom.xml" );
+        actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml.next" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the transformed POM", expected, actual );
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createReactorProjectsWhenSimulated( String name )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return createReactorProjects( "rewrite-for-release/" + name, name, null );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateRewriteEjbClientDeps()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            new LinkedList<>( createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project" ) );
+        reactorProjects.addAll( createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb" ) );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( "groupId", "artifactId1" ), NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( "groupId", "artifactId1" ), RELEASE_VERSION );
+
+        String expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/pom.xml" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        String actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/pom.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the original POM untouched", expected, actual );
+
+        expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/expected-pom.xml" );
+        actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/pom.xml.next" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the transformed POM", expected, actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClean()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjectsWhenSimulated( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/pom.xml.next" );
+        testFile.delete();
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( testFile.exists() );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCleanNotExists()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/pom.xml.next" );
+        testFile.delete();
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String readTestProjectFile( String fileName )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return readTestProjectFile( fileName, "rewrite-for-development/" );
+    }
+
+    protected String readTestProjectFile( String fileName, String subpath )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/" + subpath + fileName ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<MavenProject> prepareReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "rewrite-for-development/" + path;
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, path, null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromBasicPom( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = super.createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        mapScm( builder );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    private void mapScm( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder )
+    {
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk" );
+        scm.setUrl( "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk" );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", scm );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapAlternateNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        config.addDevelopmentVersion( projectId, ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, RELEASE_VERSION );
+        config.addDevelopmentVersion( projectId, NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void unmapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder, String projectId )
+    {
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( projectId, RELEASE_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        mapScm( builder );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject1", NEXT_VERSION );
+        mapScm( builder );
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithCvs()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-cvs" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-cvs" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( "${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module" );
+        scm.setUrl( "${baseUrl}/module" );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", scm );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithCvsFromTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( "scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module" );
+        scm.setUrl( "http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module" );
+        scm.setTag( "original-label" );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:artifactId", scm );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithInheritedScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-inherited-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-inherited-scm" );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject1", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subsubproject", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subsubproject", NEXT_VERSION );
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1" );
+        scm.setDeveloperConnection( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1" );
+        // MRELEASE-107
+        scm.setUrl( "http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/trunk/subproject1" );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:subproject1", scm );
+        builder.addOriginalScmInfo( "groupId:subsubproject", null );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithParentAndProperties()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        performTestRewritePomWithParentAndProperties( "pom-with-parent-and-properties" );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-454
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithParentAndPropertiesInDependencyManagement()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        performTestRewritePomWithParentAndProperties( "pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management" );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-454
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithParentAndPropertiesInDependencyManagementImport()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        performTestRewritePomWithParentAndProperties( "pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import" );
+    }
+
+    private void performTestRewritePomWithParentAndProperties( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( path );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, path );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        mapScm( builder );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateRewritePomWithParentAndProperties()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // use the original ones since simulation didn't modify them
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        mapScm( builder );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            File pomFile = project.getFile();
+            File actualFile = new File( pomFile.getParentFile(), pomFile.getName() + ".next" );
+            File expectedFile = new File( actualFile.getParentFile(), "expected-pom.xml" );
+
+            comparePomFiles( expectedFile, actualFile, true, false );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-311
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDependencyPropertyCoordinate()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1-3.4", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject1-3.4", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_RELEASE_VERSION );
+        builder.addDevelopmentVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        mapScm( builder );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomDependenciesWithoutDependenciesVersionUpdate()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDefaultConfiguration( reactorProjects, "internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update" );
+        builder.setUpdateDependencies( false );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:subsubproject" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e25678e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,493 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM modification check phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest
+    extends AbstractEditModeRewritingReleasePhaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String NEXT_VERSION = "1.0";
+
+    private static final String ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION = "2.0";
+
+    public RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest( String modelETL )
+    {
+        super( modelETL );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getRoleHint()
+    {
+        return "rewrite-poms-for-release";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected Path getWorkingDirectory( String workingDir )
+    {
+        return super.getWorkingDirectory( "rewrite-for-release/" + workingDir );
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<MavenProject> prepareReactorProjects( String path )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "rewrite-for-release/" + Objects.toString( path, "" );
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, path, null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String readTestProjectFile( String fileName )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return ReleaseUtil.readXmlFile( getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-release/" + fileName ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateRewrite()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        String expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        String actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the original POM untouched", expected, actual );
+
+        expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/expected-pom.xml" );
+        actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom/pom.xml.tag" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the transformed POM", expected, actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteWithDashedComments()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromBasicPom( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        String expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml" );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        String actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the original POM is untouched", expected, actual );
+
+        expected = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml" );
+        actual = readTestProjectFile( "basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml.tag" );
+        assertEquals( "Check the transformed POM", expected, actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClean()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/pom.xml.tag" );
+        testFile.delete();
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( testFile.exists() );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCleanNotExists()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom" );
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/pom.xml.tag" );
+        testFile.delete();
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+
+        ( (ResourceGenerator) phase ).clean( reactorProjects );
+
+        assertFalse( testFile.exists() );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-116
+    @Test
+    public void testScmOverridden()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-overridden-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-overridden-scm" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subsubproject", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapAlternateNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void mapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        config.addReleaseVersion( projectId, NEXT_VERSION );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", NEXT_VERSION );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void unmapNextVersion( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config, String projectId )
+    {
+        // nothing to do
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithCvs()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-cvs" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-cvs" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithScmExpression()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-scm-expression" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-scm-expression" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithTagBase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-tag-base" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-tag-base" );
+        builder.setScmTagBase( "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/releases" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithTagBaseAndVaryingScmUrls()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls" );
+        builder.setScmTagBase( "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/allprojects/releases" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithCvsFromTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithEmptyScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-with-empty-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-with-empty-scm" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteInterpolatedVersions()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "interpolated-versions" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "interpolated-versions" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteInterpolatedVersionsDifferentVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "interpolated-versions" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "interpolated-versions" );
+
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject3", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        for ( Iterator<MavenProject> i = reactorProjects.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = i.next();
+
+            // skip subproject1 - we don't need to worry about its version mapping change, it has no deps of any kind
+            if ( !"groupId".equals( project.getGroupId() ) || !"subproject1".equals( project.getArtifactId() ) )
+            {
+                comparePomFiles( project, "-different-version", true );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewriteBasicPomWithInheritedScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "basic-pom-inherited-scm" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForWithParentNextVersion( reactorProjects, "basic-pom-inherited-scm" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subsubproject", NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithParentAndProperties()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-parent-and-properties" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent-and-properties" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-311
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDependencyPropertyCoordinate()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1-3.4", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-305
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithScmOfParentEndingWithASlash()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDeepSubprojects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "multimodule-with-deep-subprojects" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "multimodule-with-deep-subprojects" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:artifactId", NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomForFlatMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat", "pom-with-parent-flat", "root-project" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createConfigurationForPomWithParentAlternateNextVersion( reactorProjects, "pom-with-parent-flat" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-383
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithCDATASectionOnWindows()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "cdata-section" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "cdata-section" );
+        mapNextVersion( builder, "groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        RewritePomsForReleasePhase phase = (RewritePomsForReleasePhase) this.phase;
+        phase.setLs( "\r\n" );
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // compare POMS without line ending normalization
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects, false ) );
+    }
+
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createDescriptorFromProjects( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects, String workingDirectory )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = super.createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, workingDirectory );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithExternallyReleasedParent()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "pom-with-externally-released-parent" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createDescriptorFromProjects( reactorProjects, "pom-with-externally-released-parent" );
+        builder.addDependencyReleaseVersion( "external:parent-artifactId", "1" );
+        builder.addDependencyDevelopmentVersion( "external:parent-artifactId", "2-SNAPSHOT" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject1", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-454
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithImportedDependencyManagementInReactor()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "imported-dependency-management-in-reactor" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "imported-dependency-management-in-reactor" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRewritePomWithDifferentVersionsAcrossModules()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( "modules-with-different-versions" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createMappedConfiguration( reactorProjects, "modules-with-different-versions" );
+        builder.addReleaseVersion( "groupId:subproject2", ALTERNATIVE_NEXT_VERSION );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        assertTrue( comparePomFiles( reactorProjects ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee520f37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutorException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.MavenExecutorWrapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the simple test running phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private RunCompleteGoalsPhase phase;
+
+    private MavenExecutorWrapper mavenExecutorWrapper;
+
+    private DefaultReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (RunCompleteGoalsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "run-completion-goals" );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper = (MavenExecutorWrapper) lookup( "org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor", "wrapper" );
+
+        releaseEnvironment = new DefaultReleaseEnvironment();
+        releaseEnvironment.setMavenExecutorId( "wrapper" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecute()
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException, MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulate()
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, null );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteException()
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        doThrow( new MavenExecutorException( "...",
+                                             new Exception() ) ).when( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                                                                            eq( "clean integration-test" ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                                                                            eq( true ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", MavenExecutorException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateException()
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        doThrow( new MavenExecutorException( "...",
+                                             new Exception() ) ).when( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                                                                            eq( "clean integration-test" ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                                                                            eq( true ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, null );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", MavenExecutorException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyGoals()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCompletionGoals( "" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+        // verify
+        // never invoke mock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b7ca8aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkout.CheckOutScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutorException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.MavenExecutorWrapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private RunPerformGoalsPhase phase;
+
+    private MavenExecutorWrapper mavenExecutorWrapper;
+
+    private DefaultReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (RunPerformGoalsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "run-perform-goals" );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper = (MavenExecutorWrapper) lookup( "org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor", "wrapper" );
+
+        releaseEnvironment = new DefaultReleaseEnvironment();
+        releaseEnvironment.setMavenExecutorId( "wrapper" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        doThrow( new MavenExecutorException( "...", new Exception() ) ).when( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                                                                                   eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                                                                                   isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                                                                                   eq( true ),
+                                                                                                   eq( "-DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml" ),
+                                                                                                   isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                                   isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", MavenExecutorException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        //verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ),
+                                     eq( "-DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml" ),
+                                     isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCustomPomFile() throws Exception
+    {
+        //prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom1.xml" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ),
+                                     eq( "-DperformRelease=true -f pom1.xml" ),
+                                     eq( "pom1.xml" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerformWithArgumentsNoReleaseProfile()
+                    throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "-Dmaven.test.skip=true" );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                        isA( CommandParameters.class )))
+                                .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "...", Collections.<ScmFile>emptyList() ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, createReactorProjects() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( checkoutDirectory ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ),
+                                     eq( "-Dmaven.test.skip=true -f pom.xml" ),
+                                     isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                            isA( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock, scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerform()
+                    throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                        isA( CommandParameters.class )) )
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "...", Collections.<ScmFile>emptyList() ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, createReactorProjects() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( checkoutDirectory ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ),
+                                     eq( "-DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml" ),
+                                     isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                            isA( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock, scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerformNoReleaseProfile()
+                    throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                        isA( CommandParameters.class )) )
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "...", Collections.<ScmFile>emptyList() ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        builder.setUseReleaseProfile( false );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, createReactorProjects() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( checkoutDirectory ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ),
+                                     eq( "-f pom.xml" ),
+                                     isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                            isA( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock, scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerformWithArguments()
+                    throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "-Dmaven.test.skip=true" );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                        isA( CommandParameters.class )) )
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "...", Collections.<ScmFile>emptyList() ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, createReactorProjects() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( checkoutDirectory ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class),
+                                     eq( true),
+                                     eq( "-Dmaven.test.skip=true -DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml" ),
+                                     isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                            isA( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock, scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleasePerformWithReleasePropertiesCompleted()
+                    throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "goal1 goal2" );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout-directory" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                        argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                        isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                        isA( CommandParameters.class )) )
+            .thenReturn( new CheckOutScmResult( "...", Collections.<ScmFile>emptyList() ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        builder.setCompletedPhase( "end-release" );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, createReactorProjects() );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( checkoutDirectory ),
+                                     eq( "goal1 goal2" ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ),
+                                     eq( "-DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml" ),
+                                     isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkOut( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                            argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( new ScmFileSet( checkoutDirectory ) ) ),
+                                            isA( ScmTag.class ),
+                                            isA( CommandParameters.class ));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock, scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    private static List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects()
+    {
+        MavenProject project = new MavenProject();
+        project.setFile( getTestFile( "target/dummy-project/pom.xml" ) );
+        return Collections.singletonList( project );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4222580cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutorException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.MavenExecutorWrapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the simple test running phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private RunPrepareGoalsPhase phase;
+
+    private MavenExecutorWrapper mavenExecutorWrapper;
+
+    private DefaultReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (RunPrepareGoalsPhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "run-preparation-goals" );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper = (MavenExecutorWrapper) lookup( "org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor", "wrapper" );
+
+        releaseEnvironment = new DefaultReleaseEnvironment();
+        releaseEnvironment.setMavenExecutorId( "wrapper" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecute()
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, ReleaseFailureException, MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulate()
+        throws ReleaseExecutionException, MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, null );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecuteException()
+        throws ReleaseFailureException, MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        doThrow( new MavenExecutorException( "...",
+                                             new Exception() ) ).when( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                                                                            eq( "clean integration-test" ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                                                                            eq( true ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", MavenExecutorException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateException()
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "clean integration-test" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+        doThrow( new MavenExecutorException( "...",
+                                             new Exception() ) ).when( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ),
+                                                                                            eq( "clean integration-test" ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                                                                            eq( true ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isNull( String.class ),
+                                                                                            isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, null );
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", MavenExecutorException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).executeGoals( eq( testFile ), eq( "clean integration-test" ), isA( ReleaseEnvironment.class ),
+                                     eq( true ), isNull( String.class ), isNull( String.class ),
+                                     isA( ReleaseResult.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyGoals()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/working-directory" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setPreparationGoals( "" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        MavenExecutor mock = mock( MavenExecutor.class );
+
+        mavenExecutorWrapper.setMavenExecutor( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), releaseEnvironment, (List<MavenProject>) null );
+
+        // verify
+        // no invocations of mock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cf71bf7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,442 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranchParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.branch.BranchScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.svn.repository.SvnScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM branch phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ScmBranchPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-branch" );
+    }
+
+    public static String getPath( File file )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return file.toPath().toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS ).toString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.branch( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                      eq( "release-label" ),
+                                      argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new BranchScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                                Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).branch( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                          eq( "release-label" ),
+                                          argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitMultiModuleDeepFolders()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        String dir = "scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+        String sourceUrl = "http://svn.example.com/repos/project/trunk/";
+        String scmUrl = "scm:svn:" + sourceUrl;
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( scmUrl );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+        builder.setScmBranchBase( "http://svn.example.com/repos/project/branches/" );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( sourceUrl );
+        scmProviderRepository.setBranchBase( "http://svn.example.com/repos/project/branches/" );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.branch( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                      eq( "release-label" ),
+                                      argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new BranchScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                                Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( scmUrl, repository );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).branch( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                          eq( "release-label" ),
+                                          argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitForFlatMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat", "root-project" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( rootProject.getScm().getConnection() );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getWorkingDirectory( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat" ).toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS ).toString() );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "root-project/pom.xml" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+
+        // one directory up from root project
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        String scmUrl = "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk";
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( scmUrl );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.branch( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                      eq( "release-label" ),
+                                      argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new BranchScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                                Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( "scm:svn:" + scmUrl, repository );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).branch( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                          eq( "release-label" ),
+                                          argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        String dir = "scm-commit/multiple-poms";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.branch( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                      eq( "release-label" ),
+                                      argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new BranchScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                                Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // exeucte
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).branch( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                          eq( "release-label" ),
+                                          argThat( new IsScmBranchParametersEquals( new ScmBranchParameters( "[my prefix] copy for branch release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBranchNoReleaseLabel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // no scmProvider invocation
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateBranchNoReleaseLabel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSuchScmProviderExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new NoSuchScmProviderException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertEquals( "check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmRepositoryExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new ScmRepositoryException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.branch( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ), isA( String.class ),
+                                      isA( ScmBranchParameters.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new ScmException( "..." ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).branch( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ), isA( String.class ),
+                                          isA( ScmBranchParameters.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmResultFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = (ScmManager) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub =
+            (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        providerStub.setBranchScmResult( new BranchScmResult( "", "", "", false ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "scm-commit/single-pom";
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        
+        File workingDir = getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" );
+        if ( !workingDir.exists() )
+        {
+            assertTrue( "Failed to create the directory, along with all necessary parent directories",
+                        workingDir.mkdirs() );
+        }
+        
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( workingDir ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bff49da14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,442 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.status.StatusScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.PlexusJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM modification check phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest
+    extends PlexusJUnit4TestCase
+{
+    private ReleasePhase phase;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-check-modifications" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSuchScmProviderExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new NoSuchScmProviderException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertEquals( "check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmRepositoryExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new ScmRepositoryException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.status( isA( ScmRepository.class ),
+                                      isA( ScmFileSet.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new ScmException( "..." ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock, times( 2 ) ).status( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmResultFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub =
+            (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        providerStub.setStatusScmResult( new StatusScmResult( "", "", "", false ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoModifications()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder, Collections.<String>emptyList() );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testModificationsToExcludedFilesOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder,
+                         Arrays.asList( "release.properties", "pom.xml.backup", "pom.xml.tag", "pom.xml.next" ) );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+        // successful execution is verification enough
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-645: Allow File/Directory Patterns for the checkModificationExcludes Option
+    @Test
+    public void testModificationsToCustomExcludedFilesOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        builder.setCheckModificationExcludes( Collections.singletonList( "**/keep.me" ) );
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder,
+                         Arrays.asList( "release.properties", "pom.xml.backup", "pom.xml.tag", "pom.xml.next",
+                                        "keep.me", "src/app/keep.me", "config\\keep.me" ) );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS,
+                      phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null ).getResultCode() );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS,
+                      phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null ).getResultCode() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testModificationsToPoms()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder, Arrays.asList( "pom.xml", "module/pom.xml" ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testModificationsToIncludedFilesOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder, Collections.singletonList( "something.txt" ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testModificationsToIncludedAndExcludedFiles()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder, Arrays.asList( "release.properties", "pom.xml.backup", "pom.xml.tag",
+                                                           "pom.xml.release", "something.txt" ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testModificationsToAdditionalExcludedFiles()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setCheckModificationExcludes( Collections.singletonList( "something.*" ) );
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder, Collections.singletonList( "something.txt" ) );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS,
+                      phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null ).getResultCode() );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS,
+                      phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null ).getResultCode() );
+    }
+
+    // MRELEASE-775
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleExclusionPatternMatch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        builder.setCheckModificationExcludes( Collections.singletonList( "release.properties" ) );
+
+        setChangedFiles( builder, Arrays.asList( "release.properties" ) );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS,
+                      phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null ).getResultCode() );
+
+        assertEquals( ReleaseResult.SUCCESS,
+                      phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), null ).getResultCode() );
+    }
+
+    private void setChangedFiles( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder, List<String> changedFiles )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ScmManager scmManager = (ScmManager) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub =
+            (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+
+        providerStub.setStatusScmResult( new StatusScmResult( "", createScmFiles( changedFiles ) ) );
+    }
+
+    private static List<ScmFile> createScmFiles( List<String> changedFiles )
+    {
+        List<ScmFile> files = new ArrayList<>( changedFiles.size() );
+        for ( Iterator<String> i = changedFiles.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            String fileName = i.next();
+            files.add( new ScmFile( fileName, ScmFileStatus.MODIFIED ) );
+        }
+        return files;
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..837886929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkin.CheckInScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM development commit phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:me@lcorneliussen.de">Lars Corneliussen</a>
+ */
+public class ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String COMMIT_MESSAGE = "[maven-release-manager] prepare for next development iteration";
+
+    private static final String ROLLBACK_PREFIX =
+        "[maven-release-manager] rollback changes from release preparation of ";
+
+    private List<MavenProject> reactorProjects;
+
+    private MavenProject rootProject;
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder;
+
+    private ScmProvider scmProviderMock;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-commit-development" );
+
+        reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( rootProject );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsCorrectImplementation()
+    {
+        assertEquals( ScmCommitDevelopmentPhase.class, phase.getClass() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoCommitOrRollbackRequired()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( rootProject );
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        builder.setRemoteTagging( false );
+        builder.setPinExternals( false );
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        prepareNoCheckin();
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        verifyNoCheckin();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitsNextVersions()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( true );
+
+        prepareCheckin( COMMIT_MESSAGE );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        verifyCheckin( COMMIT_MESSAGE );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitsNextVersionsAlternateMessage()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( true );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix("[release]");
+        builder.setScmDevelopmentCommitComment("@{prefix} Development of @{groupId}:@{artifactId}");
+
+        prepareCheckin( "[release] Development of groupId:artifactId" );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        verifyCheckin( "[release] Development of groupId:artifactId" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitsRollbackPrepare()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        builder.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( false );
+
+        String message = ROLLBACK_PREFIX + "release-label";
+
+        prepareCheckin( message );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        verifyCheckin( message );
+    }
+
+    private void prepareCheckin( String message )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), rootProject.getFile() );
+        scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( message ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                           Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                   ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    private void verifyCheckin( String message )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), rootProject.getFile() );
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ), eq( message ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    private void prepareNoCheckin()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    private void verifyNoCheckin()
+    {
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "scm-commit/single-pom";
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( MavenProject rootProject )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..954086c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,551 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkin.CheckInScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the release or branch preparation SCM commit phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    private static final String PREFIX = "[maven-release-manager] prepare release ";
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-commit-release" );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsCorrectImplementation()
+    {
+        assertEquals( ScmCommitPreparationPhase.class, phase.getClass() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testResolvesCorrectBranchImplementation()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assertTrue( lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-commit-branch" ) instanceof ScmCommitPreparationPhase );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommit()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), rootProject.getFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( PREFIX
+                                           + "release-label" ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                     Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                             ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ), eq( PREFIX + "release-label" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitAlternateMessage()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix("[release]");
+        builder.setScmReleaseCommitComment("@{prefix} Release of @{groupId}:@{artifactId} @{releaseLabel}");
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), rootProject.getFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( "[release] Release of groupId:artifactId release-label" ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                     Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                             ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.ROLE );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ), eq( "[release] Release of groupId:artifactId release-label" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        String dir = "scm-commit/multiple-poms";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        List<File> poms = new ArrayList<>();
+        for ( Iterator<MavenProject> i = reactorProjects.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = i.next();
+            poms.add( project.getFile() );
+        }
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), poms );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( PREFIX
+                                           + "release-label" ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                     Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                             ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ), eq( PREFIX + "release-label" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitDevelopment()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-commit-development" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), rootProject.getFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( "[maven-release-manager] prepare for next development iteration" ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                    Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                                                                            ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                           eq( "[maven-release-manager] prepare for next development iteration" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitDevelopmentAlternateMessage()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-commit-development" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix("[release]");
+        builder.setScmDevelopmentCommitComment("@{prefix} Bump version of @{groupId}:@{artifactId} after @{releaseLabel}");
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), rootProject.getFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( "[release] Bump version of groupId:artifactId after release-label" ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                    Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                                                                            ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.ROLE );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                           eq( "[release] Bump version of groupId:artifactId after release-label" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitNoReleaseLabel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitGenerateReleasePoms()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setGenerateReleasePoms( true );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        files.add( rootProject.getFile() );
+        files.add( ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( rootProject ) );
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile(), files );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       eq( PREFIX
+                                           + "release-label" ) ) ).thenReturn( new CheckInScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                     Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( rootProject.getFile().getPath(),
+                                                                                                                                             ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ), eq( PREFIX + "release-label" ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateCommit()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // never invoke scmProviderMock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateCommitNoReleaseLabel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSuchScmProviderExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new NoSuchScmProviderException( "..." )  );
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertEquals( "check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmRepositoryExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new ScmRepositoryException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ), isNull( ScmVersion.class ),
+                                       isA( String.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new ScmException( "..." ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).checkIn( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ),
+                                           isNull( ScmVersion.class ), isA( String.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmResultFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = (ScmManager) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub =
+            (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        providerStub.setCheckInScmResult( new CheckInScmResult( "", "", "", false ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSuppressCommitWithRemoteTaggingFails()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        builder.setRemoteTagging( true );
+        builder.setPinExternals( false );
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Commit should have failed with ReleaseFailureException" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+
+        // never invoke scmProviderMock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSuppressCommitAfterBranch()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        builder.setBranchCreation( true );
+        builder.setRemoteTagging( false );
+        builder.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( true );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // never invoke scmProviderMock
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String dir = "scm-commit/single-pom";
+        return createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10b897949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTagParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.tag.TagScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderStub;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.svn.repository.SvnScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmCommandException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ReleaseScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.util.ReleaseUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the SCM tag phase.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class ScmTagPhaseTest
+    extends AbstractReleaseTestCase
+{
+    @Override
+    public void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        phase = (ReleasePhase) lookup( ReleasePhase.class, "scm-tag" );
+    }
+
+    public static String getPath( File file )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        return file.toPath().toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS ).toString();
+    }
+    
+    public static String getPath( String file )
+                    throws IOException
+    {
+        return Paths.get( file ).toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS ).toString();
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.tag( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                   eq( "release-label" ),
+                                   argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new TagScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                 Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).tag( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       eq( "release-label" ),
+                                       argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitMultiModuleDeepFolders()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects", "" );
+        String sourceUrl = "http://svn.example.com/repos/project/trunk/";
+        String scmUrl = "scm:svn:" + sourceUrl;
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( scmUrl );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+        builder.setScmTagBase( "http://svn.example.com/repos/project/releases/" );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( sourceUrl );
+        scmProviderRepository.setTagBase( "http://svn.example.com/repos/project/releases/" );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.tag( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                   eq( "release-label" ),
+                                   argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new TagScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                 Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( scmUrl, repository );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).tag( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       eq( "release-label" ),
+                                       argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitForFlatMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects =
+            createReactorProjects( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat", "root-project" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( rootProject.getScm().getConnection() );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getWorkingDirectory( "rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat" ).toRealPath( LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS ).toString() );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "root-project/pom.xml" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+
+        // one directory up from root project
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        String scmUrl = "file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk";
+        SvnScmProviderRepository scmProviderRepository = new SvnScmProviderRepository( scmUrl );
+        ScmRepository repository = new ScmRepository( "svn", scmProviderRepository );
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.tag( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                   eq( "release-label" ),
+                                   argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new TagScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                 Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+        stub.addScmRepositoryForUrl( "scm:svn:" + scmUrl, repository );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).tag( eq( repository ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       eq( "release-label" ),
+                                       argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        String dir = "scm-commit/multiple-poms";
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects( dir, dir, null );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        builder.setScmCommentPrefix( "[my prefix] " );
+
+        ScmFileSet fileSet = new ScmFileSet( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.tag( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                   eq( "release-label" ),
+                                   argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) ) ).thenReturn( new TagScmResult( "...",
+                                                                                                                                                                                 Collections.singletonList( new ScmFile( getPath( rootProject.getFile() ),
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) ) ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // exeucte
+        phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).tag( isA( ScmRepository.class ), argThat( new IsScmFileSetEquals( fileSet ) ),
+                                       eq( "release-label" ),
+                                       argThat( new IsScmTagParametersEquals( new ScmTagParameters( "[my prefix] copy for tag release-label" ) ) ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTagNoReleaseLabel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateTag()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        MavenProject rootProject = ReleaseUtil.getRootProject( reactorProjects );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( rootProject.getFile().getParentFile() ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( rootProject.getFile().getName() );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+        // verify
+        // no scmProvider invocation
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimulateTagNoReleaseLabel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.simulate( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertTrue( true );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoSuchScmProviderExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new NoSuchScmProviderException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertEquals( "check cause", NoSuchScmProviderException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmRepositoryExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManagerStub scmManagerStub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        scmManagerStub.setException( new ScmRepositoryException( "..." )  );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            // verify
+            assertNull( "Check no additional cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmExceptionThrown()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmProvider scmProviderMock = mock( ScmProvider.class );
+        when( scmProviderMock.tag( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ), isA( String.class ),
+                                   isA( ScmTagParameters.class ) ) ).thenThrow( new ScmException( "..." ) );
+
+        ScmManagerStub stub = (ScmManagerStub) lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        stub.setScmProvider( scmProviderMock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Status check should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "check cause", ScmException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+
+        // verify
+        verify( scmProviderMock ).tag( isA( ScmRepository.class ), isA( ScmFileSet.class ), isA( String.class ),
+                                       isA( ScmTagParameters.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( scmProviderMock );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScmResultFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = createReactorProjects();
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmManager scmManager = lookup( ScmManager.class );
+        ScmProviderStub providerStub =
+            (ScmProviderStub) scmManager.getProviderByUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        providerStub.setTagScmResult( new TagScmResult( "", "", "", false ) );
+
+        try
+        {
+            phase.execute( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), new DefaultReleaseEnvironment(), reactorProjects );
+
+            fail( "Commit should have failed" );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseScmCommandException e )
+        {
+            assertNull( "check no other cause", e.getCause() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> createReactorProjects()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return createReactorProjects( "scm-commit/single-pom", "" );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+        builder.setScmReleaseLabel( "release-label" );
+        File workingDir = getTestFile( "target/test/checkout" );
+        if ( !workingDir.exists() )
+        {
+            assertTrue( "Failed to create the directory, along with all necessary parent directories",
+                        workingDir.mkdirs() );
+        }
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( getPath( workingDir ) );
+        builder.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicyTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0c2b69a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultNamingPolicyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyRequest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DefaultNamingPolicyTest
+{
+    private DefaultNamingPolicy policy = new DefaultNamingPolicy();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testName() throws Exception
+    {
+        assertEquals( "ARTIFACTID-VERSION",
+                      policy.getName( newNamingPolicyRequest( "ARTIFACTID", "VERSION" ) ).getName() );
+        assertEquals( "ARTIFACTID-1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+                      policy.getName( newNamingPolicyRequest( "ARTIFACTID", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" ) ).getName() );
+    }
+
+    private NamingPolicyRequest newNamingPolicyRequest( String artifactId, String version )
+    {
+        return new NamingPolicyRequest().setArtifactId( artifactId ).setVersion( version );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultVersionPolicyTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultVersionPolicyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d923ea07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policies/DefaultVersionPolicyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DefaultVersionPolicyTest
+{
+    private VersionPolicy policy = new DefaultVersionPolicy();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOneDigitReleaseVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( "1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        assertEquals( "1", policy.getReleaseVersion( request ).getVersion() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOneDigitDevelopmentVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( "1" );
+        assertEquals( "2-SNAPSHOT", policy.getDevelopmentVersion( request ).getVersion() );
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testTwoDigitsReleaseVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        assertEquals( "1.0", policy.getReleaseVersion( request ).getVersion() );
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testTwoDigitsDevelopmentVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( "1.0" );
+        assertEquals( "1.1-SNAPSHOT", policy.getDevelopmentVersion( request ).getVersion() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThreeDigitsReleaseVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT" );
+        assertEquals( "1.0.0", policy.getReleaseVersion( request ).getVersion() );
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testThreeDigitsDevelopmentVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionPolicyRequest request = new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( "1.0.0" );
+        assertEquals( "1.0.1-SNAPSHOT", policy.getDevelopmentVersion( request ).getVersion() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslatorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fe1233b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/ClearCaseScmTranslatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class ClearCaseScmTranslatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private ClearCaseScmTranslator scmTranslator = new ClearCaseScmTranslator();
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.maven.model.Scm#getTag()
+     */
+    public void testResolveTag()
+    {
+        // with current implementation you can't call your tag 'HEAD' (which is the default)
+        assertEquals( null, scmTranslator.resolveTag( "HEAD" ) );
+        assertEquals( "project-1.0", scmTranslator.resolveTag( "project-1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateTagUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateBranchUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "a/b/c", "a/b/c" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslatorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd35b89d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/CvsScmTranslatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class CvsScmTranslatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private CvsScmTranslator scmTranslator = new CvsScmTranslator();
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.maven.model.Scm#getTag()
+     */
+    public void testResolveTag()
+    {
+        // with current implementation you can't call your tag 'HEAD' (which is the default)
+        assertEquals( null, scmTranslator.resolveTag( "HEAD" ) );
+        assertEquals( "project-1.0", scmTranslator.resolveTag( "project-1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateTagUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateBranchUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "a/b/c", "a/b/c" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfiguratorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfiguratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..985e6cf29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/DefaultScmRepositoryConfiguratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.svn.repository.SvnScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Server;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseUtils;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Test the default SCM repository configurator.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class DefaultScmRepositoryConfiguratorTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private ScmRepositoryConfigurator scmRepositoryConfigurator;
+
+    private static final int CVS_PORT = 2401;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        scmRepositoryConfigurator = (ScmRepositoryConfigurator) lookup( ScmRepositoryConfigurator.class );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepository()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+        assertEquals( "check provider", "cvs", repository.getProvider() );
+        assertEquals( "check username", "anoncvs", repository.getProviderRepository().getUser() );
+        assertNull( "check password", repository.getProviderRepository().getPassword() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryWithUsernameAndPassword()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( "username", "password" );
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+        assertEquals( "check username", "username", repository.getProviderRepository().getUser() );
+        assertEquals( "check password", "password", repository.getProviderRepository().getPassword() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryWithTagBase()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:http://localhost/home/svn/module/trunk" );
+        builder.setScmTagBase( "http://localhost/home/svn/module/tags" );
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+        SvnScmProviderRepository providerRepository = (SvnScmProviderRepository) repository.getProviderRepository();
+        assertEquals( "check tag base", "http://localhost/home/svn/module/tags", providerRepository.getTagBase() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryWithHost()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        Settings settings = new Settings();
+        Server server = new Server();
+        server.setId( "localhost:" + CVS_PORT );
+        server.setUsername( "settings-username" );
+        server.setPassword( "settings-password" );
+        server.setPrivateKey( "settings-private-key" );
+        server.setPassphrase( "settings-passphrase" );
+        settings.addServer( server );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/home/cvs:module" );
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), settings );
+
+        ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost providerRepository =
+            (ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost) repository.getProviderRepository();
+        assertEquals( "check host", "localhost", providerRepository.getHost() );
+        assertEquals( "check port", CVS_PORT, providerRepository.getPort() );
+        assertEquals( "check username", "settings-username", providerRepository.getUser() );
+        assertEquals( "check password", "settings-password", providerRepository.getPassword() );
+        assertEquals( "check private key", "settings-private-key", providerRepository.getPrivateKey() );
+        assertEquals( "check passphrase", "settings-passphrase", providerRepository.getPassphrase() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryWithEncryptedPasswords()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        Settings settings = new Settings();
+        Server server = new Server();
+        server.setId( "localhost" );
+        server.setUsername( "testuser" );
+        server.setPassword( "{Ael0S2tnXv8H3X+gHKpZAvAA25D8+gmU2w2RrGaf5v8=}" );
+        server.setPassphrase( "{7zK9P8hNVeUHbTsjiA/vnOs0zUXbND+9MBNPvdvl+x4=}" );
+        settings.addServer( server );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:svn://localhost/repo" );
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), settings );
+
+        ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost providerRepository =
+            (ScmProviderRepositoryWithHost) repository.getProviderRepository();
+        assertEquals( "check host", "localhost", providerRepository.getHost() );
+        assertEquals( "check username", "testuser", providerRepository.getUser() );
+        assertEquals( "check password", "testpass", providerRepository.getPassword() );
+        assertEquals( "check passphrase", "testphrase", providerRepository.getPassphrase() );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryInvalidScmUrl()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+            fail( "Expected failure to get a repository with an invalid SCM URL" );
+        }
+        catch ( IllegalArgumentException e )
+        {
+            // expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryInvalidScmProvider()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:url:" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+            fail( "Expected failure to get a repository with an invalid SCM URL" );
+        }
+        catch ( NoSuchScmProviderException e )
+        {
+            // expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testGetConfiguredRepositoryInvalidScmUrlParameters()
+        throws NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:cvs:" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+            fail( "Expected failure to get a repository with an invalid SCM URL" );
+        }
+        catch ( ScmRepositoryException e )
+        {
+            // expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRepositoryProvider()
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getConfiguredRepository( ReleaseUtils.buildReleaseDescriptor( builder ), null );
+
+        ScmProvider provider = scmRepositoryConfigurator.getRepositoryProvider( repository );
+        assertEquals( "Check SCM provider", "cvs", provider.getScmType() );
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/home/cvs:module" );
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    private static ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( String username, String password )
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setScmUsername( username );
+        builder.setScmPassword( password );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslatorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fddafa76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/GitScmTranslatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class GitScmTranslatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+
+    private GitScmTranslator scmTranslator  = new GitScmTranslator();
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.maven.model.Scm#getTag()
+     */
+    public void testResolveTag()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "HEAD", scmTranslator.resolveTag( "HEAD" ) );
+        assertEquals( "project-1.0", scmTranslator.resolveTag( "project-1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateTagUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateBranchUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "a/b/c", "a/b/c" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslatorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a8cd0ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/HgScmTranslatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class HgScmTranslatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private HgScmTranslator scmTranslator = new HgScmTranslator();
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.maven.model.Scm#getTag()
+     */
+    public void testResolveTag()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "HEAD", scmTranslator.resolveTag( "HEAD" ) );
+        assertEquals( "project-1.0", scmTranslator.resolveTag( "project-1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateTagUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateBranchUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "url", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "a/b/c", "a/b/c" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslatorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c55b2c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/JazzScmTranslatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class JazzScmTranslatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+
+    private JazzScmTranslator scmTranslator  = new JazzScmTranslator();
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.maven.model.Scm#getTag()
+     */
+    public void testResolveTag()
+    {
+        assertNull( scmTranslator.resolveTag( "HEAD" ) );
+        assertNull( scmTranslator.resolveTag( "project-1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateTagUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url:tag", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url:module", "tag", null ) );
+        assertEquals( "url:tag", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url:module", "tag", "tagBase" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateBranchUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url:branchName", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url:module", "branchName", null ) );
+        assertEquals( "url:branchName", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url:module", "branchName", "tagBase" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "BogusTest" + File.separator + "release.properties", scmTranslator.toRelativePath( "BogusTest/release.properties" ) );
+        assertEquals( "BogusTest" + File.separator + "release.properties", scmTranslator.toRelativePath( "/BogusTest/release.properties" ) );
+        assertEquals( "BogusTest" + File.separator + "release.properties", scmTranslator.toRelativePath( "BogusTest\\release.properties" ) );
+        assertEquals( "BogusTest" + File.separator + "release.properties", scmTranslator.toRelativePath( "\\BogusTest\\release.properties" ) );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/SubversionScmTranslatorTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/SubversionScmTranslatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca7ac377e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/scm/SubversionScmTranslatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class SubversionScmTranslatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+
+    private SubversionScmTranslator scmTranslator  = new SubversionScmTranslator();
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.maven.model.Scm#getTag()
+     */
+    public void testResolveTag()
+    {
+        // "HEAD"is default
+        assertNull( scmTranslator.resolveTag( "HEAD" ) );
+        assertNull( scmTranslator.resolveTag( "project-1.0" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateTagUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url/tags/tag", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "tagBase/tag", scmTranslator.translateTagUrl( "url", "tag", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testTranslateBranchUrl()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "url/branches/branchName", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", null )  );
+        assertEquals( "tagBase/branchName", scmTranslator.translateBranchUrl( "url", "branchName", "tagBase" )  );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "a/b/c", "a/b/c" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/MavenExecutorWrapper.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/MavenExecutorWrapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af71c6115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/MavenExecutorWrapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutorException;
+
+public class MavenExecutorWrapper implements MavenExecutor
+{
+    private MavenExecutor executor;
+
+    public void setMavenExecutor( MavenExecutor executor )
+    {
+        this.executor = executor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void executeGoals( File workingDirectory, String goals, ReleaseEnvironment releaseEnvironment,
+                              boolean interactive, String additionalArguments, String pomFileName,
+                              ReleaseResult result )
+        throws MavenExecutorException
+    {
+        executor.executeGoals( workingDirectory, goals, releaseEnvironment, interactive, additionalArguments,
+                               pomFileName, result );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/NamingPolicyStub.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/NamingPolicyStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..477bdb506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/NamingPolicyStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyResult;
+
+/**
+ * A NamingPolicy stub, always return STUB as name
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ *
+ */
+public class NamingPolicyStub implements NamingPolicy
+{
+    @Override
+    public NamingPolicyResult getName( NamingPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException
+    {
+        return new NamingPolicyResult().setName( "STUB" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/ScmManagerStub.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/ScmManagerStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a901c9064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/stubs/ScmManagerStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+
+/**
+ * Override the makeRepository methods to honour the URL passed in.
+ */
+public class ScmManagerStub
+    extends org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub
+{
+    private Exception e;
+
+    private Map<String, ScmRepository> scmRepositoriesForUrl = new HashMap<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public ScmRepository makeScmRepository( String scmUrl )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException, NoSuchScmProviderException
+    {
+        if ( e != null )
+        {
+            if ( e instanceof ScmRepositoryException )
+            {
+                throw (ScmRepositoryException) e;
+            }
+            else if ( e instanceof NoSuchScmProviderException )
+            {
+                throw (NoSuchScmProviderException) e;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new RuntimeException( e );
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( scmRepositoriesForUrl.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            // we didn't configure any for URLs, return the preset one
+            return getScmRepository();
+        }
+
+        ScmRepository repository = scmRepositoriesForUrl.get( scmUrl );
+        if ( repository == null )
+        {
+            throw new ScmRepositoryException( "Unexpected URL: " + scmUrl );
+        }
+        return repository;
+    }
+
+    public void addScmRepositoryForUrl( String url, ScmRepository repository )
+    {
+        scmRepositoriesForUrl.put( url, repository );
+    }
+
+    public void setException( Exception e )
+    {
+        this.e = e;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomBuildTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomBuildTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b5939207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomBuildTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomBuildTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetExtensions() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<build></build>";
+        Document document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertNotNull( new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getExtensions() );
+        assertEquals( 0, new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getExtensions().size() );
+
+        content = "<build><extensions/></build>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertEquals( 0, new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getExtensions().size() );
+
+        content = "<build><extensions><extension/></extensions></build>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertEquals( 1, new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getExtensions().size() );
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPluginManagement() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<build></build>";
+        Document document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertNull( new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getPluginManagement() );
+
+        content = "<build><pluginManagement/></build>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertNotNull( new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getPluginManagement() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPlugins() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<build></build>";
+        Document document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertNotNull( new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getPlugins() );
+        assertEquals( 0, new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getPlugins().size() );
+
+        content = "<build><plugins/></build>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertEquals( 0, new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getPlugins().size() );
+
+        content = "<build><plugins><plugin/></plugins></build>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertEquals( 1, new JDomBuild( document.getRootElement() ).getPlugins().size() );
+    }
+
+    // All other methods throw UnsupportedOperationException
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testFlushPluginMap()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).flushPluginMap();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddExtension()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).addExtension( null );;
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getOutputDirectory();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetScriptSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getScriptSourceDirectory();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getSourceDirectory();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetTestOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getTestOutputDirectory();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetTestSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getTestSourceDirectory();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemoveExtension()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).removeExtension( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetExtensions()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setExtensions( null );;
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setOutputDirectory( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetScriptSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setScriptSourceDirectory( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setSourceDirectory( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetTestOutputDirectoryString()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setTestOutputDirectory( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetTestSourceDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setTestSourceDirectory( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddFilter()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).addFilter( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddResource()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).addResource( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddTestResource()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).addTestResource( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetDefaultGoal()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getDefaultGoal();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getDirectory();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetFilters()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getFilters();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetFinalName()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getFinalName();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetResources()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getResources();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetTestResources()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getTestResources();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemoveFilter()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).removeFilter( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemoveResource()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).removeResource( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemoveTestResource()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).removeTestResource( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetDefaultGoal()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setDefaultGoal( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetDirectory()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setDirectory( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetFilters()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setFilters( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetFinalName()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setFinalName( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetResources()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setResources( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetTestResources()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setTestResources( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetPluginManagement()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setPluginManagement( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddPlugin()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).addPlugin( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemovePlugin()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).removePlugin( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetPlugins()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).setPlugins( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetPluginsAsMap()
+    {
+        new JDomBuild( null ).getPluginsAsMap();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyManagementTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyManagementTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82adbc08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyManagementTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomDependencyManagementTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDependencies() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<dependencyManamgement></dependencyManamgement>";
+        Document document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertNotNull( new JDomDependencyManagement( document.getRootElement() ).getDependencies() );
+        assertEquals( 0, new JDomDependencyManagement( document.getRootElement() ).getDependencies().size() );
+
+        content = "<dependencyManamgement><dependencies/></dependencyManamgement>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertEquals( 0, new JDomDependencyManagement( document.getRootElement() ).getDependencies().size() );
+
+        content = "<dependencyManamgement><dependencies><dependency/></dependencies></dependencyManamgement>";
+        document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertEquals( 1, new JDomDependencyManagement( document.getRootElement() ).getDependencies().size() );
+    }
+
+    // All other methods throw UnsupportedOperationException
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddDependency()
+    {
+        new JDomDependencyManagement( null ).addDependency( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemoveDependency()
+    {
+        new JDomDependencyManagement( null ).addDependency( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetDependenciesListOfDependency()
+    {
+        new JDomDependencyManagement( null ).setDependencies( null );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cb36a2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomDependencyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomDependencyTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testIsOptional()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).isOptional();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetOptional()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setOptional( true );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testAddExclusion()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).addExclusion( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetArtifactId() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<dependency></dependency>";
+        Element dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).getArtifactId() );
+
+        content = "<dependency><artifactId>ARTIFACTID</artifactId></dependency>";
+        dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "ARTIFACTID", new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).getArtifactId() );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetClassifier()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).getClassifier();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetExclusions()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).getExclusions();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetGroupId() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<dependency></dependency>";
+        Element dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).getGroupId() );
+
+        content = "<dependency><groupId>GROUPID</groupId></dependency>";
+        dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "GROUPID", new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).getGroupId() );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetScope()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).getScope();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetSystemPath()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).getSystemPath();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetType()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).getType();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<dependency></dependency>";
+        Element dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).getVersion() );
+
+        content = "<dependency><version>VERSION</version></dependency>";
+        dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "VERSION", new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).getVersion() );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testRemoveExclusion()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).removeExclusion( null );;
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetArtifactIdString()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setArtifactId( null );;
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetClassifierString()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setClassifier( null );;
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetExclusions()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setExclusions( null );;
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetGroupIdString()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setGroupId( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetScopeString()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setScope( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetSystemPathString()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setSystemPath( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetTypeString()
+    {
+        new JDomDependency( null ).setType( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetVersionString() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<dependency><version>OLD_VERSION</version></dependency>";
+        Element dependencyElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        new JDomDependency( dependencyElm ).setVersion( "NEW_VERSION" );
+        assertEquals( "NEW_VERSION", getVersion( dependencyElm ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetName()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "dependency", new JDomDependency( null ).getName() );
+    }
+
+    private String getVersion( Element dependencyElm )
+    {
+        return dependencyElm.getChildTextTrim( "version", dependencyElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomExtensionTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomExtensionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c42ffdb62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomExtensionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomExtensionTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetArtifactId() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<extension></extension>";
+        Element extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).getArtifactId() );
+
+        content = "<extension><artifactId>ARTIFACTID</artifactId></extension>";
+        extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "ARTIFACTID", new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).getArtifactId() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetGroupId() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<extension></extension>";
+        Element extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).getGroupId() );
+
+        content = "<extension><groupId>GROUPID</groupId></extension>";
+        extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "GROUPID", new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).getGroupId() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<extension></extension>";
+        Element extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).getVersion() );
+
+        content = "<extension><version>VERSION</version></extension>";
+        extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "VERSION", new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).getVersion() );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetArtifactId()
+    {
+        new JDomExtension( null ).setArtifactId( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetGroupId()
+    {
+        new JDomExtension( null ).setGroupId( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<extension><version>OLD_VERSION</version></extension>";
+        Element extensionElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        new JDomExtension( extensionElm ).setVersion( "NEW_VERSION" );
+        assertEquals( "NEW_VERSION", getVersion( extensionElm ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetName()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "extension", new JDomExtension( null ).getName() );
+    }
+
+    private String getVersion( Element extensionElm )
+    {
+        return extensionElm.getChildTextTrim( "version", extensionElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e17f0711d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomModelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomModelTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetScm() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<project></project>";
+        Document document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        assertNull( new JDomModel( document ).getScm() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetScm() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<project></project>";
+        Document document = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) );
+        Model model = new JDomModel( document );
+        assertNull( model.getScm() );
+
+        model.setScm( new Scm() );
+        assertNotNull( model.getScm() );
+
+        model.setScm( null );
+        assertNull( model.getScm() );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetVersion() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<project></project>";
+        Element projectElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        Model model = new JDomModel( projectElm );
+        assertNull( model.getVersion() );
+
+        model.setVersion( "VERSION" );
+        assertEquals( "VERSION", getVersion( projectElm ) );
+
+        model.setVersion( null );
+        assertNull( model.getVersion() );
+
+        // inherit from parent
+        // this business logic might need to moved.
+        content = "<project><parent><version>PARENT_VERSION</version></parent></project>";
+        projectElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        model = new JDomModel( projectElm );
+        assertNull( model.getVersion() );
+
+        model.setVersion( "PARENT_VERSION" );
+        assertNull( getVersion( projectElm ) );
+
+        model.setVersion( "VERSION" );
+        assertEquals( "VERSION", getVersion( projectElm ) );
+
+        model.setVersion( null );
+        assertNull( model.getVersion() );
+    }
+
+    private String getVersion( Element projectElm )
+    {
+        return projectElm.getChildText( "version", projectElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomParentTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomParentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cc0a59e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomParentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomParentTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetArtifactId()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetGroupId()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).getGroupId();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetRelativePath()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).getRelativePath();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetVersion()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).getVersion();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetArtifactId()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).setArtifactId( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetGroupId()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).setGroupId( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSetRelativePath()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).setRelativePath( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetVersionString() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<parent></parent>";
+        Element parentElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+
+        assertNull( getVersion( parentElm ) );
+
+        new JDomParent( parentElm ).setVersion( "VERSION" );
+        assertEquals( "VERSION", getVersion( parentElm ) );
+
+        new JDomParent( parentElm ).setVersion( null );
+        assertNull( getVersion( parentElm ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetId()
+    {
+        new JDomParent( null ).getId();
+    }
+
+    private String getVersion( Element parentElm )
+    {
+        return parentElm.getChildText( "version", parentElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71b847ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomPropertiesTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetProperty() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<properties></properties>";
+        Element propertiesElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( getProperty( propertiesElm, "KEY" ) );
+
+        // Adding not allowed, prepare properties
+        content = "<properties><KEY>OLD_VALUE</KEY></properties>";
+        propertiesElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "OLD_VALUE", getProperty( propertiesElm, "KEY" ) );
+        new JDomProperties( propertiesElm ).setProperty( "KEY", "NEW_VALUE" );
+        assertEquals( "NEW_VALUE", getProperty( propertiesElm, "KEY" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testLoadReader()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).load( (Reader) null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testLoadInputStream()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).load( (InputStream) null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testSave()
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).save( null, null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testStoreWriter()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).store( (Writer) null, null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testStoreOutputStream()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).store( (OutputStream) null, null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testLoadFromXML()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).loadFromXML( null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testStoreToXML()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).storeToXML( null, null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testStoreToXMLEncoded()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).storeToXML( (OutputStream) null, null, (String) null );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetProperty() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<properties></properties>";
+        Element propertiesElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertNull( new JDomProperties( propertiesElm ).getProperty( "KEY" ) );
+
+        content = "<properties><KEY>VALUE</KEY></properties>";
+        propertiesElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+        assertEquals( "VALUE", new JDomProperties( propertiesElm ).getProperty( "KEY" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetPropertyDefault()
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).getProperty( null, null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testPropertyNames()
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).propertyNames();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testStringPropertyNames()
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).stringPropertyNames();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testListPrintStream()
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).list( (PrintStream) null );
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testListPrintWriter()
+    {
+        new JDomProperties( null ).list( (PrintWriter) null );
+    }
+
+    private String getProperty( Element propertiesElm, String key )
+    {
+        return propertiesElm.getChildText( key, propertiesElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomScmTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomScmTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9faa90d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomScmTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.transform.jdom;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class JDomScmTest
+{
+    private SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetConnection()
+    {
+        new JDomScm( null ).getConnection();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetDeveloperConnection()
+    {
+        new JDomScm( null ).getDeveloperConnection();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetTag()
+    {
+        new JDomScm( null ).getTag();
+    }
+
+    @Test( expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class )
+    public void testGetUrl()
+    {
+        new JDomScm( null ).getUrl();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetConnectionString() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<scm></scm>";
+        Element scmElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+
+        assertNull( getConnection( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setConnection( "CONNECTION" );
+        assertEquals( "CONNECTION", getConnection( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setConnection( null );
+        assertNull( getConnection( scmElm ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetDeveloperConnectionString() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<scm></scm>";
+        Element scmElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+
+        assertNull( getDeveloperConnection( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setDeveloperConnection( "DEVELOPERCONNECTION" );
+        assertEquals( "DEVELOPERCONNECTION", getDeveloperConnection( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setDeveloperConnection( null );
+        assertNull( getDeveloperConnection( scmElm ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetTagString() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<scm></scm>";
+        Element scmElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+
+        assertNull( getUrl( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setUrl( "URL" );
+        assertEquals( "URL", getUrl( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setUrl( null );
+        assertNull( getUrl( scmElm ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetUrlString() throws Exception
+    {
+        String content = "<scm></scm>";
+        Element scmElm = builder.build( new StringReader( content ) ).getRootElement();
+
+        assertNull( getTag( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setTag( "TAG" );
+        assertEquals( "TAG", getTag( scmElm ) );
+
+        new JDomScm( scmElm ).setTag( null );
+        assertNull( getTag( scmElm ) );
+    }
+
+    private String getConnection( Element scmElm )
+    {
+        return scmElm.getChildText( "connection", scmElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    private String getDeveloperConnection( Element scmElm )
+    {
+        return scmElm.getChildText( "developerConnection", scmElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    private String getTag( Element scmElm )
+    {
+        return scmElm.getChildText( "tag", scmElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+
+    private String getUrl( Element scmElm )
+    {
+        return scmElm.getChildText( "url", scmElm.getNamespace() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/PomFinderTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/PomFinderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..826379bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/PomFinderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:struberg@yahoo.de">Mark Struberg</a>
+ */
+public class PomFinderTest extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    private Logger logger = null;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        LoggerManager lm = (LoggerManager) lookup(LoggerManager.class);
+        logger = lm.getLoggerForComponent(LoggerManager.ROLE); //X TODO use a better class!
+    }
+
+    public void testPomFinderParser() throws Exception
+    {
+        PomFinder pf = new PomFinder( logger );
+
+        boolean found = pf.parsePom( new File( "src/test/resources/pomfinder/pomNothere.xml" ) );
+        assertFalse( found );
+
+        URL pomUrl = getClassLoader().getResource("pomfinder/pom1.xml");
+        assertNotNull( pomUrl );
+
+        File pomFile = new File( pomUrl.getFile() );
+        found = pf.parsePom( pomFile );
+        assertTrue("pomFile not found pomUrl " + pomUrl + ", pomFile " + pomFile.getPath() , found );
+
+        {
+            File foundPom = pf.findMatchingPom( pomFile.getParentFile() );
+            assertNotNull( foundPom );
+
+            assertEquals( pomFile.getAbsolutePath(), foundPom.getAbsolutePath() );
+        }
+
+        {
+            // try from 1 directory higher
+            File foundPom = pf.findMatchingPom( pomFile.getParentFile().getParentFile() );
+            assertNotNull( foundPom );
+
+            assertEquals( pomFile.getAbsolutePath(), foundPom.getAbsolutePath() );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/ReleaseUtilTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/ReleaseUtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..738898787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/util/ReleaseUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.Os;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for ReleaseUtil methods
+ */
+public class ReleaseUtilTest
+{
+    /**
+     * MRELEASE-273 : Tests if there no pom passed as parameter
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testProjectIsNull()
+    {
+        assertNull( ReleaseUtil.getReleasePom( null ) );
+        assertNull( ReleaseUtil.getStandardPom( null ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseScmUrlSingleLevel()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk" ) );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseScmUrlSingleLevelDotCharacter()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/." ) );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/./" ) );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/project",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/./project" ) );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/.." ) );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/../" ) );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/branches",
+                      ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 0, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/../branches" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseScmUrlReturnOriginal()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assertEquals( "no-path-elements", ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 1, "no-path-elements" ) );
+        assertEquals( "no-path-elements", ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 15, "no-path-elements" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseScmUrlOfFlatMultiModule()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String actual =
+            ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 1, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project" );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk", actual );
+
+        actual = ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 1, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project/" );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/", actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseScmUrlOfFlatMultiModuleMultipleLevels()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String actual =
+            ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 3, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project/1/2" );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk", actual );
+
+        actual =
+            ReleaseUtil.realignScmUrl( 3, "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project/1/2/" );
+        assertEquals( "scm:svn:http://svn.repo.com/flat-multi-module/trunk/", actual );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountSameDirectory()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" );
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" );
+        assertEquals( 0, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountSameDirectoryDotCharacter()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/." ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertTrue( workingDirectory.toString().contains( "." ) );
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 0, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+
+        // finish with slash
+        workingDirectory = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/./" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertTrue( workingDirectory.toString().contains( "." ) );
+        basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 0, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountSubdirectory()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 0, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountParentDirectory()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory =
+            Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 1, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountParentDirectoryDotCharacter()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory =
+            Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager/." ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertTrue( workingDirectory.toString().contains( "." ) );
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 1, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+
+        // finish with slash
+        workingDirectory = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager/./" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertTrue( workingDirectory.toString().contains( "." ) );
+        basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 1, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountParentDirectoryMultiple()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory =
+            Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 3, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountParentDirectoryMultipleDotCharacter()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory =
+            Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager/./." ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertTrue( workingDirectory.toString().contains( "." ) );
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 3, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+
+        // finish with slash
+        workingDirectory = Paths.get( "/working/directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager/././" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertTrue( workingDirectory.toString().contains( "." ) );
+        basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 3, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountDifferentCase()
+    {
+        Path workingDirectory =
+            Paths.get( "/Working/Directory/maven/release/maven-release-manager" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        Path basedir = Paths.get( "/working/directory" ).toAbsolutePath();
+        assertEquals( 3, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( basedir, workingDirectory ) );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MRELEASE-663
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetWindowsRootBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCountDifferentCase()
+    {
+        assumeTrue( Os.isFamily( Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS ) );
+
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "C:" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "C:\\working\\directory" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "C:" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "C:\\working\\directory\\" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "C:\\" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "C:\\working\\directory" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "C:\\" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "C:\\working\\directory\\" ) ) );
+        
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "c:" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "C:\\working\\directory" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "C:" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "c:\\working\\directory" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( 2, ReleaseUtil.getBaseWorkingDirectoryParentCount( Paths.get( "c:" ),
+                                                                         Paths.get( "c:\\working\\directory" ) ) );
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/DefaultVersionInfoTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/DefaultVersionInfoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8603dc102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/versions/DefaultVersionInfoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class DefaultVersionInfoTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private String mavenVersion;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Properties pomProperties = new Properties();
+        pomProperties.load( DefaultArtifactVersion.class.getResourceAsStream( "/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-artifact/pom.properties" ) );
+        mavenVersion = pomProperties.getProperty( "version" );
+    }
+
+    public void testParse()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0", "1.0", null, null, null );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseWithBadVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            checkParsing( "foo", null, null, null, "foo" );
+            fail( "version is incorrect, must fail." );
+        }
+        catch ( VersionParseException e )
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testParseMultiDigit()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "99.99", "99.99", null, null, null );
+        checkParsing( "990.990.990", "990.990.990", null, null, null );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseSnapshotVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "SNAPSHOT", null, null, null, "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT", "1.0", "beta", "4", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-4_SNAPSHOT", "1.0", "beta", "4", "SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseAnnotationVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT", "1.0", "beta", "4", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-4", "1.0", "beta", "4", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-beta-99", "1.2.3", "beta", "99", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-beta99", "1.2.3", "beta", "99", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-beta99-SNAPSHOT", "1.2.3", "beta", "99", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-RC4", "1.2.3", "RC", "4", null );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseSeparators()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.2.9-beta-9-SNAPSHOT", "1.2.9", "beta", "9", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.9beta9SNAPSHOT", "1.2.9", "beta", "9", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.9beta-9SNAPSHOT", "1.2.9", "beta", "9", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.9_beta_9_SNAPSHOT", "1.2.9", "beta", "9", "SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseAnnotationNoVersionButSnapshot()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-SNAPSHOT", "1.0", "beta", null, "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-beta99", "1.2.3", "beta", "99", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-RC4-SNAPSHOT", "1.2.3", "RC", "4", "SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseAnnotationVersionWithRevision()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT", "1.0", "beta", "4", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-4", "1.0", "beta", "4", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-beta-99", "1.2.3", "beta", "99", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-beta99", "1.2.3", "beta", "99", null );
+        checkParsing( "1.2.3-RC4", "1.2.3", "RC", "4", null );
+
+        checkParsing( "1.2.9", "1.2.9", null, null, null );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseAnnotationVersionWithoutRevision()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta", "1.0", "beta", null, null );
+        checkParsing( "1.0-beta-SNAPSHOT", "1.0", "beta", null, "SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseAnnotationRevisionOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0-4", "1.0", null, "4", null );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseLeadingZeros()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01", "beta", "04", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkParsing( "01.01.001-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "01.01.001", "beta", "04", "SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testParseBuildNumber()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkParsing( "1.0-alpha-2-20051013.095555-2", "1.0", "alpha", "2", "20051013.095555-2" );
+    }
+
+    public void testNextVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionInfo v = new DefaultVersionInfo( "SNAPSHOT" );
+        assertNull( v.getNextVersion() );
+
+        checkNextVersion( "1", "2" );
+        checkNextVersion( "1.01", "1.02" );
+        checkNextVersion( "1.9", "1.10" );
+        checkNextVersion( "1.09", "1.10" );
+        checkNextVersion( "1.009", "1.010" );
+
+        checkNextVersion( "1.99", "1.100" );
+
+        //MRELEASE-623 SNAPSHOT is case-insensitive
+        checkNextVersion( "2.2-SNAPshot", "2.3-SNAPshot" );
+    }
+
+    public void testNextAnnotationRevision()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkNextVersion( "1.01-beta-04", "1.01-beta-05" );
+        checkNextVersion( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-05-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkNextVersion( "9.99.999-beta-9-SNAPSHOT", "9.99.999-beta-10-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkNextVersion( "9.99.999-beta-09-SNAPSHOT", "9.99.999-beta-10-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkNextVersion( "9.99.999-beta-009-SNAPSHOT", "9.99.999-beta-010-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkNextVersion( "9.99.999-beta9-SNAPSHOT", "9.99.999-beta10-SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testCompareToDigitsOnly()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01", "1.02" );
+
+        // M2.2.1
+        // checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.00009", "1.01" );
+        // M3.0, because prefix 0's are ignored, hence 1 < 9
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01", "1.00009" );
+
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01", "1.01.01" );
+
+        // M2.2.1
+        // checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01", "1.1" );
+        // M3.0, because prefix 0's are ignored, hence 1 == 1
+        checkVersionEqualVersion( "1.01", "1.1" );
+
+        checkVersionEqualVersion( "1.01", "1.01" );
+
+        // M2.2.1
+        // checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.001", "1.01" );
+        // M3.0, because prefix 0's are ignored, hence 1 == 1
+        checkVersionEqualVersion( "1.001", "1.01" );
+    }
+
+    public void testCompareToAnnotation()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha", "1.01" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha", "1.01-beta" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta", "1.01-RC1" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta", "1.01-RC" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha-4", "1.01.1-beta-1" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-alpha-4" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha-4", "1.01-alpha-5-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // M2.2.1
+        // checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-alpha-004-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT" );
+        // M3.0, because prefix 0's are ignored, hence 4 == 4
+        checkVersionEqualVersion( "1.01-alpha-004-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testCompareToAnnotationRevision()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-05-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-0004-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-5-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-4-SNAPSHOT", "1.01.1-beta-4-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        // M2.2.1
+        // checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-0004-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-4-SNAPSHOT" );
+        // M3.0, because prefix 0's are ignored, hence 4 == 4
+        checkVersionEqualVersion( "1.01-beta-0004-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-4-SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testCompareToBuildSpecifier()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-SNAPSHOT", "1.01" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-04" );
+
+        checkVersionEqualVersion( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        if ( !"3.0".equals( mavenVersion ) )
+        {
+            // bug??
+            checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-2", "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT" );
+        }
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-1", "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-2" );
+        checkVersionLessThanVersion( "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-1", "1.01-beta-04-20051113.134500-1" );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetReleaseVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1-SNAPSHOT", "1" );
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1", "1" );
+
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1.01", "1.01" );
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1.01-beta", "1.01-beta" );
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1.01-beta-04", "1.01-beta-04" );
+
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-04" );
+        checkGetReleaseVersion( "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-1", "1.01-beta-04" );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetSnapshotVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1", "1-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1.01", "1.01-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1.01-beta", "1.01-beta-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1.01-beta-04", "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT" );
+
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "SNAPSHOT", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        // TODO: bug in Artifact pattern
+//        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "20051112.134500-1", "SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT", "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-1", "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT" );
+        checkGetSnapshotVersion( "1.01-beta-04_20051112.134500-1", "1.01-beta-04_20051112.134500-1-SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+    public void testSnapshot()
+        throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        assertFalse( new DefaultVersionInfo( "1.01" ).isSnapshot() );
+        assertFalse( new DefaultVersionInfo( "1.01-beta" ).isSnapshot() );
+        assertFalse( new DefaultVersionInfo( "1.01-beta-04" ).isSnapshot() );
+
+        assertTrue( new DefaultVersionInfo( "1.01-beta-04-SNAPSHOT" ).isSnapshot() );
+        assertTrue( new DefaultVersionInfo( "1.01-beta-04-20051112.134500-1" ).isSnapshot() );
+        assertFalse( new DefaultVersionInfo( "1.01-beta-04_20051112.134500-1" ).isSnapshot() );
+
+    }
+
+    //MRELEASE-623 SNAPSHOT is case-insensitive
+    public void testCaseInsensitiveSnapshot() throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        DefaultVersionInfo currentVersionInfo = new DefaultVersionInfo( "2.2-SNAPshot" );
+        assertTrue( currentVersionInfo.isSnapshot()  );
+        assertEquals( "2.2", currentVersionInfo.getReleaseVersionString() );
+        VersionInfo nextVersionInfo = currentVersionInfo.getNextVersion();
+        assertEquals( "2.3-SNAPSHOT", nextVersionInfo.getSnapshotVersionString() );
+    }
+
+//    Ignore, new DefaultVersionInfo( "LATEST") throws VersionParseException
+//    public void testLatest() throws VersionParseException
+//    {
+//        assertTrue( new DefaultVersionInfo( "LATEST") .isSnapshot() );
+//    }
+
+    private static void checkGetReleaseVersion( String strVersion, String expected )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionInfo v = new DefaultVersionInfo( strVersion );
+        assertEquals( expected, v.getReleaseVersionString() );
+    }
+
+    private static void checkGetSnapshotVersion( String strVersion, String expected )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionInfo v = new DefaultVersionInfo( strVersion );
+        assertEquals( expected, v.getSnapshotVersionString() );
+    }
+
+    private static void checkParsing( String strVersion, String digits, String annotation, String annotationRevision,
+                                      String buildSpecifier )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        DefaultVersionInfo v = new DefaultVersionInfo( strVersion );
+
+        assertEquals( strVersion, v.toString() );
+        assertEquals( digits, DefaultVersionInfo.joinDigitString( v.getDigits() ) );
+        assertEquals( annotation, v.getAnnotation() );
+        assertEquals( annotationRevision, v.getAnnotationRevision() );
+        assertEquals( buildSpecifier, v.getBuildSpecifier() );
+    }
+
+    private static void checkNextVersion( String strVersion, String nextVersion )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        VersionInfo v = new DefaultVersionInfo( strVersion );
+        VersionInfo nextV = v.getNextVersion();
+
+        assertNotNull( nextV );
+        assertEquals( nextVersion, nextV.toString() );
+    }
+
+    private static void checkVersionLessThanVersion( String lesserVersion, String greaterVersion )
+        throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        checkCompareTo( lesserVersion, greaterVersion, -1 );
+        checkCompareTo( greaterVersion, lesserVersion, +1 );
+    }
+
+    private static void checkVersionEqualVersion( String version1, String version2 )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        checkCompareTo( version1, version2, 0 );
+    }
+
+    private static void checkCompareTo( String lesserVersion, String greaterVersion, int comparison )
+        throws VersionParseException
+    {
+        VersionInfo lesserV = new DefaultVersionInfo( lesserVersion );
+        VersionInfo greaterV = new DefaultVersionInfo( greaterVersion );
+
+        if ( comparison == 0 )
+        {
+            assertEquals( 0, lesserV.compareTo( greaterV ) );
+            assertEquals( lesserV, greaterV );
+        }
+        else if ( comparison < 0 )
+        {
+            assertTrue( "Expected less but was " + lesserV.compareTo( greaterV ), lesserV.compareTo( greaterV ) < 0 );
+        }
+        else if ( comparison > 0 )
+        {
+            assertTrue( "Expected more but was " + lesserV.compareTo( greaterV ), lesserV.compareTo( greaterV ) > 0 );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c8c96dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-release-range-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId-release-range</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-20060424.060453-1</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..552136f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId-release-range</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20060424.060453</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20060424060453</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0/artifactId-release-range-1.0.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0/artifactId-release-range-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0/artifactId-release-range-1.0.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0/artifactId-release-range-1.0.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0/artifactId-release-range-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..462c1f12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/1.0/artifactId-release-range-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId-release-range</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd2dc934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId-release-range/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId-release-range</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20060424060506</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.0-20060424.060453-1.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.0-20060424.060453-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.0-20060424.060453-1.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8147d09ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.0-20060424.060453-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-20060424.060453-1</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46889cf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20060424.060453</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20060424060453</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0/artifactId-1.0.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0/artifactId-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0/artifactId-1.0.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0/artifactId-1.0.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0/artifactId-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d62e5f95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.0/artifactId-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.1-20080128.141330-1.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.1-20080128.141330-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.1-20080128.141330-1.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.1-20080128.141330-1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.1-20080128.141330-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63a4b3ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/artifactId-1.1-20080128.141330-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-20080128.141330-1</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09f5fbd16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20080128.141330</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20080128141330</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff6a708f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/artifactId/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20080128141330</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/extension-artifactId/1.3-SNAPSHOT/extension-artifactId-1.3-SNAPSHOT.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/extension-artifactId/1.3-SNAPSHOT/extension-artifactId-1.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/extension-artifactId/1.3-SNAPSHOT/extension-artifactId-1.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/extension-artifactId/1.3-SNAPSHOT/extension-artifactId-1.3-SNAPSHOT.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/extension-artifactId/1.3-SNAPSHOT/extension-artifactId-1.3-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6ad12f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/extension-artifactId/1.3-SNAPSHOT/extension-artifactId-1.3-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>extension-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/1-SNAPSHOT/parent-artifactId-1-SNAPSHOT.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/1-SNAPSHOT/parent-artifactId-1-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3a25ad45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/1-SNAPSHOT/parent-artifactId-1-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/1/parent-artifactId-1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/1/parent-artifactId-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f3ee63e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/1/parent-artifactId-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12b9d58b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/parent-artifactId/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1</version>
+      <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20060424060506</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.0/plugin-artifactId-1.0.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.0/plugin-artifactId-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.0/plugin-artifactId-1.0.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.0/plugin-artifactId-1.0.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.0/plugin-artifactId-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..534fd4b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.0/plugin-artifactId-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cd409067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20060424.131158</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20060424131158</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin-artifactId-1.1-20060424.131158-1.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin-artifactId-1.1-20060424.131158-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin-artifactId-1.1-20060424.131158-1.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin-artifactId-1.1-20060424.131158-1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin-artifactId-1.1-20060424.131158-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd21fede4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin-artifactId-1.1-20060424.131158-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-20060424.131158-1</version>
+  <description>POM was created from deploy:deploy-file</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b14d60c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/external/plugin-artifactId/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>external</groupId>
+  <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20060424131158</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId2-1.0-20100813.112234-1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId2-1.0-20100813.112234-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d8595099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/1.0-SNAPSHOT/artifactId2-1.0-20100813.112234-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c1cd6f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20100813.112234</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20100813112234</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/maven-metadata.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5aa66ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/artifactId2/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20100813112234</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/1.0-SNAPSHOT/subproject1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/1.0-SNAPSHOT/subproject1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/1.0-SNAPSHOT/subproject1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/1.0-SNAPSHOT/subproject1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/1.0-SNAPSHOT/subproject1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ccc4fae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/1.0-SNAPSHOT/subproject1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/2.0/subproject1-2.0.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/2.0/subproject1-2.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/2.0/subproject1-2.0.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/2.0/subproject1-2.0.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/2.0/subproject1-2.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..379ad7043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/groupId/subproject1/2.0/subproject1-2.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.jar b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..421376db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0e58f9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/remote-repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+  <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1</version>
+  <description>Required by by org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.PlexusUtilsInjector</description>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <status>deployed</status>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/empty-release.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/empty-release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8a500d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/empty-release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01fbb8a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/DefaultReleaseManagerTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager</role>
+      <role-hint>test</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+          <field-name>releasePhases</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStore</role>
+          <role-hint>stub</role-hint>
+          <field-name>configStore</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy</role>
+          <field-name>strategies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy</role>
+      <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategies.DefaultStrategy</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <preparePhases>
+          <phase>step1</phase>
+          <phase>step2</phase>
+          <phase>step3</phase>
+        </preparePhases>
+        <performPhases>
+          <phase>verify-completed-prepare-phases</phase>
+          <phase>checkout-project-from-scm</phase>
+          <phase>run-perform-goals</phase>
+        </performPhases>
+        <branchPhases>
+          <phase>branch1</phase>
+        </branchPhases>
+        <rollbackPhases>
+          <phase>rollbackPhase1</phase>
+        </rollbackPhases>
+        <updateVersionsPhases>
+          <phase>updateVersionsPhase1</phase>
+        </updateVersionsPhases>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager</role>
+      <role-hint>bad-phase-configured</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager</implementation>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+          <field-name>releasePhases</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStore</role>
+          <role-hint>stub</role-hint>
+          <field-name>configStore</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy</role>
+          <field-name>strategies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+      <configuration>
+        <preparePhases>
+          <phase>foo</phase>
+        </preparePhases>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy</role>
+      <role-hint>foo</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategies.DefaultStrategy</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <preparePhases>
+          <phase>foo</phase>
+        </preparePhases>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStore</role>
+      <role-hint>stub</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStoreStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>step1</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>step2</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>step3</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>branch1</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>rollbackPhase1</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>updateVersionsPhase1</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhaseStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343cd9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/exec/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..090aabb00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/BranchInputVariablesPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy</role>
+      <role-hint>stub</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.NamingPolicyStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343cd9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckDependencySnapshotsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bdc4c96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/CheckoutProjectFromScmTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>FATAL</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343cd9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/EndReleasePhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf932e565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/GenerateReleasePomsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.ScmTranslator</role>
+      <role-hint>stub-provider</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.scm.SubversionScmTranslator</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..845cd87a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/MapVersionsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>test-map-development-versions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.MapVersionsPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <convertToSnapshot>true</convertToSnapshot>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>versionPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>test-map-release-versions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.MapVersionsPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <convertToSnapshot>false</convertToSnapshot>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>versionPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.ReleasePhase</role>
+      <role-hint>test-map-branch-versions</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.MapVersionsPhase</implementation>
+      <configuration>
+        <convertToSnapshot>true</convertToSnapshot>
+        <convertToBranch>true</convertToBranch>
+      </configuration>
+      <requirements>
+        <requirement>
+          <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+          <field-name>versionPolicies</field-name>
+        </requirement>
+      </requirements>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <!-- For now always use default version policy -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy</role>
+      <role-hint>default</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies.DefaultVersionPolicy</implementation>
+      <isolated-realm>false</isolated-realm>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31abe174c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveReleasePomsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4370408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RemoveScmTagPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343cd9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForBranchPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343cd9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForDevelopmentPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343cd9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RewritePomsForReleasePhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82a83f745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunCompleteGoalsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor</role>
+      <role-hint>wrapper</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.MavenExecutorWrapper</implementation>
+    </component>    
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9820d21a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPerformGoalsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor</role>
+      <role-hint>wrapper</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.MavenExecutorWrapper</implementation>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9820d21a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/RunPrepareGoalsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor</role>
+      <role-hint>wrapper</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.MavenExecutorWrapper</implementation>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4370408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmBranchPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4370408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCheckModificationsPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31abe174c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitDevelopmentPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4370408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmCommitPreparationPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4370408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/shared/release/phase/ScmTagPhaseTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<component-set>
+  <components>
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.shared.release.stubs.ScmManagerStub</implementation>
+    </component>
+    <!-- Turn off info messages -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager</role>
+      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.logging.console.ConsoleLoggerManager</implementation>
+      <lifecycle-handler>basic</lifecycle-handler>
+      <configuration>
+        <threshold>ERROR</threshold>
+      </configuration>
+    </component>
+  </components>
+</component-set>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/pomfinder/pom1.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/pomfinder/pom1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3571257d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/pomfinder/pom1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+  <!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release-testartifact</artifactId>
+    <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Manager testartifact</name>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-9</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- scm dependencies -->
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-providers-standard</artifactId>
+      <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+      <type>pom</type>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
+      <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-svn-commons</artifactId>
+      <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-beta-8</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xmlParserAPIs</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xom</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xom</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-test</artifactId>
+      <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jmock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmock</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jmock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmock-cglib</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- Required because the Modello generated classes uses the assert keyword -->
+          <source>1.4</source>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Xmx256m</argLine>
+          <excludes>
+            <!-- Disabled for now - we can't mock classes from plexus-utils in surefire -->
+            <exclude>**/ForkedMavenExecutorTest.java</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
+        <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>xpp3-reader</goal>
+              <goal>java</goal>
+              <goal>xpp3-writer</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <version>2.0.0</version>
+          <packageWithVersion>false</packageWithVersion>
+          <models>
+            <model>src/main/mdo/release-descriptor.mdo</model>
+          </models>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>create-component-descriptor</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>merge</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <output>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/plexus/components.xml</output>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/plexus/components.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/components-fragment.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>merge-descriptors</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4d413f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ba0ca5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b747fba3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af8158177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ce97a9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-parent/child/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-parent/child/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22211cf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-parent/child/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-external</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e32184572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-external</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-range-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-range-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..766c945e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-range-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>[1.0-SNAPSHOT]</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-all/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-all/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79a069a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-all/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>extension-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>report-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc8126547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f470e5998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-parent/child/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-parent/child/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e2cb9182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-parent/child/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-external</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b79bb845b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-external</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42ed2b281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02eaa0011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-timestamped-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-timestamped-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10617d5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/external-timestamped-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-20060424.060453-1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f85aaf2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5cdafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfa9354bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba4947b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c87c67b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e516bba79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba4947b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50b5f44d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-and-external-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c200c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..605c618bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6cc6c111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4141fbb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba4947b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..717e0eee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies-no-reactor/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies-no-reactor/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c62fbfabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies-no-reactor/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5cdafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abf9eb908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba4947b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c87c67b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba4947b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50b5f44d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6291f43bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c81f7389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+ 
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent> 
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e6dd2f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/multimodule-external-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+ 
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent> 
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f7f8db67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d11845fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-range-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-range-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a55848f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-range-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>[1.0,1.1)</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db844fd69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/no-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/snapshot-release-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/snapshot-release-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d254ad40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/snapshot-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce5a21580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af8158177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-external-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8348e385a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11347873a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/check-dependencies/unused-internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom/expected-backup.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom/expected-backup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..051497462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom/expected-backup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..051497462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/expected-backup.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/expected-backup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fbe000e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/expected-backup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fbe000e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/expected-backup.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/expected-backup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a7716445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/expected-backup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a7716445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/expected-backup.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/expected-backup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b57f2d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/expected-backup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b57f2d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/create-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-entities/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-entities/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6f3e4b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-entities/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: ß İ ə σ ß Я א ذ</name>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e9672fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: &#x00DF; &#x0130; &#x0259; &#x03C3; &#x00DF; &#x042F; &#x05D0; &#x0630;</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-namespace/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-namespace/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..715efab91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-namespace/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f08584e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef626c2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/expected-release-pom-with-schema.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/expected-release-pom-with-schema.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef626c2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/expected-release-pom-with-schema.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef626c2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..853d36b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b9d8956d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a3b0a1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.0]]>-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6847262f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-2.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbcf3ef25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05022220f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db2067be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98064ff64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6388f8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6847262f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-2.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aca194a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.0-SNAPSHOT  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/external-range-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/external-range-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca6bf2f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/external-range-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId-release-range</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/external-range-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/external-range-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..749bf97bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/external-range-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>external</groupId>
+      <artifactId>artifactId-release-range</artifactId>
+      <version>[1.0,2.0)</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83bffbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..851ccc473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd9cc578b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c200c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83bffbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7787f6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b807dcb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201e9819f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83bffbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7787f6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11c4714b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6210b1ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83bffbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7787f6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4b2c96b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fc275d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..358ef4674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc9e67208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7787f6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..788ac4263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6cc6c111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4030763d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject3-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb6d85a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..358ef4674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1741bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7787f6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fa1c96f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7027c9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3ce7ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject3-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031fd957b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e2e5803f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0ae51f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79bc99a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5cdafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a62a916c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject3-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0264cb6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2e0af815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject4-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46bdc11b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e836b821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subsubproject-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..311ae9ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..358ef4674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0ae51f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..459d4b71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>  
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3497d85f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b79e242e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject3-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f6c6808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e2e5803f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4e4e616a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e6ac7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fa1c96f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de0e63faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4fae9d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject3-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba380ab4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d02ef77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject4-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a71b019a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..952051d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>target</directory>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b414727b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>target</directory>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6477973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>target</directory>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80257d6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-range-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>[1.0-SNAPSHOT,2.0-SNAPSHOT]</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e2e5803f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..425264850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f40f5e86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d95661aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3b24e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a1f03082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject3-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9e3ceda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75325b637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject4-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>RELEASE</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00dbfe1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-finalname/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-finalname/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4061e804b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-finalname/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>groupId.artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-finalname/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-finalname/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52fc1e341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-finalname/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <build>
+    <finalName>${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d0698fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0991d5be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-release-pom-version-changed.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-release-pom-version-changed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66f2faac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-release-pom-version-changed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-2.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7787f6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68c977b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83bffbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cdabb007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0ae51f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe46ed579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79bc99a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb62f41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98064ff64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d60439af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6847262f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-2.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf375987a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcd38db15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66f2faac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-2.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4badcdc2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-without-extension-version/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-without-extension-version/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32629205a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-without-extension-version/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+        <version>RELEASE</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d0ea1e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b9d8956d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>artifactId-1.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b403f0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.0-SNAPSHOT
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6847262f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject1-2.0</finalName>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad42a164c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05022220f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+    <finalName>subproject2-1.0</finalName>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>${remoterepo}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066bedae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/generate-release-poms/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.0-SNAPSHOT
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..051497462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91b04f3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbfbce198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29efa7193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/remove-release-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..051497462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fb1e0b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..051497462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/basic-pom/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fbe000e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91b04f3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fbe000e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a7716445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbfbce198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a7716445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject1/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b57f2d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29efa7193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b57f2d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/restore-backup-poms/pom-with-modules/subproject2/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32085186d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE project [
+<!ENTITY foo "bar" >
+]>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: ß İ ə σ ß Я א ذ</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efce05fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE project [
+<!ENTITY foo "bar" >
+]>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: &#x00DF; &#x0130; &#x0259; &#x03C3; &#x00DF; &#x042F; &#x05D0; &#x0630;</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac6c202b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ff58c11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b7926b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b7926b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a92ffdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a92ffdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53c4eed8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <!-- NOTE: This comment is part of the test -->
+  <name>test</name>
+  <description>test</description>
+  <url>http://www.foo.bar/</url>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!-- Site omitted - each project must provide their own -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
+      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+
+  <properties>
+    <organization.logo>http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.gif</organization.logo>
+    <empty0 />
+    <empty1 />
+    <empty2 />
+  </properties>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>run-its</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>**/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
+              <pomExcludes>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-common/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-filter-overlay/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-test/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp2/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>**/META-INF/**/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+              </pomExcludes>
+              <postBuildHookScript>verify.bsh</postBuildHookScript>
+              <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>clean</goal>
+                <goal>package</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/its</cloneProjectsTo>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>integration-test</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install</goal>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- TODO: Remove this plugin execution once MINVOKER-43 is released -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>it-preparation</id>
+                <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install-file</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file>
+                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+                  <packaging>${project.packaging}</packaging>
+                  <pomFile>${basedir}/pom.xml</pomFile>
+                  <createChecksum>true</createChecksum>
+                  <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+                  <!-- NOTE: must match identifier of real local repository or metadata lookup during ITs will misbehave -->
+                  <localRepositoryId>local</localRepositoryId>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85fbbed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <!-- NOTE: This comment is part of the test -->
+  <name>test</name>
+  <description>test</description>
+  <url>http://www.foo.bar/</url>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!-- Site omitted - each project must provide their own -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
+      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+
+  <properties>
+    <organization.logo>http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.gif</organization.logo>
+    <empty0></empty0>
+    <empty1 />
+    <empty2/>
+  </properties>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>run-its</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>**/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
+              <pomExcludes>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-common/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-filter-overlay/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-test/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp2/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>**/META-INF/**/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+              </pomExcludes>
+              <postBuildHookScript>verify.bsh</postBuildHookScript>
+              <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>clean</goal>
+                <goal>package</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/its</cloneProjectsTo>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>integration-test</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install</goal>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- TODO: Remove this plugin execution once MINVOKER-43 is released -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>it-preparation</id>
+                <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install-file</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file>
+                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+                  <packaging>${project.packaging}</packaging>
+                  <pomFile>${basedir}/pom.xml</pomFile>
+                  <createChecksum>true</createChecksum>
+                  <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+                  <!-- NOTE: must match identifier of real local repository or metadata lookup during ITs will misbehave -->
+                  <localRepositoryId>local</localRepositoryId>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27435c207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>${baseUrl}/module</url>
+    <tag>release-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <properties>
+    <scm.base>scm:cvs</scm.base>
+    <baseUrl>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi</baseUrl>
+  </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..923f88e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>${baseUrl}/module</url>
+    <tag>original-tag</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <properties>
+    <scm.base>scm:cvs</scm.base>
+    <baseUrl>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi</baseUrl>
+  </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60479d980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module</url>
+    <tag>release-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4af394d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca4081c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <!---
+  a multi-line
+  comment which will fail when parsed with JDOM 1.0
+  -->
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b3f59721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <!---
+  a multi-line
+  comment which will fail when parsed with JDOM 1.0
+  -->
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97b1e3b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f5693643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-pom.xml
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diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e5af206d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://localhost/repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://${user.name}@localhost/repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ed45828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://localhost/repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://${user.name}@localhost/repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..308b1d870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/anon-scm-repo/allprojects/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/allprojects/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/viewvc/allprojects/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4eff49ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/anon-scm-repo/myproject/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/myproject/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/viewvc/myproject/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20b61ce1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8356b8df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom-with-tag-base/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a983613cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c33fa2ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db3aeabe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e93116387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a3b0a1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.0]]>-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbcf3ef25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbcf3ef25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db2067be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db2067be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-section/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-section/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5a1cded7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-section/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
+          <additionalBuildcommands>
+            <buildcommand>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleBuilder</buildcommand>
+          </additionalBuildcommands>
+          <additionalProjectnatures>
+            <projectnature>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleNature</projectnature>
+          </additionalProjectnatures>
+          <additionalConfig>
+            <file>
+              <name>.checkstyle</name>
+              <content>
+                <![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<fileset-config file-format-version="1.2.0" simple-config="true">
+   <fileset name="all" enabled="true" check-config-name="QifCon" local="false">
+       <file-match-pattern match-pattern="." include-pattern="true" />
+   </fileset>
+</fileset-config>
+]]>
+              </content>
+            </file>
+          </additionalConfig>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-section/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-section/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03de6e3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/cdata-section/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
+          <additionalBuildcommands>
+            <buildcommand>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleBuilder</buildcommand>
+          </additionalBuildcommands>
+          <additionalProjectnatures>
+            <projectnature>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleNature</projectnature>
+          </additionalProjectnatures>
+          <additionalConfig>
+            <file>
+              <name>.checkstyle</name>
+              <content>
+                <![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<fileset-config file-format-version="1.2.0" simple-config="true">
+   <fileset name="all" enabled="true" check-config-name="QifCon" local="false">
+       <file-match-pattern match-pattern="." include-pattern="true" />
+   </fileset>
+</fileset-config>
+]]>
+              </content>
+            </file>
+          </additionalConfig>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..192ba84fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6388f8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aca194a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.0-SNAPSHOT  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aca194a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.0-SNAPSHOT  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..669d1547d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..669d1547d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea5479441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea5479441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6698dc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6698dc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c200c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c200c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201e9819f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201e9819f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6210b1ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6210b1ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fc275d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fc275d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc9e67208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc9e67208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6cc6c111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6cc6c111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb6d85a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb6d85a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1741bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1741bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7027c9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7027c9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031fd957b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031fd957b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5cdafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5cdafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0264cb6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0264cb6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46bdc11b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46bdc11b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..311ae9ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..311ae9ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3497d85f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3497d85f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f6c6808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f6c6808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e8d740a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e8d740a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e01e97ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e01e97ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f5656e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f5656e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e6ac7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e6ac7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de0e63faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de0e63faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba380ab4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba380ab4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9aac9dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9aac9dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..130599c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..130599c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf86ed0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>external</groupId>
+                <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf86ed0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>external</groupId>
+                <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fa661c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fa661c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd18d1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+              <version>0.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                  <version>0.5</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd18d1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+              <version>0.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                  <version>0.5</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f40f5e86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f40f5e86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3b24e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3b24e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9e3ceda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9e3ceda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00dbfe1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00dbfe1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/expected-pom-different-version.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/expected-pom-different-version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1022898c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/expected-pom-different-version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f3233e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f3233e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom-different-version.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom-different-version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..163095a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom-different-version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..163095a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..163095a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom-different-version.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom-different-version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f2db1233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom-different-version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82f1dc638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82f1dc638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/interpolated-versions/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..428685d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..428685d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bca53b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>sub/subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fe3a8fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>sub/subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c1f2190f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/sub/subproject2</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/sub/subproject2</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/sub/subproject2</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec9bbaf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/sub/subproject2</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/sub/subproject2</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/sub/subproject2</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd15e14f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd15e14f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0991d5be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0991d5be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58353d106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68c977b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68c977b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cdabb007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cdabb007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7527c36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe46ed579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35defbdcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb62f41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8330a6160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e4bc93f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c25d63d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/branches/release-label/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7128194f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/trunk/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a92ffdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a92ffdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16fa9ee10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8b11dc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14b84b1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14b84b1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f938676d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f938676d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86d3006d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/root-project</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/root-project</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/root-project</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>../subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93fbc571a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>../subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a765e112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../root-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a765e112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../root-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..929d88fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d60439af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf375987a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf375987a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..914af7f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1-3.4</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efbdc07ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1-3.4</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f9fb5ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1-3.4</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f9fb5ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1-3.4</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fff76fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1-${subproject.version}</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <subproject.version>3.4</subproject.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fff76fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1-${subproject.version}</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <subproject.version>3.4</subproject.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4badcdc2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4badcdc2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..929d88fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe4362086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e572ac811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..202f6f8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1/</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1/</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1/</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f4d9553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f4d9553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c4dae49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/branches/release-label
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.0-SNAPSHOT
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b403f0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.0-SNAPSHOT
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad42a164c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad42a164c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066bedae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.0-SNAPSHOT
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066bedae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-branch/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.0-SNAPSHOT
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..599eadb64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>ejb</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bba0c9e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/ejb/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>ejb</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef9bee712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+  <!--dependencyManagement-->
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId1</artifactId>
+        <type>ejb</type>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>      
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId1</artifactId>
+        <type>ejb-client</type>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>    
+    </dependencies>
+  <!--/dependencyManagement-->
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a05fa3cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-ejb-client-dep/project/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+  <!--dependencyManagement-->
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId1</artifactId>
+        <type>ejb</type>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>      
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>artifactId1</artifactId>
+        <type>ejb-client</type>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>    
+    </dependencies>
+  <!--/dependencyManagement-->
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e7876dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE project [
+<!ENTITY foo "bar" >
+]>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: ß İ ə σ ß Я א ذ</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d71fe327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE project [
+<!ENTITY foo "bar" >
+]>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: &#x00DF; &#x0130; &#x0259; &#x03C3; &#x00DF; &#x042F; &#x05D0; &#x0630;</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0623f3050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff026270b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99b5a68cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/trunk/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33887cb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/tags/release-label/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..540dbb642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b2f7058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..865a6e757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db14fa943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52c1aa37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module</url>
+    <tag>original-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2780f9c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module</url>
+    <tag>release-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c68c10f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>${baseUrl}/module</url>
+  </scm>
+  <properties>
+    <scm.base>scm:cvs</scm.base>
+    <baseUrl>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi</baseUrl>
+  </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63c09afb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>${baseUrl}/module</url>
+    <tag>release-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <properties>
+    <scm.base>scm:cvs</scm.base>
+    <baseUrl>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi</baseUrl>
+  </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..495a718e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1970-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
+  </properties>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80b038699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1970-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
+  </properties>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a26743680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1970-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
+  </properties>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c81aa751e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf2c8b86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6014ebc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2243e6445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..005279c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.1-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03f8345ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad7963c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.1-SNAPSHOT
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.1-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.1-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..285c18c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.0
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.0<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.0<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca3c5794e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.1-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.1-SNAPSHOT  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..831369456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.0<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.0  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7e8290a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c155d22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc8f4c62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b75eafda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7e8290a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c155d22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99cd0b61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21a094fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7e8290a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c155d22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a74160cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..472c8ac42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7e8290a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c155d22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c5efdd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4995d8986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3577f2841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e89d669d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c155d22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d79df9616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c75bb920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d7a1c6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7a89448d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72461a2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..829c30076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c155d22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ed3d569c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..daf34bd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..919297350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec89dd80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6659423a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2cc4e3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca188f0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc798ff6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e76953e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c69fdbfe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24ba6ac4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22997796a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..453609e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69a0815da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e55cd6c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies-without-dependencies-version-update/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6659423a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2cc4e3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca188f0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffd1879cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e76953e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2702ed4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24ba6ac4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2173b12a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..453609e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69a0815da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e55cd6c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9aaf6607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ef8a6cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2cc4e3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca188f0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b189cd215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5d0225f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6300a3ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9bd31913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9aaf6607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ef8a6cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a946e3d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..442f87942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cecfcc16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90f8ea628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..495f4eab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bd4b8a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6659423a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3630c1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6026ff706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12ac52967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d13d61f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f8d2c38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac5d38e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7f0b5743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..852de1139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a112674a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd8c6865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e1c15076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>external</groupId>
+                <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f3498d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>external</groupId>
+                <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b926b28d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a9d2749d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6baec210a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+              <version>0.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+              <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                  <version>0.5</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30e7c7020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+              <version>0.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                  <version>0.5</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6659423a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..603908ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d7c3c8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19c33a3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59a8f176e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da9f0a504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4aa566f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..782eb97b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2dcab9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ced21647b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afc030ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c771b907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe020475a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..199578324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..494bde521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <!-- empty tag, no space -->
+  <url />
+
+  <!-- empty tag, space -->
+  <name />
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a51bdfea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <!-- empty tag, no space -->
+  <url/>
+
+  <!-- empty tag, space -->
+  <name />
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce6629d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f847350fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f5d6b09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfe2a9663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4953cc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe1d22844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5793ddf42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..488bf9af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..079be03e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+           <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+           <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+           <version>${module.version}</version>
+           <type>pom</type>
+           <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59a52f900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management-import/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+           <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+           <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+           <version>${module.version}</version>
+           <type>pom</type>
+           <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4953cc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe1d22844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734c0a756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02accc3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c378a90c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+           <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+           <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+           <version>${module.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26082ba11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-in-dependency-management/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+           <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+           <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+           <version>${module.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4953cc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8b11dc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734c0a756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bdd4c595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4a4871f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f938676d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties-sim/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4953cc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe1d22844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734c0a756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02accc3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4a4871f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfc08c1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6462dc40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181874cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33f6c9020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c836d0db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2bed51b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1-3.4</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97c2a7f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1-3.4</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ab3ecd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1-3.4</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce7018a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1-3.4</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2f90ff8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1-${subproject.version}</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <subproject.version>3.4</subproject.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54156eecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1-${subproject.version}</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <subproject.version>3.4</subproject.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82c25c37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31153d642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5179068dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d0ea1e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32978baa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.1-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.1-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.1-SNAPSHOT
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f29d98547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.0
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.0
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e52f826a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.1-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.1-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e10f0d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.0
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cce524e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.1-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.1-SNAPSHOT
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.1-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..427d104d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-development/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.0
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81d5beb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-entities/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE project [
+<!ENTITY foo "bar" >
+]>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: ß İ ə σ ß Я א ذ</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efce05fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-entities/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE project [
+<!ENTITY foo "bar" >
+]>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>&lt; &amp; Non-ASCIIs: &#x00DF; &#x0130; &#x0259; &#x03C3; &#x00DF; &#x042F; &#x05D0; &#x0630;</name>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d8f2d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ff58c11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cd78de6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b7926b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b2f7058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a92ffdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-inherited-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9da9aa3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-namespace/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <!-- NOTE: This comment is part of the test -->
+  <name>test</name>
+  <description>test</description>
+  <url>http://www.foo.bar/</url>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!-- Site omitted - each project must provide their own -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
+      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+
+  <properties>
+    <organization.logo>http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.gif</organization.logo>
+    <empty0 />
+    <empty1 />
+    <empty2 />
+  </properties>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>run-its</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>**/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
+              <pomExcludes>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-common/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-filter-overlay/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-test/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp2/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>**/META-INF/**/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+              </pomExcludes>
+              <postBuildHookScript>verify.bsh</postBuildHookScript>
+              <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>clean</goal>
+                <goal>package</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/its</cloneProjectsTo>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>integration-test</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install</goal>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- TODO: Remove this plugin execution once MINVOKER-43 is released -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>it-preparation</id>
+                <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install-file</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file>
+                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+                  <packaging>${project.packaging}</packaging>
+                  <pomFile>${basedir}/pom.xml</pomFile>
+                  <createChecksum>true</createChecksum>
+                  <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+                  <!-- NOTE: must match identifier of real local repository or metadata lookup during ITs will misbehave -->
+                  <localRepositoryId>local</localRepositoryId>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85fbbed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <!-- NOTE: This comment is part of the test -->
+  <name>test</name>
+  <description>test</description>
+  <url>http://www.foo.bar/</url>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!-- Site omitted - each project must provide their own -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
+      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+
+  <properties>
+    <organization.logo>http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.gif</organization.logo>
+    <empty0></empty0>
+    <empty1 />
+    <empty2/>
+  </properties>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>run-its</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>**/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
+              <pomExcludes>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-common/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-143/war-filter-overlay/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-test/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>MWAR-131/mwar131-webapp2/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+                <pomExclude>**/META-INF/**/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+              </pomExcludes>
+              <postBuildHookScript>verify.bsh</postBuildHookScript>
+              <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>clean</goal>
+                <goal>package</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/its</cloneProjectsTo>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>integration-test</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install</goal>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- TODO: Remove this plugin execution once MINVOKER-43 is released -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>it-preparation</id>
+                <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install-file</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file>
+                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+                  <packaging>${project.packaging}</packaging>
+                  <pomFile>${basedir}/pom.xml</pomFile>
+                  <createChecksum>true</createChecksum>
+                  <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+                  <!-- NOTE: must match identifier of real local repository or metadata lookup during ITs will misbehave -->
+                  <localRepositoryId>local</localRepositoryId>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
+
+<!-- THE END -->
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63c09afb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>${baseUrl}/module</url>
+    <tag>release-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <properties>
+    <scm.base>scm:cvs</scm.base>
+    <baseUrl>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi</baseUrl>
+  </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..923f88e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs-from-tag/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>${scm.base}:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>${scm.base}:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>${baseUrl}/module</url>
+    <tag>original-tag</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <properties>
+    <scm.base>scm:cvs</scm.base>
+    <baseUrl>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi</baseUrl>
+  </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2780f9c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module</url>
+    <tag>release-label</tag>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4af394d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-cvs/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:cvs:ext:${username}@localhost:/tmp/scm-repo:module</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewcvs.cgi/module</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2b2147b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <!---
+  a multi-line
+  comment which will fail when parsed with JDOM 1.0
+  -->
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b3f59721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-dashes-in-comment/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <!---
+  a multi-line
+  comment which will fail when parsed with JDOM 1.0
+  -->
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c513303b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f5693643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-empty-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-encoding/expected-pom.xml
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diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97b3f9767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://localhost/repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://${user.name}@localhost/repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ed45828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-scm-expression/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://localhost/repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://${user.name}@localhost/repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c949c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/anon-scm-repo/allprojects/releases/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/allprojects/releases/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/viewvc/allprojects/releases/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4eff49ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base-and-varying-scm-urls/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/anon-scm-repo/myproject/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/myproject/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/viewvc/myproject/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2378f925e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/releases/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/releases/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/releases/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8356b8df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom-with-tag-base/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..774b129d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/expected-pom-with-schema.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1970-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
+  </properties>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a26743680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1970-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
+  </properties>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90bbf9eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/basic-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>initial</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>    
+  </properties>
+
+  <!--
+  a multi-line
+  comment
+  -->
+
+  <?processing-instruction attrib="value"?>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf2c8b86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a3b0a1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[1.0]]>-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></connection>
+    <developerConnection><![CDATA[scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></developerConnection>
+    <url><![CDATA[file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk]]></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+          <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+          <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2243e6445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbcf3ef25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+  <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03f8345ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db2067be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+    <artifactId><![CDATA[artifactId]]></artifactId>
+    <version><![CDATA[1.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject2]]></artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+      <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+      <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId><![CDATA[groupId]]></groupId>
+        <artifactId><![CDATA[subproject1]]></artifactId>
+        <version><![CDATA[2.0-SNAPSHOT]]></version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-section/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-section/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33be3cb46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-section/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
+          <additionalBuildcommands>
+            <buildcommand>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleBuilder</buildcommand>
+          </additionalBuildcommands>
+          <additionalProjectnatures>
+            <projectnature>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleNature</projectnature>
+          </additionalProjectnatures>
+          <additionalConfig>
+            <file>
+              <name>.checkstyle</name>
+              <content>
+                <![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<fileset-config file-format-version="1.2.0" simple-config="true">
+   <fileset name="all" enabled="true" check-config-name="QifCon" local="false">
+       <file-match-pattern match-pattern="." include-pattern="true" />
+   </fileset>
+</fileset-config>
+]]>
+              </content>
+            </file>
+          </additionalConfig>
+          <replacetoken><![CDATA[<distributable/>]]></replacetoken>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-section/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-section/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bde3f472f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/cdata-section/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.4</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
+          <additionalBuildcommands>
+            <buildcommand>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleBuilder</buildcommand>
+          </additionalBuildcommands>
+          <additionalProjectnatures>
+            <projectnature>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleNature</projectnature>
+          </additionalProjectnatures>
+          <additionalConfig>
+            <file>
+              <name>.checkstyle</name>
+              <content>
+                <![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<fileset-config file-format-version="1.2.0" simple-config="true">
+   <fileset name="all" enabled="true" check-config-name="QifCon" local="false">
+       <file-match-pattern match-pattern="." include-pattern="true" />
+   </fileset>
+</fileset-config>
+]]>
+              </content>
+            </file>
+          </additionalConfig>
+          <replacetoken><![CDATA[<distributable/>]]></replacetoken>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..285c18c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.0
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.0<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.0<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6388f8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>
+    <!-- comment -->
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    <!-- comment -->
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></connection>
+    <developerConnection><!-- comment -->scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></developerConnection>
+    <url><!-- comment -->file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk<!-- comment --></url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+        <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+        <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+          <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+          <version><!-- comment -->2.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..831369456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.0<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.0  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aca194a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/comments-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId><!-- comment -->groupId<!-- comment --></groupId>
+    <artifactId><!-- comment -->artifactId<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+    <version><!-- comment -->1.0-SNAPSHOT<!-- comment --></version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId><!-- comment -->subproject1<!-- comment --></artifactId>
+  <version>  <!-- comment -->  2.0-SNAPSHOT  <!-- comment -->  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0653c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..669d1547d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64f3990d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea5479441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e9561848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6698dc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/imported-dependency-management-in-reactor/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79b753e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c200c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c9ae30c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201e9819f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2b7c2650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6210b1ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..badf912de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fc275d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-differing-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e89d669d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc9e67208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c75bb920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6cc6c111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7a89448d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb6d85a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-dependency/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..829c30076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1741bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+          <version>0.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..daf34bd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7027c9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec89dd80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031fd957b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-managed-snapshot-plugin/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca188f0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e76953e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5cdafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24ba6ac4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0264cb6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..453609e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46bdc11b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e55cd6c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..311ae9ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-dependencies/subproject4/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ef8a6cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca188f0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2e0791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5d0225f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3497d85f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9bd31913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f6c6808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-extension/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </extension>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ef8a6cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8faf456c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..442f87942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e8d740a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90f8ea628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e01e97ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bd4b8a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f5656e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugin-deps/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6026ff706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e6ac7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d13d61f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de0e63faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac5d38e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba380ab4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..852de1139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9aac9dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd8c6865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..130599c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f3498d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>external</groupId>
+                <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf86ed0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>external</groupId>
+          <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>external</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>external</groupId>
+                <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a9d2749d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fa661c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30e7c7020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+              <version>0.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                  <version>0.5</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd18d1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-profile/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+            <version>0.5</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+            <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </dependencyManagement>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+              <version>0.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+              <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+                  <version>0.5</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1cb7c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876538172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+    <module>subproject4</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d7c3c8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f40f5e86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>external</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin-artifactId</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59a8f176e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3b24e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4aa566f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9e3ceda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Test different release version remains the same -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2dcab9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00dbfe1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/internal-snapshot-report-plugins/subproject4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject4</artifactId>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/expected-pom-different-version.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/expected-pom-different-version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6af0080b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/expected-pom-different-version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49a0cba49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f3233e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+          <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+    <module>subproject3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom-different-version.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom-different-version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bb402056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom-different-version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bb402056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..163095a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom-different-version.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom-different-version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6f2318af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom-different-version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+<!-- NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE SINCE MAVEN3 -->
+<!--     <extensions> -->
+<!--       <extension> -->
+<!--         <groupId>groupId</groupId> -->
+<!--         <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId> -->
+<!--         <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+<!--       </extension> -->
+<!--     </extensions> -->
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99ce25cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+<!-- NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE SINCE MAVEN3 -->
+<!--     <extensions> -->
+<!--       <extension> -->
+<!--         <groupId>groupId</groupId> -->
+<!--         <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId> -->
+<!--         <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+<!--       </extension> -->
+<!--     </extensions> -->
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3783b900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/interpolated-versions/subproject3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject3</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+<!-- NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE SINCE MAVEN3 -->
+<!--     <extensions> -->
+<!--       <extension> -->
+<!--         <groupId>groupId</groupId> -->
+<!--         <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId> -->
+<!--         <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+<!--       </extension> -->
+<!--     </extensions> -->
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd9b2511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361db59f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3108aebbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..428685d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/modules-with-different-versions/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31e26a1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>sub/subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fe3a8fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>sub/subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..762f835c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/sub/subproject2</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/sub/subproject2</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/sub/subproject2</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec9bbaf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/sub/subproject2</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/sub/subproject2</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/sub/subproject2</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d39eb267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd15e14f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-externally-released-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-externally-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fb839565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-externally-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-externally-released-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-externally-released-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..279901c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-externally-released-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>external</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afc030ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0991d5be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd7559e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom-version-changed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..199578324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68c977b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-inherited-version/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dac60a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cdabb007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36944d8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe46ed579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27b1f4e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb62f41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-namespace/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fb5a05e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e4bc93f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87341f041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/tags/release-label/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7128194f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subsubproject</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://localhost/viewvc/mypath/trunk/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b2f7058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a92ffdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-overridden-scm/subproject1/subsubproject/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subsubproject</artifactId>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe1d22844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8b11dc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f367a287b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14b84b1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfc08c1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f938676d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-and-properties/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>${module.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <module.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..416074370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/root-project</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/root-project</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/root-project</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>../subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93fbc571a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/root-project/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/root-project</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>../subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c9991c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <relativePath>../root-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a765e112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent-flat/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../root-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181874cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d60439af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c836d0db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf375987a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97c2a7f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1-3.4</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efbdc07ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1-3.4</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce7018a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1-3.4</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f9fb5ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject1-3.4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1-3.4</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54156eecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1-${subproject.version}</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <subproject.version>3.4</subproject.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fff76fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-property-dependency-coordinate/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1-${subproject.version}</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <properties>
+    <subproject.version>3.4</subproject.version>
+    <ignored.property>ignored</ignored.property>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f5a0d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31153d642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4badcdc2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-released-parent/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181874cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe4362086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82c3787d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label/subproject1</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..202f6f8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-with-scm-of-parent-ending-with-a-slash/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1/</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1/</developerConnection>
+    <url>file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk/subproject1/</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d0ea1e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-without-extension-version/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f4d9553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/pom-without-extension-version/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+        <artifactId>something</artifactId>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f29d98547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.0
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/tags/release-label
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.0
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b403f0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>
+    groupId
+  </groupId>
+  <artifactId>
+    artifactId
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    1.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </developerConnection>
+    <url>
+      file://localhost/tmp/scm-repo/trunk
+    </url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>
+            groupId
+          </groupId>
+          <artifactId>
+            subproject1
+          </artifactId>
+          <version>
+            2.0-SNAPSHOT
+          </version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e10f0d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.0
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad42a164c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject1
+  </artifactId>
+  <version>
+    2.0-SNAPSHOT
+  </version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..427d104d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/expected-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.0
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066bedae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/rewrite-for-release/whitespace-around-values/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>
+      groupId
+    </groupId>
+    <artifactId>
+      artifactId
+    </artifactId>
+    <version>
+      1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    </version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>
+    subproject2
+  </artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>
+        groupId
+      </groupId>
+      <artifactId>
+        subproject1
+      </artifactId>
+      <version>
+        2.0-SNAPSHOT
+      </version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>
+          groupId
+        </groupId>
+        <artifactId>
+          subproject1
+        </artifactId>
+        <version>
+          2.0-SNAPSHOT
+        </version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d410b6e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>sub/subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77331b93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/sub/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a4cee289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multimodule-with-deep-subprojects/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abe8ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>subproject1</module>
+    <module>subproject2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/subproject1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/subproject1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7356fc4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/subproject1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/subproject2/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/subproject2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e76953e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/multiple-poms/subproject2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+    <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>subproject2</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>subproject1</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/single-pom/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/single-pom/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac4f9e81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/projects/scm-commit/single-pom/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+  <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/release.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..845165f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+completedPhase=step1
+commitByProject=true
+scm.id=scm-id
+scm.url=scm-url
+scm.username=username
+scm.password=password
+scm.privateKey=private-key
+scm.passphrase=passphrase
+scm.tagBase=tagBase
+scm.tagNameFormat=expectedTagNameFormat
+scm.branchBase=branchBase
+scm.tag=tag
+
+exec.additionalArguments=additional-arguments
+exec.pomFileName=pom-file-name
+
+preparationGoals=preparation-goals
+completionGoals=completion-goals
+
+project.rel.groupId\:artifactId1=2.0
+project.rel.groupId\:artifactId2=3.0
+project.dev.groupId\:artifactId1=2.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.groupId\:artifactId2=3.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId1.id=id
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId1.connection=connection
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId1.developerConnection=developerConnection
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId1.url=url
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId1.tag=tag
+
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId2.connection=connection2
+project.scm.groupId\:artifactId2.url=url2
+
+dependency.external\:artifactId.development=1.1-SNAPSHOT
+dependency.external\:artifactId.release=1.0
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/rewrite-release.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/rewrite-release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..877f9bd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/rewrite-release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+completedPhase=step1
+scm.id=scm-id
+scm.url=scm-url
+scm.username=username
+scm.password=password
+scm.privateKey=private-key
+scm.passphrase=passphrase
+scm.tagBase=tagBase
+scm.branchBase=branchBase
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/settings-security.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/settings-security.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ea03896f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-manager/src/test/resources/settings-security.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<settingsSecurity>
+  <master>{1wQaa6S/o8MH7FnaTNL53XmhT5O0SEGXQi3gC49o6OY=}</master>
+</settingsSecurity>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bf479efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Plugin</name>
+  <description>This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work.</description>
+
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>${mavenVersion}</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <properties>
+    <mavenPluginPluginVersion>3.6.0</mavenPluginPluginVersion>
+  </properties>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <!-- verified with ITs -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-oddeven-policy</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-semver-policy</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-testing</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <stagingSiteURL>scp://people.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/plugins/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</stagingSiteURL>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenPluginPluginVersion}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generated-helpmojo</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>helpmojo</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <id>ensure-no-container-api</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <bannedDependencies>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                  <message>
+                    The new containers are not supported. You probably added a dependency that is missing the exclusions.
+                  </message>
+                </bannedDependencies>
+              </rules>
+              <fail>true</fail>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenPluginPluginVersion}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>run-its</id>
+      <properties>
+        <maven.it.failure.ignore>false</maven.it.failure.ignore>
+      </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.0</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>integration-test-prepare</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>install</goal>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <projectsDirectory>src/it</projectsDirectory>
+              <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
+              <postBuildHookScript>verify</postBuildHookScript>
+              <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
+              <settingsFile>src/it/mrm/settings.xml</settingsFile>
+              <filterProperties>
+                <mrm.repository.url>${mrm.repository.url}</mrm.repository.url>
+              </filterProperties>
+              <debug>true</debug>
+              <ignoreFailures>${maven.it.failure.ignore}</ignoreFailures>
+              <setupIncludes>
+                <setupInclude>setup/*/pom.xml</setupInclude>
+              </setupIncludes>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>projects/prepare/*/*pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>projects/prepare-with-pom/*/*pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>projects/branch/*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>projects/perform/*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>projects/update-versions/*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
+              <pomExcludes>
+                <pomExclude>projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/pom.xml</pomExclude>
+              </pomExcludes>
+              <properties>
+                <allowReleasePluginSnapshot>true</allowReleasePluginSnapshot>
+                <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.target>
+                <dryRun>true</dryRun>
+              </properties>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mrm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>start</goal>
+                  <goal>stop</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <repositories>
+                <mockRepo>
+                  <source>src/it/mrm/repository</source>
+                </mockRepo>
+                <proxyRepo />
+              </repositories>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>jdk7</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>(,1.7]</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <properties combine.children="merge">
+                <https.protocols>${https.protocols}</https.protocols>
+                <arguments>-Dhttps.protocols=${https.protocols}</arguments>
+              </properties>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/dependency-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/dependency-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e26cf4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/dependency-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/extension-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/extension-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c5f169b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/extension-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/parent-1-SNAPSHOT.pom b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/parent-1-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f49b44c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/repository/parent-1-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+  <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/settings.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b3caf110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/mrm/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
+  
+  <mirrors>
+    <mirror>
+      <id>mrm-maven-plugin</id>
+      <name>Mock Repository Manager</name>
+      <url>@mrm.repository.url@</url>
+      <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrors>
+  
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>it-server</id>
+      <username>it-username</username>
+      <password>it-password</password>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>it-repo</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>local.central</id>
+          <url>@localRepositoryUrl@</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <id>local.central</id>
+          <url>@localRepositoryUrl@</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>mrelease-677</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  
+</settings>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-458/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-458/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46954b51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-458/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+    <!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+    -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test-release-branch</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <name>Maven Quick Start Archetype</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:stub|</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:stub|</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <updateWorkingCopyVersions>false</updateWorkingCopyVersions>
+          <updateBranchVersions>true</updateBranchVersions>
+          <branchName>test-1.0.x</branchName>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-stub</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-458/verify.bsh b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-458/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..981d92378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-458/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
+
+try
+{   
+    File buildLog = new File( basedir, "build.log" );
+    
+    System.out.println( "Checking logs..." );
+    
+    StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer( 1024 );
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( buildLog ) );
+    char[] buf = new char[1024];
+    int numRead = 0;
+    while ( ( numRead = reader.read( buf ) ) != -1 )
+    {
+        String readData = String.valueOf( buf, 0, numRead );
+        data.append( readData );
+        buf = new char[1024];
+    }
+    reader.close();
+    String contents = data.toString();
+
+    String one_expected = "Checking in modified POMs";
+    
+    int pos = contents.indexOf( one_expected );
+    
+    if( contents.indexOf( one_expected, pos ) == -1 )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }            
+}
+catch( Throwable t )
+{
+    t.printStackTrace();
+    return false;
+}
+
+System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+return false;
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e84c5ea17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+    <!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+    -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-694</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+          <updateBranchVersions>true</updateBranchVersions>
+          <updateWorkingCopyVersions>true</updateWorkingCopyVersions>
+          <updateDependencies>true</updateDependencies>
+          <pushChanges>true</pushChanges>
+          <remoteTagging>false</remoteTagging>
+          <suppressCommitBeforeBranch>false</suppressCommitBeforeBranch>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/test.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38e80764e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+branchName=RELEASE-2.6.0
+developmentVersion=2.6.1-DEV-SNAPSHOT
+releaseVersion=2.6.0-BRANCH-SNAPSHOT
+updateVersionsToSnapshot=false 
+dryRun=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d7f901c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-694/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def projectBranch = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.branch" ) )
+assert projectBranch.version.text() == "2.6.0-BRANCH-SNAPSHOT"
+
+def projectNext = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+assert projectNext.version.text() == "2.6.1-DEV-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-745/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-745/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fe5757b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-745/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-745</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <suppressCommitBeforeBranch>true</suppressCommitBeforeBranch>
+          <branchName>branch-mrelease-745</branchName>
+          <remoteTagging>false</remoteTagging>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-745/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-745/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddc0d4c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-745/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[INFO] Full run would not commit changes, because suppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch is set.")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ad818e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-976</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-976</url>
+  <description>Tests that release:branch supports setting a custom projectVersionPolicyId</description>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <branchName>branch-mrelease-976</branchName>
+          <projectVersionPolicyId>StubVersionPolicy</projectVersionPolicyId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-project-version-stub-policy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04ff692a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def project = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) )
+assert project.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+// verifies that the version is unchanged because of the custom policy: 1.0-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+def projectNext = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+assert projectNext.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b47fed18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/branch/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = release:clean release:branch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-459/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-459/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06c2cb264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-459/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-759</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+          <releaseProfiles>custom-release</releaseProfiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>custom-release</id>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-459/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-459/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6a4bbf3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-459/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def addArgsExpr = /\Q[DEBUG] Additional arguments: \E(?:-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 )?-P(.+)\Q-DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml\E/
+def matcher = ( buildLog.getText() =~ addArgsExpr )
+
+// M2:  [DEBUG] Additional arguments: -P custom-release -DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml
+// M3:  [DEBUG] Additional arguments: -P it-repo,it-repo,custom-release -DperformRelease=true -f pom.xml 
+
+assert matcher.find()
+assert matcher.getCount() == 1
+
+assert matcher[0][1].contains( "custom-release" )
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-592/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-592/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77e304eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-592/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-592</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <preparationGoals>clean</preparationGoals>
+          <releaseProfiles>release,!integration-tests</releaseProfiles>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>enforce</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>enforce</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <rules>
+                    <AlwaysPass />
+                  </rules>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>integration-tests</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>enforce</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>enforce</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <rules>
+                    <AlwaysFail />
+                  </rules>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-736/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-736/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81d2c2d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-736/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-736</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-736/test.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-736/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c5eef13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-736/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+dryRun=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-818/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-818/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d88c677e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-818/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-818</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-818/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-818/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9057a5624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-818/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def localCheckoutExpr = /\Q[INFO] This would be a LOCAL check out to perform the release ...\E/
+def matcher = ( buildLog.getText() =~ localCheckoutExpr )
+
+assert matcher.find()
+assert matcher.getCount() == 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af2f6573d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = release:clean release:perform
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f8a67bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-832</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <connectionUrl>scm:dummy|nul</connectionUrl>
+          <username>perform_username</username>
+          <password>perform_password</password>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96d8b7ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/MRELEASE-832/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert buildLog.text.contains( "[DEBUG]   (f) username = perform_username" )
+assert buildLog.text.contains( "[DEBUG]   (f) password = perform_password" )
+
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..676aa5db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/perform/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = release:clean release:prepare release:perform
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/MRELEASE-808/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/MRELEASE-808/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af009245b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/MRELEASE-808/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-808</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+     <url>http://${scm.host}/viewvc/${project.artifactId}/trunk/</url>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <scm.host>localhost:8080</scm.host>
+  </properties>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/MRELEASE-808/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/MRELEASE-808/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..426eebf80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/MRELEASE-808/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File releasePom = new File( basedir, 'release-pom.xml' )
+assert releasePom.exists()
+
+assert 1 == releasePom.getText().count("<finalName>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its.mrelease-808-1.0</finalName>")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-basic/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-basic/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7141a8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-basic/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>finalname-basic</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+     <url>http://${scm.host}/viewvc/${project.artifactId}/trunk/</url>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <scm.host>localhost:8080</scm.host>
+  </properties>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-basic/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-basic/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdec012c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-basic/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File releasePom = new File( basedir, 'release-pom.xml' )
+assert releasePom.exists()
+
+assert 1 == releasePom.getText().count("<finalName>finalname-basic-1.0</finalName>")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/module/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/module/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb3215f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/module/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>finalname-multimodule</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  
+  <artifactId>module</artifactId>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54c3c630f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>finalname-multimodule</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>dummy</id>
+      <url>dummy:nul</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>FinalName</finalName>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </extension>
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
+  <modules>
+    <module>module</module>
+  </modules>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..308277e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/finalname-multimodule/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File moduleReleasePom = new File( basedir, 'module/release-pom.xml' )
+assert moduleReleasePom.exists()
+
+assert 1 == moduleReleasePom.getText().count("<finalName>FinalName</finalName>")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f61bae72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare-with-pom/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = release:clean release:prepare-with-pom
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1240345da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-128</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <description>
+    SCM properties being replaced during release:perform
+  </description>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://${scm.host}/svn/${project.artifactId}/trunk/</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://${scm.host}/svn/${project.artifactId}/trunk/</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://${scm.host}/viewvc/${project.artifactId}/trunk/</url>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <scm.host>scmhost.apache.org</scm.host>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8502268ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File pomXml = new File( basedir, 'pom.xml' )
+assert pomXml.exists()
+assert 1 == pomXml.getText().count("<connection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/trunk/</connection>")
+assert 1 == pomXml.getText().count("<developerConnection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/trunk/</developerConnection>")
+
+File pomXmlTag = new File( basedir, 'pom.xml.tag' )
+assert pomXmlTag.exists()
+assert 1 == pomXmlTag.getText().count("<connection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/tags/mrelease-128-1.0</connection>")
+assert 1 == pomXmlTag.getText().count("<developerConnection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/tags/mrelease-128-1.0</developerConnection>")
+
+File pomXmlNext = new File( basedir, 'pom.xml.next' )
+assert pomXmlNext.exists()
+assert 1 == pomXmlNext.getText().count("<connection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/trunk/</connection>")
+assert 1 == pomXmlNext.getText().count("<developerConnection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/trunk/</developerConnection>")
+
+File pomXmlReleaseBackup = new File( basedir, 'pom.xml.releaseBackup' )
+assert pomXmlReleaseBackup.exists()
+assert 1 == pomXmlReleaseBackup.getText().count("<connection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/trunk/</connection>")
+assert 1 == pomXmlReleaseBackup.getText().count("<developerConnection>scm:svn:http://\${scm.host}/svn/\${project.artifactId}/trunk/</developerConnection>")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-156/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-156/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20878b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-156/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-156</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <description>
+    Multiline scmCommentPrefix
+  </description>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <scmCommentPrefix>ABCD-1234${line.separator}</scmCommentPrefix>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-156/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-156/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22c52b01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-156/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File releaseProperties = new File( basedir, 'release.properties' )
+assert releaseProperties.exists()
+
+if ( System.properties[ 'os.name' ].toLowerCase().contains( 'windows' ) )
+{ 
+  assert 1 == releaseProperties.getText().count( "scm.commentPrefix=ABCD-1234\\r\\n" ) 
+}
+else
+{ 
+  assert 1 == releaseProperties.getText().count( "scm.commentPrefix=ABCD-1234\\n" )
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff953014b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>This is the base POM the release test modules</description>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>O2 Release test Base Module</name>
+  <modules>
+    <module>release-test-module-one</module>
+    <module>release-test-module-two</module>
+  </modules>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git|sd_pa/tools/release-test</connection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+        <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <type>test-jar</type>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <site>
+      <url>
+        dav:${o2.module.sites.rootUrl}/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-one/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..139b52a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>release-test-module-one</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>   
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-two/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ff976872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-two</artifactId>
+  <name>release-test-module-two</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec4071365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161-dependencyManagement/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def projectRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+
+assert projectRoot.dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency[0].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+assert projectRoot.dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency[1].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cd6dc024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>This is the base POM the release test modules</description>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>O2 Release test Base Module</name>
+  <modules>
+    <module>release-test-module-one</module>
+    <module>release-test-module-two</module>
+  </modules>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git|sd_pa/tools/release-test</connection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>o2-webdav</id>
+      <url>${repository.o2.webdav}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <site>
+      <url>
+        dav:${o2.module.sites.rootUrl}/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-one/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..139b52a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-one/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>release-test-module-one</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>   
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-two/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4906246bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/release-test-module-two/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-161</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>release-test-module-two</artifactId>
+  <name>release-test-module-two</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>release-test-module-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3718c5488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-161/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def projectRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "release-test-module-two/pom.xml.next" ) )
+
+assert projectRoot.dependencies.dependency[0].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+assert projectRoot.dependencies.dependency[1].version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-420/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-420/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee2c863ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-420/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-420</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <description>
+    Pick up the server from the settings.xml by the project.scm.id-property
+  </description>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <project.scm.id>it-server</project.scm.id>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-420/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-420/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a41f9c30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-420/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File releaseProperties = new File( basedir, 'release.properties' )
+assert releaseProperties.exists()
+
+assert 1 == releaseProperties.getText().count("scm.id=it-server")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8f50ee70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-483</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <description>
+    PrepareReleaseMojo always increments development version
+  </description>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <project.scm.id>it-server</project.scm.id>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/test.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..027d1076b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+releaseVersion=1.0.1237
+tag=yflex_library-1.0.1237
+developmentVersion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3db65ae0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-483/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File releaseProperties = new File( basedir, 'release.properties' )
+assert releaseProperties.exists()
+
+assert 1 == releaseProperties.getText().count("project.dev.org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its\\:mrelease-483=1.0-SNAPSHOT")
+assert 1 == releaseProperties.getText().count("project.rel.org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its\\:mrelease-483=1.0.1237")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/other-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/other-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e8e7a1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/other-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-533</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/test.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2488e78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+arguments = -f other-pom.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f34ab1752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-533/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[DEBUG] Specified POM file is not named 'pom.xml'. Using the '-f' command-line option to accommodate non-standard filename...")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54719b357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+#Require at least Maven3, so we can verify the release.properties
+invoker.maven.version=3+
+invoker.profiles=mrelease571
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/module1/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/module1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..902a69ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/module1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.codehaus.maven.plugins.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-571</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.codehaus.maven.plugins.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-571-module1</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>default</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>enforce</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <rules>
+                    <alwaysFail />
+                  </rules>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>mrelease571</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>enforce</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <rules>
+                    <alwaysPass />
+                  </rules>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1540a4046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.codehaus.maven.plugins.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-571</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
+  <modules>
+    <module>module1</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0839d3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-571_M3/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File releaseProperties = new File( basedir, 'release.properties' )
+assert releaseProperties.exists()
+
+def String execArgs = releaseProperties.filterLine { line ->
+   line.startsWith( 'exec.activateProfiles=' )
+}
+
+assert execArgs.contains( "mrelease571" )
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-618/my-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-618/my-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbcf930c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-618/my-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-618</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <pomFileName>my-pom.xml</pomFileName>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-618/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-618/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f34ab1752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-618/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[DEBUG] Specified POM file is not named 'pom.xml'. Using the '-f' command-line option to accommodate non-standard filename...")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-667/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-667/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..216c5555c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-667/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-667</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Prelease,!mrelease-677 ${arguments}</arguments>
+          <preparationGoals>help:all-profiles</preparationGoals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-help-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-667/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-667/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1440a7a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-667/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+// Can only be checked with M3 
+//assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[DEBUG] Profile with id: 'mrelease-677' has been explicitly activated.")
+
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("  Profile Id: mrelease-677 (Active: false , Source: settings.xml)")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-834/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-834/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad9190851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-834/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one ~ or more 
+  contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file ~ distributed with this 
+  work for additional information ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF 
+  licenses this file ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ~ 
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance ~ with the License. 
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+  ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, ~ software 
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 
+  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+  License for the ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations 
+  ~ under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-834</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-834/test.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-834/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ba71e6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-834/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+dependency.locations.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-835/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-835/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38bd07e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-835/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-835</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <autoResolveSnapshots>dependencies</autoResolveSnapshots>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>invoker</mavenExecutorId>
+          <goals>validate</goals>
+          <preparationGoals>validate</preparationGoals>
+          <completionGoals>verify</completionGoals>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency.test</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-835/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-835/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..027cc503b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-835/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[DEBUG]   (f) autoResolveSnapshots = dependencies")
+
+File pomXmlNext = new File( basedir, 'pom.xml.next' )
+assert pomXmlNext.exists()
+assert 1 == pomXmlNext.getText().count("<version>1.2.3</version>")
+assert 1 == pomXmlNext.getText().count("<version>2.3.4</version>")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef3b21b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.project = my-pom.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/my-pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/my-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b01a9209d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/my-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-966-my-pom</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91ebffc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-966-pom</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a39cde10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert 2 == buildLog.getText().count("[INFO] Building mrelease-966-my-pom 1.0-SNAPSHOT")
+assert 0 == buildLog.getText().count("[INFO] Building mrelease-966-pom 1.0-SNAPSHOT")
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[INFO] [INFO] Building mrelease-966-my-pom 1.0-SNAPSHOT")
+assert 1 == buildLog.getText().count("[DEBUG] Specified POM file is not named 'pom.xml'. Using the '-f' command-line option to accommodate non-standard filename...")
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20e7d116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-976</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-976</url>
+  <description>Tests that release:prepare supports setting a custom projectVersionPolicyId</description>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <projectVersionPolicyId>StubVersionPolicy</projectVersionPolicyId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-project-version-stub-policy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a947573f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def project = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) )
+assert project.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+def projectTag = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.tag" ) )
+assert projectTag.version.text() == "1.0"
+
+def projectNext = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+assert projectNext.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..284c0f58f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-985</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <connectionUrl>scm:dummy|nul</connectionUrl>
+          <username>perform_username</username>
+          <password>perform_password</password>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/test.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d79cfc30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+dependency.rel.test\:parent=1
+dependency.dev.test\:parent=2-SNAPSHOT
+dependency.rel.test\:dependency=1.0.RELEASE
+dependency.dev.test\:dependency=2.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e05fc8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-985/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def project = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) )
+assert project.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+assert project.parent.version.text() == "1-SNAPSHOT"
+assert project.dependencies.dependency.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+def projectTag = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.tag" ) )
+assert projectTag.version.text() == "1.0"
+assert projectTag.parent.version.text() == "1"
+assert projectTag.dependencies.dependency.version.text() == "1.0.RELEASE"
+
+def projectNext = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+assert projectNext.version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
+assert projectNext.parent.version.text() == "2-SNAPSHOT"
+assert projectNext.dependencies.dependency.version.text() == "2.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/completion-goals/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/completion-goals/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3834fa275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/completion-goals/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>completion-goals</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Plugin IT</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>invoker</mavenExecutorId>
+          <goals>validate</goals>
+          <preparationGoals>validate</preparationGoals>
+          <completionGoals>verify</completionGoals>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/completion-goals/verify.bsh b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/completion-goals/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..987c06cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/completion-goals/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
+
+try
+{
+    File buildLog = new File( basedir, "build.log" );
+
+    System.out.println( "Checking logs.." );
+
+    StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer( 1024 );
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( buildLog ) );
+    char[] buf = new char[1024];
+    int numRead = 0;
+    while ( ( numRead = reader.read( buf ) ) != -1 )
+    {
+        String readData = String.valueOf( buf, 0, numRead );
+        data.append( readData );
+        buf = new char[1024];
+    }
+    reader.close();
+    String contents = data.toString();
+
+    String expected = "Executing preparation goals";
+    int index = 0;
+
+    if( ( index = contents.indexOf( expected, index ) ) == -1 )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+        return false;
+    }
+    expected = "Executing goals 'validate'";
+
+    if( ( index = contents.indexOf( expected, index ) ) == -1 )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+        return false;
+    }
+    expected = "Executing completion goals";
+
+    if( ( index = contents.indexOf( expected, index ) ) == -1 )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+        return false;
+    }
+    expected = "Executing goals 'verify'";
+
+    if( ( index = contents.indexOf( expected, index ) ) == -1 )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+catch( Throwable t )
+{
+    t.printStackTrace();
+    return false;
+}
+
+return true;
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c19c7116f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.buildResult = failure
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..317f36abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>fail-on-snapshot</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <extensions>
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </extension>      
+    </extensions>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>invoker</mavenExecutorId>
+          <goals>validate</goals>
+          <preparationGoals>validate</preparationGoals>
+          <completionGoals>verify</completionGoals>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dependency.test</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>report</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bc9f5fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/fail-on-snapshots/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def buildLog = new File(basedir,'build.log')
+def nonReleased = buildLog.readLines()
+                          .dropWhile{ !it.endsWith("Can't release project due to non released dependencies :") }
+                          .drop(1)
+                          .collect{ (it - '[ERROR]').trim() }
+                          .takeWhile{ !it.startsWith("in project 'fail-on-snapshot'") } as Set
+
+assert nonReleased == ['test:dependency:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT:compile',
+                       'test:dependency.test:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT:test',
+                       'test:extension:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT',
+                       'test:plugin:maven-plugin:1.0-SNAPSHOT:runtime',                                 
+                       'test:report:maven-plugin:1.0-SNAPSHOT:runtime'] as Set
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..061222fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>parent-project</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../parent-project/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+  <name>module-a</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/App.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05ca6ecab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.a;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/AppTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca41b5f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.a;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81563eab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>parent-project</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../parent-project/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+  <name>module-b</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/App.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46fb8fffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.b;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/AppTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e11941dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/module-b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.b;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c27df667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent-project</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>parent-project</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/${project.file.parentFile.parentFile}/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/parent-project</connection>    
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/${project.file.parentFile.parentFile}/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/parent-project</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <modules>
+    <module>../module-a</module>
+    <module>../module-b</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/verify.bsh b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..349b5ac6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
+
+try
+{
+    File buildLog = new File( basedir, "build.log" );
+
+    System.out.println( "Checking logs.." );
+
+    StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer( 1024 );
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( buildLog ) );
+    char[] buf = new char[1024];
+    int numRead = 0;
+    while ( ( numRead = reader.read( buf ) ) != -1 )
+    {
+        String readData = String.valueOf( buf, 0, numRead );
+        data.append( readData );
+        buf = new char[1024];
+    }
+    reader.close();
+    String contents = data.toString();
+
+    String expected1 = "Full run would tag working copy '" + basedir.getParentFile() + "'";
+    String expected2 = "  with label 'parent-project-1.0'";
+
+    if( contents.indexOf( expected1 ) != -1 && contents.indexOf( expected2 ) != -1 )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    expected2 = "module-b with label 'module-b-1.0'";
+
+    if( contents.indexOf( expected2 ) != -1 )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    expected2 = "module-a with label 'module-a-1.0'";
+
+    if( contents.indexOf( expected2 ) != -1 )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+catch( Throwable t )
+{
+    t.printStackTrace();
+    return false;
+}
+
+System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+return false;
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/forked-basic/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/forked-basic/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b508dc37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/forked-basic/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>forked-basic</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Plugin IT</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar -D "maven.repo.local=@project.build.directory@/local-repo"</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/invoker-basic/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/invoker-basic/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbe895297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/invoker-basic/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>invoker-basic</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Plugin IT</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>invoker</mavenExecutorId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43b6c5fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = release:clean release:prepare
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/namespace/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/namespace/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fee1089a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/namespace/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>completion-goals</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  
+  <description>Verify that schemaLocation keeps its original value</description>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Plugin IT</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <arguments>-Dflag -Dfoo=bar</arguments>
+          <mavenExecutorId>invoker</mavenExecutorId>
+          <goals>validate</goals>
+          <preparationGoals>validate</preparationGoals>
+          <completionGoals>verify</completionGoals>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/namespace/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/namespace/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da22596b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/namespace/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+def project = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) )
+assert project['@xsi:schemaLocation'] == "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
+
+def projectTag = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.tag" ) )
+assert projectTag['@xsi:schemaLocation'] == "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
+
+def projectNext = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml.next" ) )
+assert projectNext['@xsi:schemaLocation'] == "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
+
+return true
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/oddeven-policy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/oddeven-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d0e7d86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/oddeven-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>oddversion-policy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <projectVersionPolicyId>OddEvenVersionPolicy</projectVersionPolicyId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-release-oddeven-policy</artifactId>
+            <version>@project.version@</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa942cb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>regular-multi-module-project</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+  <name>module-a</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/App.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05ca6ecab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.a;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/AppTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca41b5f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/a/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.a;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eafd261c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>regular-multi-module-project</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+  <name>module-b</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/App.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d4d841d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.b;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/AppTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1a903ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/module-b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/module/b/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.release.module.b;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083c8df6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>regular-multi-module-project</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>parent-project</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:file://localhost/${project.file.parentFile.parentFile}/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/</connection>    
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:file://localhost/${project.file.parentFile.parentFile}/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <modules>
+    <module>module-a</module>
+    <module>module-b</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/verify.bsh b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fa1e0d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
+
+try
+{
+    File buildLog = new File( basedir, "build.log" );
+
+    System.out.println( "Checking logs.." );
+
+    StringBuffer data = new StringBuffer( 1024 );
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( buildLog ) );
+    char[] buf = new char[1024];
+    int numRead = 0;
+    while ( ( numRead = reader.read( buf ) ) != -1 )
+    {
+        String readData = String.valueOf( buf, 0, numRead );
+        data.append( readData );
+        buf = new char[1024];
+    }
+    reader.close();
+    String contents = data.toString();
+
+    String expected1 = "Full run would tag working copy '" + basedir + "'";
+    String expected2 = "  with label 'regular-multi-module-project-1.0'";
+
+    if( contents.indexOf( expected1 ) != -1 && contents.indexOf( expected2 ) != -1 )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+catch( Throwable t )
+{
+    t.printStackTrace();
+    return false;
+}
+
+System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
+return false;
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/semver-policy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/semver-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df9eec731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/semver-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>oddversion-policy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <projectVersionPolicyId>SemVerVersionPolicy</projectVersionPolicyId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-release-semver-policy</artifactId>
+            <version>@project.version@</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/module-a/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/module-a/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..defc6bab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/module-a/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-555</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/module-b/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/module-b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96d119319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/module-b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mrelease-555</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+      <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7915866be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-555</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <url>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-555</url>
+  
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+  
+  <modules>
+    <module>module-a</module>
+    <module>module-b</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1d930373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-555/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def projectRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "module-b/pom.xml" ) )
+
+assert projectRoot.dependencies.dependency.version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"  
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-611/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-611/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67a2b403a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-611/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-661</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <url>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-611</url>
+  
+  <description>Ensure you can update from a non-SNAPSHOT project</description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-611/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-611/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..369c62546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-611/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+def projectRoot = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) )
+
+assert projectRoot.version.text() == "1.1-SNAPSHOT"  
+
+return true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-783/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-783/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b5abcece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-783/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-783</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Plugin IT</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc9693f7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-976/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-976</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-976</url>
+  <description>Tests that release:update-versions supports setting a custom projectVersionPolicyId</description>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <projectVersionPolicyId>StubVersionPolicy</projectVersionPolicyId>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-project-version-stub-policy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..350012e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/MRELEASE-976/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+// verifies that the version is unchanged because of the custom policy: 1.0-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0 -> 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+def project = new XmlSlurper().parse( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) )
+assert project.version.text() == "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+return true
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a567a5836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/update-versions/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = release:clean release:update-versions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97189ec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = install
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a5a96edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-project-naming-stub-policy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
+      <version>@project.version@</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-classes</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/stub/StubNamingPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/stub/StubNamingPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d784a5bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-naming-stub-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/stub/StubNamingPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicyResult;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+@Component( role = NamingPolicy.class, hint = "StubNamingPolicy" )
+public final class StubNamingPolicy
+    implements NamingPolicy
+{
+
+    public NamingPolicyResult getName( NamingPolicyRequest request )
+    {
+        return new NamingPolicyResult().setName( "STUB" );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97189ec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = install
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d3852782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-project-version-stub-policy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Stub Policy</name>
+  <description>
+    Provides a project version policy that switches between snapshot and release version.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
+      <version>@project.version@</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-classes</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/stub/StubVersionPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/stub/StubVersionPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deea559d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-project-version-stub-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/stub/StubVersionPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyResult;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link VersionPolicy} implementation that switches continously between shapsnot and release version.
+ */
+@Component( role = VersionPolicy.class, hint = "StubVersionPolicy" )
+public final class StubVersionPolicy
+    implements VersionPolicy
+{
+
+    public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+    {
+        return new VersionPolicyResult().setVersion( request.getVersion().replace( "-SNAPSHOT", "" ) );
+    }
+
+    public VersionPolicyResult getDevelopmentVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+    {
+        return new VersionPolicyResult().setVersion( request.getVersion().replace( "-SNAPSHOT", "" ) + "-SNAPSHOT" );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97189ec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = install
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cfbe221f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <name>Maven SCM Dummy Provider</name>
+  <description>Does nothing but telling the Release Plugin that the working copy is up-to-date.</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/dummy/DummyScmProvider.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/dummy/DummyScmProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c11540350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/dummy/DummyScmProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.dummy;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.status.StatusScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.AbstractScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy SCM provider used to bypass the {@code ScmCheckModificationsPhase} of the Release Plugin when doing a dry run
+ * for integration testing.
+ * 
+ * @plexus.component role="org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider" role-hint="dummy"
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class DummyScmProvider
+    extends AbstractScmProvider
+{
+
+    public String getScmType()
+    {
+        return "dummy";
+    }
+
+    public ScmProviderRepository makeProviderScmRepository( String scmSpecificUrl, char delimiter )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException
+    {
+        return new DummyScmProviderRepository();
+    }
+
+    protected StatusScmResult status( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet, CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return new StatusScmResult( "", "", "", true );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/dummy/DummyScmProviderRepository.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/dummy/DummyScmProviderRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ad6faac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/dummy/DummyScmProviderRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.dummy;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy SCM repository used to bypass the {@code ScmCheckModificationsPhase} of the Release Plugin when doing a dry
+ * run for integration testing.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class DummyScmProviderRepository
+    extends ScmProviderRepository
+{
+
+    // empty by design
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97189ec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = install
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26cef6f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-stub</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <name>Maven SCM Stub Provider</name>
+  <description>
+    Provides a minimal, file-based SCM provider to test the SCM operations of the Maven Release Plugin.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubBranchCommand.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubBranchCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d8f9633a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubBranchCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.branch.BranchScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy branch command.
+ * 
+ * @author Peter Janes
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+class StubBranchCommand
+    extends AbstractCommand
+{
+
+    protected ScmResult executeCommand( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return new BranchScmResult( null, new ArrayList() );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubCheckInCommand.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubCheckInCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86e453fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubCheckInCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkin.CheckInScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy check-in command.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+class StubCheckInCommand
+    extends AbstractCommand
+{
+
+    protected ScmResult executeCommand( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        List checkedInFiles = new ArrayList();
+
+        try
+        {
+            StubScmProviderRepository stubRepo = (StubScmProviderRepository) repository;
+
+            File workingCopyRoot = stubRepo.getWorkingCopyRoot( fileSet );
+            File repoRoot = stubRepo.getRoot();
+
+            getLogger().info( "Committing: " + workingCopyRoot + " > " + repoRoot );
+
+            List paths = stubRepo.getPaths( workingCopyRoot, fileSet );
+
+            for ( Iterator it = paths.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                String path = (String) it.next();
+                File srcFile = new File( workingCopyRoot, path );
+                File dstFile = new File( repoRoot, path );
+
+                getLogger().info( "  " + path );
+
+                if ( dstFile.isDirectory() )
+                {
+                    if ( !srcFile.isDirectory() )
+                    {
+                        throw new IOException( "Cannot commit a normal file to a directory: " + srcFile + " -> "
+                            + dstFile );
+                    }
+                }
+                else if ( dstFile.isFile() )
+                {
+                    if ( !srcFile.isFile() )
+                    {
+                        throw new IOException( "Cannot commit a directory to a normal file: " + srcFile + " -> "
+                            + dstFile );
+                    }
+                    FileUtils.copyFile( srcFile, dstFile );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new IOException( "Cannot commit to non-existing location: " + srcFile + " -> " + dstFile );
+                }
+
+                checkedInFiles.add( new ScmFile( path, ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_IN ) );
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ScmException( "Error while checking in the files.", e );
+        }
+
+        return new CheckInScmResult( null, checkedInFiles );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubCheckOutCommand.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubCheckOutCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2284fc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubCheckOutCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameter;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmBranch;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmTag;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkout.CheckOutScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy check-out command.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+class StubCheckOutCommand
+    extends AbstractCommand
+{
+
+    protected ScmResult executeCommand( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        List checkedOutFiles = new ArrayList();
+
+        try
+        {
+            StubScmProviderRepository stubRepo = (StubScmProviderRepository) repository;
+
+            File workingCopyRoot = fileSet.getBasedir();
+            ScmVersion version = parameters.getScmVersion( CommandParameter.SCM_VERSION );
+            File revRoot;
+            if ( version instanceof ScmTag )
+            {
+                revRoot = new File( stubRepo.getTagBase(), version.getName() );
+            }
+            else if ( version instanceof ScmBranch )
+            {
+                revRoot = new File( stubRepo.getBranchBase(), version.getName() );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                revRoot = stubRepo.getRoot();
+            }
+
+            getLogger().info( "Checking out: " + revRoot + " > " + workingCopyRoot );
+
+            if ( workingCopyRoot.isFile() )
+            {
+                throw new IOException( "Cannot check out into exising file" );
+            }
+            if ( workingCopyRoot.isDirectory() && workingCopyRoot.list().length > 0 )
+            {
+                throw new IOException( "Cannot check out into non-empty directory" );
+            }
+
+            List paths = stubRepo.getPaths( workingCopyRoot, fileSet );
+            if ( paths.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                paths.add( "." );
+            }
+
+            new File( workingCopyRoot, StubScmProviderRepository.WORKING_COPY_ROOT_MARKER_FILE ).createNewFile();
+
+            for ( Iterator it = paths.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                String path = (String) it.next();
+                File srcFile = new File( revRoot, path );
+                File dstFile = new File( workingCopyRoot, path );
+
+                getLogger().info( "  " + path );
+
+                if ( srcFile.isDirectory() )
+                {
+                    FileUtils.copyDirectoryStructure( srcFile, dstFile );
+                }
+                else if ( srcFile.isFile() )
+                {
+                    FileUtils.copyFile( srcFile, dstFile );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new IOException( "Cannot check out non-existing file: " + srcFile );
+                }
+
+                checkedOutFiles.add( new ScmFile( path, ScmFileStatus.CHECKED_OUT ) );
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ScmException( "Error while checking out the files.", e );
+        }
+
+        return new CheckOutScmResult( null, checkedOutFiles );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubScmProvider.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubScmProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7afbcee44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubScmProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.Command;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.branch.BranchScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkin.CheckInScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkout.CheckOutScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.status.StatusScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.tag.TagScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.AbstractScmProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.repository.ScmRepositoryException;
+
+/**
+ * A stub SCM provider used for the Maven Release Plugin when doing integration testing.
+ * 
+ * @plexus.component role="org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider" role-hint="stub"
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class StubScmProvider
+    extends AbstractScmProvider
+{
+
+    public String getScmType()
+    {
+        return "stub";
+    }
+
+    public ScmProviderRepository makeProviderScmRepository( String scmSpecificUrl, char delimiter )
+        throws ScmRepositoryException
+    {
+        return new StubScmProviderRepository( scmSpecificUrl );
+    }
+
+    protected ScmResult executeCommand( Command command, ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        command.setLogger( getLogger() );
+
+        return command.execute( repository, fileSet, parameters );
+    }
+
+    protected StatusScmResult status( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet, CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return (StatusScmResult) executeCommand( new StubStatusCommand(), repository, fileSet, parameters );
+    }
+
+    protected CheckInScmResult checkin( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return (CheckInScmResult) executeCommand( new StubCheckInCommand(), repository, fileSet, parameters );
+    }
+
+    protected CheckOutScmResult checkout( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                          CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return (CheckOutScmResult) executeCommand( new StubCheckOutCommand(), repository, fileSet, parameters );
+    }
+
+    protected BranchScmResult branch( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return (BranchScmResult) executeCommand( new StubBranchCommand(), repository, fileSet, parameters );
+    }
+
+    protected TagScmResult tag( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet, CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        return (TagScmResult) executeCommand( new StubTagCommand(), repository, fileSet, parameters );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubScmProviderRepository.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubScmProviderRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df6c24219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubScmProviderRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+
+/**
+ * A stub SCM repository used for the Maven Release Plugin when doing integration testing.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+class StubScmProviderRepository
+    extends ScmProviderRepository
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The root directory of the remote copy that corresponds to the root directory of the working copy.
+     */
+    private File root;
+
+    /**
+     * The root directory to create tags in. This path is derived from the root directory, assuming SVN conventions.
+     */
+    private File tagBase;
+
+    /**
+     * The root directory to create branches in. This path is derived from the root directory, assuming SVN conventions.
+     */
+    private File branchBase;
+
+    /**
+     * The simple name of the file used to mark the root directory of the working copy.
+     */
+    static final String WORKING_COPY_ROOT_MARKER_FILE = "_base.properties";
+
+    public StubScmProviderRepository( String url )
+    {
+        root = new File( url ).getAbsoluteFile();
+        initTagBranchBase();
+    }
+
+    private void initTagBranchBase()
+    {
+        File base;
+        for ( base = root; base != null; base = base.getParentFile() )
+        {
+            if ( "trunk".equals( base.getName() ) )
+            {
+                base = base.getParentFile();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if ( base == null )
+        {
+            base = root.getParentFile();
+        }
+        tagBase = new File( base, "tags" );
+        branchBase = new File( base, "branches" );
+    }
+
+    public File getRoot()
+    {
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    public File getTagBase()
+    {
+        return tagBase;
+    }
+
+    public File getBranchBase()
+    {
+        return branchBase;
+    }
+
+    public List getPaths( File workingCopyRoot, ScmFileSet fileSet )
+    {
+        List paths = new ArrayList();
+
+        Collection files = fileSet.getFileList();
+        if ( files != null && !files.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            for ( Iterator it = files.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                File file = (File) it.next();
+                if ( !file.isAbsolute() )
+                {
+                    file = new File( fileSet.getBasedir(), file.getPath() );
+                }
+
+                String path = getPath( workingCopyRoot, file );
+                paths.add( path );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return paths;
+    }
+
+    private String getPath( File root, File file )
+    {
+        StringBuffer path = new StringBuffer( 256 );
+
+        for ( File parent = file; !root.equals( parent ); )
+        {
+            if ( path.length() > 0 )
+            {
+                path.insert( 0, '/' );
+            }
+            path.insert( 0, parent.getName() );
+
+            parent = parent.getParentFile();
+            if ( parent == null )
+            {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Cannot relativize " + file + " against " + root );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return path.toString();
+    }
+
+    public File getWorkingCopyRoot( ScmFileSet fileSet )
+    {
+        for ( File root = fileSet.getBasedir(); root != null; root = root.getParentFile() )
+        {
+            if ( new File( root, WORKING_COPY_ROOT_MARKER_FILE ).isFile() )
+            {
+                return root;
+            }
+        }
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException( "SCM file set is not part of stub working copy: " + fileSet );
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "StubScmProviderRepository[root=" + root + ", tags=" + tagBase + ", branches=" + branchBase + "]";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubStatusCommand.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubStatusCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b4f8c4e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubStatusCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.status.StatusScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy status command.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+class StubStatusCommand
+    extends AbstractCommand
+{
+
+    protected ScmResult executeCommand( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        List changedFiles = new ArrayList();
+
+        return new StatusScmResult( null, changedFiles );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubTagCommand.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubTagCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d44ed8c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-scm-provider-stub/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/stub/StubTagCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package org.apache.maven.scm.provider.stub;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameter;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.CommandParameters;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFile;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileSet;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmFileStatus;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.ScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.command.tag.TagScmResult;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProviderRepository;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy tag command.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+class StubTagCommand
+    extends AbstractCommand
+{
+
+    protected ScmResult executeCommand( ScmProviderRepository repository, ScmFileSet fileSet,
+                                        CommandParameters parameters )
+        throws ScmException
+    {
+        List taggedFiles = new ArrayList();
+
+        try
+        {
+            StubScmProviderRepository stubRepo = (StubScmProviderRepository) repository;
+
+            File workingCopyRoot = stubRepo.getWorkingCopyRoot( fileSet );
+            File repoRoot = stubRepo.getRoot();
+            String tagName = parameters.getString( CommandParameter.TAG_NAME );
+            File tagRoot = new File( stubRepo.getTagBase(), tagName );
+
+            getLogger().info( "Tagging: " + repoRoot + " > " + tagRoot );
+
+            if ( tagRoot.exists() )
+            {
+                throw new IOException( "Cannot override existing tag" );
+            }
+
+            List paths = stubRepo.getPaths( workingCopyRoot, fileSet );
+            if ( paths.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                paths.add( "." );
+            }
+
+            for ( Iterator it = paths.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                String path = (String) it.next();
+                File srcFile = new File( repoRoot, path );
+                File dstFile = new File( tagRoot, path );
+
+                getLogger().info( "  " + path );
+
+                if ( srcFile.isDirectory() )
+                {
+                    FileUtils.copyDirectoryStructure( srcFile, dstFile );
+                }
+                else if ( srcFile.isFile() )
+                {
+                    FileUtils.copyFile( srcFile, dstFile );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new IOException( "Cannot tag non-existing file: " + srcFile );
+                }
+
+                taggedFiles.add( new ScmFile( path, ScmFileStatus.TAGGED ) );
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new ScmException( "Error while tagging the files.", e );
+        }
+
+        return new TagScmResult( null, taggedFiles );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/invoker.properties b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97189ec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals = install
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2d9a0e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>wagon-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Wagon Dummy Provider</name>
+  <description>
+    Provides a minimal Wagon provider to test the deploy operations of the Maven Release Plugin.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/dummy/DummyWagonProvider.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/dummy/DummyWagonProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..daa2b3a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/it/setup/maven-wagon-provider-dummy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/dummy/DummyWagonProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.dummy;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.ConnectionException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.TransferFailedException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication.AuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication.AuthenticationInfo;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.authorization.AuthorizationException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.events.SessionListener;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.events.TransferListener;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.proxy.ProxyInfo;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.proxy.ProxyInfoProvider;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.repository.Repository;
+
+/**
+ * DummyWagonProvider which does absolutely nothing
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ * 
+ * @plexus.component role="org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon" role-hint="dummy" instantiation-strategy="per-lookup"
+ */
+public class DummyWagonProvider implements Wagon
+{
+
+    public void get( String resourceName, File destination )
+        throws TransferFailedException, ResourceDoesNotExistException, AuthorizationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean getIfNewer( String resourceName, File destination, long timestamp )
+        throws TransferFailedException, ResourceDoesNotExistException, AuthorizationException
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void put( File source, String destination )
+        throws TransferFailedException, ResourceDoesNotExistException, AuthorizationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void putDirectory( File sourceDirectory, String destinationDirectory )
+        throws TransferFailedException, ResourceDoesNotExistException, AuthorizationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean resourceExists( String resourceName )
+        throws TransferFailedException, AuthorizationException
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getFileList( String destinationDirectory )
+        throws TransferFailedException, ResourceDoesNotExistException, AuthorizationException
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean supportsDirectoryCopy()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public Repository getRepository()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void connect( Repository source )
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void connect( Repository source, ProxyInfo proxyInfo )
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void connect( Repository source, ProxyInfoProvider proxyInfoProvider )
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void connect( Repository source, AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo )
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void connect( Repository source, AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo, ProxyInfo proxyInfo )
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void connect( Repository source, AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo, ProxyInfoProvider proxyInfoProvider )
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void openConnection()
+        throws ConnectionException, AuthenticationException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void disconnect()
+        throws ConnectionException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void setTimeout( int timeoutValue )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public int getTimeout()
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public void setReadTimeout( int timeoutValue )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public int getReadTimeout()
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public void addSessionListener( SessionListener listener )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void removeSessionListener( SessionListener listener )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasSessionListener( SessionListener listener )
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void addTransferListener( TransferListener listener )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void removeTransferListener( TransferListener listener )
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasTransferListener( TransferListener listener )
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInteractive()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void setInteractive( boolean interactive )
+    {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a4ded431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Base class with shared configuration.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${basedir}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private File basedir;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${settings}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private Settings settings;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    protected MavenProject project;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Component
+    protected ReleaseManager releaseManager;
+
+    /**
+     * Additional arguments to pass to the Maven executions, separated by spaces.
+     */
+    @Parameter( alias = "prepareVerifyArgs", property = "arguments" )
+    private String arguments;
+
+    /**
+     * The file name of the POM to execute any goals against. As of version 3.0.0, this defaults to the name of
+     * POM file of the project being built.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "pomFileName", defaultValue = "${project.file.name}" )
+    private String pomFileName;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${reactorProjects}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private List<MavenProject> reactorProjects;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code M2_HOME} parameter to use for forked Maven invocations.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${maven.home}" )
+    private File mavenHome;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code JAVA_HOME} parameter to use for forked Maven invocations.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${java.home}" )
+    private File javaHome;
+
+    /**
+     * The command-line local repository directory in use for this build (if specified).
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter ( defaultValue = "${maven.repo.local}" )
+    private File localRepoDirectory;
+
+    /**
+     * Role hint of the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor} implementation to use.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "invoker", property = "mavenExecutorId" )
+    private String mavenExecutorId;
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${session}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    protected MavenSession session;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy}
+     * implementation used to specify the phases per goal.
+     * 
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategies.DefaultStrategy
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "default", property = "releaseStrategyId" )
+    private String releaseStrategyId;
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the environment settings configured for this release.
+     *
+     * @return The release environment, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    protected ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return new DefaultReleaseEnvironment().setSettings( settings )
+                                              .setJavaHome( javaHome )
+                                              .setMavenHome( mavenHome )
+                                              .setLocalRepositoryDirectory( localRepoDirectory )
+                                              .setMavenExecutorId( mavenExecutorId );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the release descriptor from the various goal parameters.
+     *
+     * @return The release descriptor, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder descriptor = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        
+        descriptor.setInteractive( settings.isInteractiveMode() );
+
+        Path workingDirectory;
+        try
+        {
+            workingDirectory = getCommonBasedir( reactorProjects );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException( e.getMessage() );
+        }
+        descriptor.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.toFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        Path rootBasedir = basedir.toPath();
+        if ( rootBasedir.equals( workingDirectory ) )
+        {
+            descriptor.setPomFileName( pomFileName );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            descriptor.setPomFileName( workingDirectory.relativize( rootBasedir ).resolve( pomFileName ).toString() );
+        }
+
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            String versionlessKey = ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() );
+            descriptor.putOriginalVersion( versionlessKey, project.getVersion() );
+        }
+
+        descriptor.setAdditionalArguments( this.arguments );
+
+        List<String> profileIds = session.getRequest().getActiveProfiles();
+        String additionalProfiles = getAdditionalProfiles();
+
+        if ( !profileIds.isEmpty() || StringUtils.isNotBlank( additionalProfiles ) )
+        {
+            List<String> profiles = new ArrayList<>( profileIds );
+            
+            if ( additionalProfiles != null )
+            {
+                profiles.addAll( Arrays.asList( additionalProfiles.split( "," ) ) );
+            }
+
+            descriptor.setActivateProfiles( profiles );
+        }
+        
+        descriptor.setReleaseStrategyId( releaseStrategyId );
+
+        return descriptor;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the comma separated list of additional profiles for the release build.
+     *
+     * @return additional profiles to enable during release
+     */
+    protected String getAdditionalProfiles()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the component used to perform release actions.
+     *
+     * @param releaseManager The release manager implementation to use, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    void setReleaseManager( ReleaseManager releaseManager )
+    {
+        this.releaseManager = releaseManager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the effective settings for this build.
+     *
+     * @return The effective settings for this build, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    Settings getSettings()
+    {
+        return settings;
+    }
+
+    protected final File getBasedir()
+    {
+        return basedir;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the base directory of the build.
+     *
+     * @param basedir The build's base directory, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    public void setBasedir( File basedir )
+    {
+        this.basedir = basedir;
+    }
+
+    public void setPomFileName( String pomFileName )
+    {
+        this.pomFileName = pomFileName;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the list of projects in the build reactor.
+     *
+     * @return The list of reactor project, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    public List<MavenProject> getReactorProjects()
+    {
+        return reactorProjects;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add additional arguments.
+     *
+     * @param argument The argument to add, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    protected void addArgument( String argument )
+    {
+        if ( arguments != null )
+        {
+            arguments += " " + argument;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            arguments = argument;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static Path getCommonBasedir( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+                    throws IOException
+    {
+        Path basePath = reactorProjects.get( 0 ).getBasedir().toPath();
+        
+        for ( MavenProject reactorProject : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            Path matchPath = reactorProject.getBasedir().toPath();
+            while ( !basePath.startsWith( matchPath ) )
+            {
+                matchPath = matchPath.getParent();
+            }
+            basePath = matchPath;
+        }
+        
+        return basePath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6804603b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Mojo containing SCM parameters
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+// Extra layer since 2.4. Don't use @since doclet, these would be inherited by the subclasses
+public abstract class AbstractScmReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * The SCM username to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "username" )
+    private String username;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM password to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "password" )
+    private String password;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM tag to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( alias = "releaseLabel", property = "tag" )
+    private String tag;
+
+    /**
+     * Format to use when generating the tag name if none is specified. Property interpolation is performed on the
+     * tag, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code>
+     * to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>. The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> or <code>project.groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> or <code>project.artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>version</code> or <code>project.version</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 2.2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}", property = "tagNameFormat" )
+    private String tagNameFormat;
+
+    /**
+     * The tag base directory in SVN, you must define it if you don't use the standard svn layout (trunk/tags/branches).
+     * For example, <code>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags</code>. The URL is an SVN URL and does not
+     * include the SCM provider and protocol.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "tagBase" )
+    private String tagBase;
+
+    /**
+     * The message prefix to use for all SCM changes.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-5
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "[maven-release-plugin] ", property = "scmCommentPrefix" )
+    private String scmCommentPrefix;
+
+    /**
+     * Implemented with git will or not push changes to the upstream repository.
+     * <code>true</code> by default to preserve backward compatibility.
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "pushChanges" )
+    private boolean pushChanges = true;
+
+    /**
+     * A workItem for SCMs like RTC, TFS etc, that may require additional
+     * information to perform a pushChange operation.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "workItem" )
+    private String workItem;
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new or overwrite the default implementation per provider. 
+     * The key is the scm prefix and the value is the role hint of the
+     * {@link org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider}.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     * @see ScmManager#setScmProviderImplementation(String, String)
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private Map<String, String> providerImplementations;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM manager.
+     */
+    @Component
+    private ScmManager scmManager;
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        if ( providerImplementations != null )
+        {
+            for ( Map.Entry<String, String> providerEntry : providerImplementations.entrySet() )
+            {
+                getLog().info( "Change the default '" + providerEntry.getKey() + "' provider implementation to '"
+                    + providerEntry.getValue() + "'." );
+                scmManager.setScmProviderImplementation( providerEntry.getKey(), providerEntry.getValue() );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder descriptor = super.createReleaseDescriptor();
+
+        descriptor.setScmPassword( password );
+        descriptor.setScmReleaseLabel( tag );
+        descriptor.setScmTagNameFormat( tagNameFormat );
+        descriptor.setScmTagBase( tagBase );
+        descriptor.setScmUsername( username );
+        descriptor.setScmCommentPrefix( scmCommentPrefix );
+
+        descriptor.setPushChanges( pushChanges );
+        descriptor.setWorkItem( workItem );
+        
+        if ( project.getScm() != null )
+        {
+            if ( project.getScm().getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+            {
+                descriptor.setScmSourceUrl( project.getScm().getDeveloperConnection() );
+            }
+            else if ( project.getScm().getConnection() != null )
+            {
+                descriptor.setScmSourceUrl( project.getScm().getConnection() );
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // As long as Scm.getId() does not exist, read it as a property
+        descriptor.setScmId( project.getProperties().getProperty( "project.scm.id" ) );
+        
+        for ( MavenProject reactorProject : session.getProjects() )
+        {
+            if ( reactorProject.getScm() != null )
+            {
+                String projectId =
+                    ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( reactorProject.getGroupId(), reactorProject.getArtifactId() );
+                
+                descriptor.addOriginalScmInfo( projectId, buildScm( project ) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return descriptor;
+    }
+    
+    protected Scm buildScm( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        Scm scm;
+        if ( project.getOriginalModel().getScm() == null )
+        {
+            scm = null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            scm = new Scm();
+            scm.setConnection( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getConnection() );
+            scm.setDeveloperConnection( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getDeveloperConnection() );
+            scm.setTag( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getTag() );
+            scm.setUrl( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getUrl() );
+        }
+        return scm;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/BranchReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/BranchReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..955b01ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/BranchReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseBranchRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Branch a project in SCM, using the same steps as the <tt>release:prepare</tt> goal, creating a branch instead of a
+ * tag. For more info see <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/branch.html"
+ * >https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/branch.html</a>.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 2.0-beta-6
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "branch", aggregator = true )
+public class BranchReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractScmReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * The branch name to use.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "branchName" )
+    private String branchName;
+
+    /**
+     * The branch base directory in SVN, you must define it if you don't use the standard svn layout
+     * (trunk/tags/branches). For example, <code>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/branches</code>. The URL
+     * is an SVN URL and does not include the SCM provider and protocol.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "branchBase" )
+    private String branchBase;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update versions in the branch.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "updateBranchVersions" )
+    private boolean updateBranchVersions;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update versions in the working copy.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "updateWorkingCopyVersions" )
+    private boolean updateWorkingCopyVersions;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to suppress a commit of changes to the working copy
+     * before the tag is created.
+     * <br/>
+     * <br/>This requires <code>remoteTagging</code> to be set to false.
+     * <br/>
+     * <br/><code>suppressCommitBeforeBranch</code> is useful when you want
+     * to avoid poms with released versions in all revisions of your
+     * trunk or development branch.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "suppressCommitBeforeBranch" )
+    private boolean suppressCommitBeforeBranch;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update versions to SNAPSHOT in the branch.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "updateVersionsToSnapshot" )
+    private boolean updateVersionsToSnapshot;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to use "edit" mode on the SCM, to lock the file for editing during SCM operations.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "useEditMode" )
+    private boolean useEditMode;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update dependencies version to the next development version.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "updateDependencies" )
+    private boolean updateDependencies;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to automatically assign submodules the parent version.  If set to false,
+     * the user will be prompted for the version of each submodules.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "autoVersionSubmodules" )
+    private boolean autoVersionSubmodules;
+
+    /**
+     * Dry run: don't checkin or tag anything in the scm repository, or modify the checkout.
+     * Running <code>mvn -DdryRun=true release:prepare</code> is useful in order to check that modifications to
+     * poms and scm operations (only listed on the console) are working as expected.
+     * Modified POMs are written alongside the originals without modifying them.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "dryRun" )
+    private boolean dryRun;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to add a schema to the POM if it was previously missing on release.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "addSchema" )
+    private boolean addSchema;
+
+    /**
+     * currently only implemented with svn scm. Enable a workaround to prevent issue
+     * due to svn client > 1.5.0 (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SCM-406)
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "remoteTagging" )
+    private boolean remoteTagging;
+
+     /**
+     * A list of additional exclude filters that will be skipped when checking for
+     * modifications on the working copy.
+     *
+     * Is ignored, when checkModificationExcludes is set.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private String[] checkModificationExcludes;
+
+    /**
+     * Command-line version of checkModificationExcludes.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "checkModificationExcludeList" )
+    private String checkModificationExcludeList;
+
+    /**
+     * Specify the new version for the branch.
+     * This parameter is only meaningful if {@link #updateBranchVersions} = {@code true}.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "releaseVersion" )
+    private String releaseVersion;
+
+    /**
+     * Specify the new version for the working copy.
+     * This parameter is only meaningful if {@link #updateWorkingCopyVersions} = {@code true}.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "developmentVersion" )
+    private String developmentVersion;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy}
+     * implementation used to calculate the project versions.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies.DefaultVersionPolicy
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "default", property = "projectVersionPolicyId" )
+    private String projectVersionPolicyId;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy}
+     * implementation used to calculate the project names.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies.DefaultNamingPolicy
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "projectNamingPolicyId" )
+    private String projectBranchNamingPolicyId;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM commit comment when branching.
+     * Defaults to "@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}".
+     * <p>
+     * Property interpolation is performed on the value, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs
+     * during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code> to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>.
+     * The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>prefix</code> - The comment prefix.
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>releaseLabel</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0-M1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}", property = "scmBranchCommitComment" )
+    private String scmBranchCommitComment = "@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}";
+
+    /**
+     * Currently only implemented with svn scm. Enable the {@code --pin-externals} option in
+     * {@code svn copy} command which is new in Subversion 1.9.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "pinExternals" )
+    private boolean pinExternals;
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        super.execute();
+
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        config.setAddSchema( addSchema );
+        config.setScmUseEditMode( useEditMode );
+        config.setUpdateDependencies( updateDependencies );
+        config.setAutoVersionSubmodules( autoVersionSubmodules );
+        config.setScmReleaseLabel( branchName );
+        config.setScmBranchBase( branchBase );
+        config.setBranchCreation( true );
+        config.setUpdateBranchVersions( updateBranchVersions );
+        config.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( updateWorkingCopyVersions );
+        config.setUpdateVersionsToSnapshot( updateVersionsToSnapshot );
+        config.setRemoteTagging( remoteTagging );
+        config.setDefaultReleaseVersion( releaseVersion );
+        config.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( developmentVersion );
+        config.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( suppressCommitBeforeBranch );
+        config.setProjectVersionPolicyId( projectVersionPolicyId );
+        config.setProjectNamingPolicyId( projectBranchNamingPolicyId );
+        config.setScmBranchCommitComment( scmBranchCommitComment );
+        config.setPinExternals( pinExternals );
+
+        if ( checkModificationExcludeList != null )
+        {
+            checkModificationExcludes = checkModificationExcludeList.replaceAll( "\\s", "" ).split( "," );
+        }
+
+        if ( checkModificationExcludes != null )
+        {
+            config.setCheckModificationExcludes( Arrays.asList( checkModificationExcludes ) );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            ReleaseBranchRequest branchRequest = new ReleaseBranchRequest();
+            branchRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( config );
+            branchRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( getReleaseEnvironment() );
+            branchRequest.setReactorProjects( getReactorProjects() );
+            branchRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( new DefaultReleaseManagerListener( getLog(), dryRun ) );
+            branchRequest.setDryRun( dryRun );
+            branchRequest.setUserProperties( session.getUserProperties() );
+
+            releaseManager.branch( branchRequest );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/CleanReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/CleanReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43e34756e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/CleanReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseCleanRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Clean up after a release preparation. This is done automatically after a successful <tt>release:perform</tt>,
+ * so is best served for cleaning up a failed or abandoned release, or a dry run. Note that only the working copy
+ * is cleaned up, no previous steps are rolled back.
+ * For more info see <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/clean-release.html"
+ * >https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/clean-release.html</a>.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "clean", aggregator = true )
+public class CleanReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+{
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        releaseDescriptor.setWorkingDirectory( getBasedir().getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        ReleaseCleanRequest cleanRequest = new ReleaseCleanRequest();
+        cleanRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( releaseDescriptor );
+        cleanRequest.setReactorProjects( getReactorProjects() );
+        cleanRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( new DefaultReleaseManagerListener( getLog() ) );
+        
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.clean( cleanRequest );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage() );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51636f0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleasePerformRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Perform a release from SCM, either from a specified tag, or the tag representing the previous release in
+ * the working copy created by <tt>release:prepare</tt>.
+ * For more info see <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/perform-release.html"
+ * >https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/perform-release.html</a>.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "perform", aggregator = true, requiresProject = false )
+public class PerformReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * A space separated list of goals to execute on deployment. Default value is either <code>deploy</code> or
+     * <code>deploy site-deploy</code>, if the project has a &lt;distributionManagement&gt;/&lt;site&gt; element.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "goals" )
+    String goals;
+
+    /**
+     * Comma separated profiles to enable on deployment, in addition to active profiles for project execution.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "releaseProfiles" )
+    private String releaseProfiles;
+
+    /**
+     * The checkout directory.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/checkout", property = "workingDirectory", required = true )
+    private File workingDirectory;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM URL to checkout from. If omitted, the one from the <code>release.properties</code> file is used, followed
+     * by the URL from the current POM.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "connectionUrl" )
+    private String connectionUrl;
+
+    /**
+     * Use a local checkout instead of doing a checkout from the upstream repository.
+     * ATTENTION: This will only work with distributed SCMs which support the file:// protocol
+     * like e.g. git, jgit or hg!
+     *
+     * TODO: we should think about having the defaults for the various SCM providers provided via modello!
+     *
+     * @since 2.0 for release:perform and 2.5.2 for release:stage
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "localCheckout" )
+    private boolean localCheckout;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM username to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "username" )
+    private String username;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM password to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "password" )
+    private String password;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to use the release profile that adds sources and javadocs to the released artifact, if appropriate.
+     * If set to true, the release plugin sets the property "performRelease" to true, which activates the profile
+     * "release-profile", which is inherited from the super pom.
+     *
+     * @deprecated The release profile will be removed from future versions of the super POM
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "useReleaseProfile" )
+    @Deprecated
+    private boolean useReleaseProfile;
+
+    /**
+     * Dry run: don't checkout anything from the scm repository, or modify the checkout.
+     * The goals (by default at least {@code deploy}) will <strong>not</strong> be executed.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "dryRun" )
+    private boolean dryRun;
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new or overwrite the default implementation per provider.
+     * The key is the scm prefix and the value is the role hint of the
+     * {@link org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider}.
+     *
+     * @since 2.5.3
+     * @see ScmManager#setScmProviderImplementation(String, String)
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private Map<String, String> providerImplementations;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM manager.
+     */
+    @Component
+    private ScmManager scmManager;
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getAdditionalProfiles()
+    {
+        return releaseProfiles;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        if ( providerImplementations != null )
+        {
+            for ( Map.Entry<String, String> providerEntry : providerImplementations.entrySet() )
+            {
+                getLog().info( "Change the default '" + providerEntry.getKey() + "' provider implementation to '"
+                    + providerEntry.getValue() + "'." );
+                scmManager.setScmProviderImplementation( providerEntry.getKey(), providerEntry.getValue() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        // goals may be splitted into multiple line in configuration.
+        // Let's build a single line command
+        if ( goals != null )
+        {
+            goals = StringUtils.join( StringUtils.split( goals ), " " );
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            setDeploymentRepository();
+            // Note that the working directory here is not the same as in the release configuration, so don't reuse that
+            ReleaseDescriptorBuilder releaseDescriptor = createReleaseDescriptor();
+            if ( connectionUrl != null )
+            {
+                releaseDescriptor.setScmSourceUrl( connectionUrl );
+            }
+
+            if ( username != null )
+            {
+                releaseDescriptor.setScmUsername( username );
+            }
+
+            if ( password != null )
+            {
+                releaseDescriptor.setScmPassword( password );
+            }
+
+            releaseDescriptor.setLocalCheckout( localCheckout );
+
+            releaseDescriptor.setCheckoutDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+            releaseDescriptor.setUseReleaseProfile( useReleaseProfile );
+
+            createGoals();
+            releaseDescriptor.setPerformGoals( goals );
+
+            ReleasePerformRequest performRequest  = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+            performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( releaseDescriptor );
+            performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( getReleaseEnvironment() );
+            performRequest.setReactorProjects( getReactorProjects() );
+            performRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( new DefaultReleaseManagerListener( getLog(), dryRun ) );
+            performRequest.setDryRun( dryRun );
+
+            releaseManager.perform( performRequest );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Just here so it may be overridden by StageReleaseMojo */
+    void setDeploymentRepository()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /** Just here so it may be overridden by StageReleaseMojo */
+    void createGoals()
+    {
+        if ( goals == null )
+        {
+            // set default
+            goals = "deploy";
+            if ( project.getDistributionManagement() != null
+                && project.getDistributionManagement().getSite() != null )
+            {
+                goals += " site-deploy";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7422354e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleasePrepareRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Prepare for a release in SCM. Steps through several phases to ensure the POM is ready to be released and then
+ * prepares SCM to eventually contain a tagged version of the release and a record in the local copy of the parameters
+ * used. This can be followed by a call to <tt>release:perform</tt>. For more info see <a
+ * href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/prepare-release.html"
+ * >https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/prepare-release.html</a>.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jdcasey@apache.org">John Casey</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@apache.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+// TODO [!] check how this works with version ranges
+@Mojo( name = "prepare", aggregator = true, requiresDependencyCollection = ResolutionScope.TEST )
+public class PrepareReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractScmReleaseMojo
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Resume a previous release attempt from the point where it was stopped.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "resume" )
+    private boolean resume;
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Please use release:prepare-with-pom instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "generateReleasePoms" )
+    private boolean generateReleasePoms;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to use "edit" mode on the SCM, to lock the file for editing during SCM operations.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "useEditMode" )
+    private boolean useEditMode;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update dependencies version to the next development version.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-5
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "updateDependencies" )
+    private boolean updateDependencies;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to automatically assign submodules the parent version. If set to false, the user will be prompted for the
+     * version of each submodules.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-5
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "autoVersionSubmodules" )
+    private boolean autoVersionSubmodules;
+
+    /**
+     * Dry run: don't checkin or tag anything in the scm repository, or modify the checkout. Running
+     * <code>mvn -DdryRun=true release:prepare</code> is useful in order to check that modifications to poms and scm
+     * operations (only listed on the console) are working as expected. Modified POMs are written alongside the
+     * originals without modifying them.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "dryRun" )
+    private boolean dryRun;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to add a schema to the POM if it was previously missing on release.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "addSchema" )
+    private boolean addSchema;
+
+    /**
+     * Goals to run as part of the preparation step, after transformation but before committing. Space delimited.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "clean verify", property = "preparationGoals" )
+    private String preparationGoals;
+
+    /**
+     * Goals to run on completion of the preparation step, after transformation back to the next development version but
+     * before committing. Space delimited.
+     *
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "", property = "completionGoals" )
+    private String completionGoals;
+
+    /**
+     * Commits to do are atomic or by project.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-5
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "commitByProject" )
+    private boolean commitByProject;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to allow timestamped SNAPSHOT dependencies. Default is to fail when finding any SNAPSHOT.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-7
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "ignoreSnapshots" )
+    private boolean allowTimestampedSnapshots;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to allow usage of a SNAPSHOT version of the Release Plugin. This in an internal property used to support
+     * testing of the plugin itself in batch mode.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-9
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "allowReleasePluginSnapshot", readonly = true )
+    private boolean allowReleasePluginSnapshot;
+
+    /**
+     * A list of additional exclude filters that will be skipped when checking for modifications on the working copy. Is
+     * ignored, when checkModificationExcludes is set.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private String[] checkModificationExcludes;
+
+    /**
+     * Command-line version of checkModificationExcludes.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "checkModificationExcludeList" )
+    private String checkModificationExcludeList;
+
+    /**
+     * Default version to use when preparing a release or a branch.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "releaseVersion" )
+    private String releaseVersion;
+
+    /**
+     * Default version to use for new local working copy.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "developmentVersion" )
+    private String developmentVersion;
+
+    /**
+     * Currently only implemented with svn scm.
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>Enables a workaround to prevent issue due to svn client > 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.6.5)
+     * (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SCM-406)</li>
+     * <li>You may not want to use this in conjunction with <code>suppressCommitBeforeTag</code>, such that no poms with
+     * released versions are committed to the working copy ever.</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-9
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "remoteTagging" )
+    private boolean remoteTagging;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to bump the working copy versions to <code>developmentVersion</code>.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "updateWorkingCopyVersions" )
+    private boolean updateWorkingCopyVersions;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to suppress a commit of changes to the working copy before the tag is created. <br/>
+     * <br/>
+     * This requires <code>remoteTagging</code> to be set to false. <br/>
+     * <br/>
+     * <code>suppressCommitBeforeTag</code> is useful when you want to avoid poms with released versions in all
+     * revisions of your trunk or development branch.
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "suppressCommitBeforeTag" )
+    private boolean suppressCommitBeforeTag;
+
+    /**
+     * Wait the specified number of seconds before creating the tag. <br/>
+     * <code>waitBeforeTagging</code> is useful when your source repository is synced between several instances and
+     * access to it is determined by geographical location, like the SVN repository at the Apache Software Foundation.
+     *
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "0", property = "waitBeforeTagging" )
+    private int waitBeforeTagging;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy}
+     * implementation used to calculate the project versions.
+     *
+     * @since 2.5.1
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies.DefaultVersionPolicy
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "default", property = "projectVersionPolicyId" )
+    private String projectVersionPolicyId;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.naming.NamingPolicy}
+     * implementation used to calculate the project branch and tag names.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.policies.DefaultNamingPolicy
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "projectNamingPolicyId" )
+    private String projectTagNamingPolicyId;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM commit comment when setting pom.xml to release.
+     * Defaults to "@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}".
+     * <p>
+     * Property interpolation is performed on the value, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs
+     * during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code> to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>.
+     * The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>prefix</code> - The comment prefix.
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>releaseLabel</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}", property = "scmReleaseCommitComment" )
+    private String scmReleaseCommitComment = "@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}";
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM commit comment when setting pom.xml back to development.
+     * Defaults to "@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration".
+     * <p>
+     * Property interpolation is performed on the value, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs
+     * during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code> to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>.
+     * The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>prefix</code> - The comment prefix.
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>releaseLabel</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( 
+            defaultValue = "@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration", 
+            property = "scmDevelopmentCommitComment" )
+    private String scmDevelopmentCommitComment = "@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration";
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies whether unresolved SNAPSHOT dependencies should automatically be resolved.
+     * If this is set, then this specifies the default answer to be used when unresolved SNAPSHOT
+     * dependencies should automatically be resolved ( 0:All 1:Project Dependencies 2:Plugins
+     * 3:Reports 4:Extensions ). Possible values are:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>"all" or "0": resolve all kinds of snapshots, ie. project, plugin, report and extension dependencies </li>
+     * <li>"dependencies" or "1": resolve project dependencies</li>
+     * <li>"plugins" or "2": resolve plugin dependencis</li>
+     * <li>"reports" or "3": resolve report dependencies</li>
+     * <li>"extensions" or "4": resolve extension dependencies</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * 
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "autoResolveSnapshots" )
+    private String autoResolveSnapshots;
+
+    /**
+     * Currently only implemented with svn scm. Enable the {@code --pin-externals} option in
+     * {@code svn copy} command which is new in Subversion 1.9.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "pinExternals" )
+    private boolean pinExternals;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        if ( generateReleasePoms )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( "Generating release POMs is no longer supported in release:prepare. "
+                + "Please run release:prepare-with-pom instead." );
+        }
+
+        prepareRelease( generateReleasePoms );
+    }
+
+    protected void prepareRelease( boolean generateReleasePoms )
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        // this is here so the subclass can call it without getting the extra generateReleasePoms check in execute()
+        // above
+        super.execute();
+
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        config.setAddSchema( addSchema );
+        config.setGenerateReleasePoms( generateReleasePoms );
+        config.setScmUseEditMode( useEditMode );
+        config.setPreparationGoals( preparationGoals );
+        config.setCompletionGoals( completionGoals );
+        config.setCommitByProject( commitByProject );
+        config.setUpdateDependencies( updateDependencies );
+        config.setAutoVersionSubmodules( autoVersionSubmodules );
+        config.setAllowTimestampedSnapshots( allowTimestampedSnapshots );
+        config.setSnapshotReleasePluginAllowed( allowReleasePluginSnapshot );
+        config.setDefaultReleaseVersion( releaseVersion );
+        config.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( developmentVersion );
+        config.setRemoteTagging( remoteTagging );
+        config.setUpdateWorkingCopyVersions( updateWorkingCopyVersions );
+        config.setSuppressCommitBeforeTagOrBranch( suppressCommitBeforeTag );
+        config.setWaitBeforeTagging( waitBeforeTagging );
+        config.setProjectVersionPolicyId( projectVersionPolicyId );
+        config.setProjectNamingPolicyId( projectTagNamingPolicyId );
+        config.setScmDevelopmentCommitComment( scmDevelopmentCommitComment );
+        config.setScmReleaseCommitComment( scmReleaseCommitComment );
+        config.setAutoResolveSnapshots( autoResolveSnapshots );
+        config.setPinExternals( pinExternals );
+
+        if ( checkModificationExcludeList != null )
+        {
+            checkModificationExcludes = checkModificationExcludeList.replaceAll( "\\s", "" ).split( "," );
+        }
+
+        if ( checkModificationExcludes != null )
+        {
+            config.setCheckModificationExcludes( Arrays.asList( checkModificationExcludes ) );
+        }
+        
+        ReleasePrepareRequest prepareRequest = new ReleasePrepareRequest();
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( config );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( getReleaseEnvironment() );
+        prepareRequest.setReactorProjects( getReactorProjects() );
+        prepareRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( new DefaultReleaseManagerListener( getLog(), dryRun ) );
+        prepareRequest.setResume( resume );
+        prepareRequest.setDryRun( dryRun );
+        prepareRequest.setUserProperties( session.getUserProperties() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            releaseManager.prepare( prepareRequest );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareWithPomReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareWithPomReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b56eb0d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareWithPomReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+
+/**
+ * Prepare for a release in SCM, fully resolving dependencies for the purpose of producing a "release POM".
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "prepare-with-pom", aggregator = true, requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST )
+public class PrepareWithPomReleaseMojo
+    extends PrepareReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * Whether to generate <code>release-pom.xml</code> files that contain resolved information about the project.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "generateReleasePoms" )
+    private boolean generateReleasePoms;
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        prepareRelease( generateReleasePoms );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/RollbackReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/RollbackReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11778c6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/RollbackReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseRollbackRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Rollback changes made by a previous release. This requires that the previous release descriptor
+ * <tt>release.properties</tt> is still available in the local working copy. For more info see <a
+ * href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/rollback-release.html"
+ * >https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/rollback-release.html</a>.
+ *
+ * @since 2.0-beta-5
+ * @author Edwin Punzalan
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "rollback", aggregator = true )
+public class RollbackReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractScmReleaseMojo
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM commit comment when rolling back.
+     * Defaults to "@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}".
+     * <p>
+     * Property interpolation is performed on the value, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs
+     * during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code> to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>.
+     * The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>prefix</code> - The comment prefix.
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>releaseLabel</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter(
+            defaultValue = "@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}", 
+            property = "scmRollbackCommitComment" )
+    private String scmRollbackCommitComment = "@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}";
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        super.execute();
+
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        config.setScmRollbackCommitComment( scmRollbackCommitComment );
+
+        try
+        {
+            ReleaseRollbackRequest rollbackRequest = new ReleaseRollbackRequest();
+            rollbackRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( config );
+            rollbackRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( getReleaseEnvironment() );
+            rollbackRequest.setReactorProjects( getReactorProjects()  );
+            rollbackRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( new DefaultReleaseManagerListener( getLog() ) );
+            
+            releaseManager.rollback( rollbackRequest );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/StageReleaseMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/StageReleaseMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a92b7b3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/StageReleaseMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Perform a release from SCM to a staging repository.
+ *
+ * If no goals are given, these default to <code>deploy</code> or <code>deploy site:stage-deploy</code>,
+ * if the project has a &lt;distributionManagement&gt;/&lt;site&gt; element.
+ *
+ * If the goals contain <code>site-deploy</code> or <code>site:deploy</code>, these
+ * are overridden with <code>site:stage-deploy</code>.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:nicolas@apache.org">Nicolas De Loof</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 2.0-beta-8
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "stage", aggregator = true, requiresProject = false )
+public class StageReleaseMojo
+    extends PerformReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * URL of the staging repository to use.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "stagingRepository", required = true )
+    private String stagingRepository;
+
+    @Override
+    void createGoals()
+    {
+        if ( goals == null )
+        {
+            // set default
+            goals = "deploy";
+            if ( project.getDistributionManagement() != null
+                && project.getDistributionManagement().getSite() != null )
+            {
+                goals += " site:stage-deploy";
+            }
+        }
+
+        goals = StringUtils.replace( goals, "site-deploy", "site:stage-deploy" );
+        goals = StringUtils.replace( goals, "site:deploy", "site:stage-deploy" );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void setDeploymentRepository()
+    {
+        addArgument( "-DaltDeploymentRepository=\"" + stagingRepository + "\"" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/UpdateVersionsMojo.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/UpdateVersionsMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17c47de8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/UpdateVersionsMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Update the POM versions for a project. This performs the normal version updates of the <tt>release:prepare</tt> goal
+ * without making other modifications to the SCM such as tagging. For more info see <a
+ * href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/update-versions.html"
+ * >https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/update-versions.html</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Paul Gier
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "update-versions", aggregator = true )
+public class UpdateVersionsMojo
+    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to automatically assign submodules the parent version. If set to false, the user will be prompted for the
+     * version of each submodules.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "autoVersionSubmodules" )
+    private boolean autoVersionSubmodules;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to add a schema to the POM if it was previously missing on release.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "addSchema" )
+    private boolean addSchema;
+
+    /**
+     * Default version to use for new local working copy.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "developmentVersion" )
+    private String developmentVersion;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update dependencies version to the next development version.
+     *
+     * @since 2.5.2
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "updateDependencies" )
+    private boolean updateDependencies;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to use "edit" mode on the SCM, to lock the file for editing during SCM operations.
+     *
+     * @since 2.5.2
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "useEditMode" )
+    private boolean useEditMode;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the VersionPolicy implementation used to calculate the project versions.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "default", property = "projectVersionPolicyId" )
+    private String projectVersionPolicyId;
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        final ReleaseDescriptorBuilder config = createReleaseDescriptor();
+        config.setAddSchema( addSchema );
+        config.setAutoVersionSubmodules( autoVersionSubmodules );
+        config.setDefaultDevelopmentVersion( developmentVersion );
+        config.setScmUseEditMode( useEditMode );
+        config.setUpdateDependencies( updateDependencies );
+        config.setProjectVersionPolicyId( projectVersionPolicyId );
+
+        config.addOriginalScmInfo( ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId() ),
+                                   project.getScm() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest updateVersionsRequest = new ReleaseUpdateVersionsRequest();
+            updateVersionsRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( config );
+            updateVersionsRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( getReleaseEnvironment() );
+            updateVersionsRequest.setReactorProjects( getReactorProjects() );
+            updateVersionsRequest.setReleaseManagerListener( new DefaultReleaseManagerListener( getLog() ) );
+            updateVersionsRequest.setUserProperties( session.getUserProperties() );
+
+            releaseManager.updateVersions( updateVersionsRequest );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseExecutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+        catch ( ReleaseFailureException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException( e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/branch.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/branch.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c7b8972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/branch.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+  ------
+  Create a Branch
+  ------
+  Emmanuel Venisse <evenisse@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Create a Branch
+
+  Creating a branch involves the following release phases:
+
+   * Check that there are no uncommitted changes in the sources
+
+   * Change the version in the POMs if you want to change it in the branch (you will be prompted for the versions to use)
+
+   * Transform the SCM information in the POM to include the final destination of the tag
+
+   * Commit the modified POMs
+
+   * Tag the code in the SCM as a new branch with a version name (this will be prompted for)
+
+   * Bump the version in the POMs if you want to change it to a new value y-SNAPSHOT (these values will also be prompted for)
+
+   * Commit the modified POMs
+
+   []
+
+  To create a branch execute this command:
+
+-------
+mvn release:branch -DbranchName=my-branch
+-------
+
+  By default, the POM in the new branch keeps the same version as the local working copy, and the local POM is incremented
+  to the next revision. If you want to update versions in the new branch and not in the working copy, run:
+
+-------
+mvn release:branch -DbranchName=my-branch -DupdateBranchVersions=true -DupdateWorkingCopyVersions=false
+-------
+
+  <<Note:>> This can be useful if you want to create a branch from a tag
+
+
+* Specify versions on the command line
+
+  You may want to specify the versions to use on the command line.  This can be useful for example if you are running
+  the release in non-interactive mode.  The <<<branch>>> goal can use the same properties used by the <<<prepare>>> goal for
+  specifying the versions to be used.
+
+
+-----------
+mvn --batch-mode release:branch -DbranchName=my-branch-1.2 -Dproject.rel.org.myCompany:projectA=1.2 \
+     -Dproject.dev.org.myCompany:projectA=2.0-SNAPSHOT
+-----------
+
+  In this example, the POM in the new branch will be set to the version 1.2-SNAPSHOT, and the
+  local POM will be set to the version 2.0-SNAPSHOT.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/clean-release.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/clean-release.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d756db07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/clean-release.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+  ------
+  Clean a Release
+  ------
+  Dennis Lundberg <dennisl@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Clean a Release
+
+  Cleaning a release goes through the following release phases:
+
+  * Delete the release descriptor (<<<release.properties>>>)
+
+  * Delete any backup POM files
+
+  []
+
+  To clean a release execute this command:
+
+-------
+mvn release:clean
+-------
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/generate-release-poms.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/generate-release-poms.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c722143b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/generate-release-poms.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+  ------
+  Generate Release POMs
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-04
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Generate Release POMs
+
+  To generate POMs with resolved information (e.g. version numbers) to check the values that the Release Plugin will use,
+  execute the <<<prepare-with-pom>>> goal. Resolved values will be saved in <<<release-pom.xml>>>.
+
++-------
+mvn release:prepare-with-pom
++-------
+
+  This relies on <<<release.properties>>> being present from a previous release preparation. If this is not the case,
+  you need to give the goal the name of the URL and optional tag to perform the release from. For example:
+
++-------
+mvn release:prepare-with-pom
+  -DconnectionUrl=scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags/maven-release-plugin-2.0
++-------
+
+  After the release is complete, the <<<release.properties>>> and other release files will be removed from the checkout.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/lock-files.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/lock-files.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6115b4882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/lock-files.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+  ------
+  Lock Files During Release
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+~~ NOTE: For help with the syntax of this file, see:
+~~ http://maven.apache.org/doxia/references/apt-format.html
+
+Lock Files During Release
+
+  If you want to lock the files during a release operation set the property <<<useEditMode>>> to <<<true>>>. The default
+  value of this property is <<<false>>>.
+
+-------
+mvn release:perform -DuseEditMode=true
+-------
+
+  This relies on <<<release.properties>>> being present from a previous release preparation. If this is not the case,
+  you need to give the goal the name of the URL and optional tag to perform the release from. For example:
+
+-------
+mvn release:perform -DuseEditMode=true
+  -DconnectionUrl=scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags/maven-release-plugin-2.0
+-------
+
+  After the release is complete, the <<<release.properties>>> and other release files will be removed from the checkout.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/non-interactive-release.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/non-interactive-release.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70fd16304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/non-interactive-release.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+  ------
+  Performing a Non-interactive Release
+  ------
+  Paul Gier
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Performing a Non-interactive Release
+
+  In some environments, it may be necessary to perform a non-interactive release.  This means that
+  the Release Plugin will obtain the required parameters from system properties (set on the command line)
+  or from a properties file (<<<release.properties>>>).
+
+  To prevent the Release Plugin from prompting the user for any information, Maven should be put into
+  batch mode.
+
+-----------
+mvn -B release:prepare
+-----------
+
+  or
+
+-----------
+mvn --batch-mode release:prepare
+-----------
+
+* Using system properties
+
+  Using batch mode with no other configuration will cause the Release Plugin to use default values
+  for the release version, the SCM tag, and the next development version.  These values can also
+  be set from the command line.
+
+  The SCM tag name can be set using the <<<tag>>> property.  And default values for the release version
+  and new development version can be set using the properties <<<releaseVersion>>> and
+  <<<developmentVersion>>> respectively.
+
+-----------
+mvn --batch-mode -Dtag=my-proj-1.2 release:prepare \
+                 -DreleaseVersion=1.2 \
+                 -DdevelopmentVersion=2.0-SNAPSHOT
+-----------
+
+* Multi-module releases
+
+  Because there is the possibility that a release will include multiple release versions and
+  SNAPSHOT versions (for a multi-module project), there is a specific format for setting these
+  values.  The property name should start with <<<project.rel>>> for release versions and
+  <<<project.dev>>> for the new development version.  These prefixes are followed by the
+  project's groupId and artifactId (separated by a colon).  So the result looks something like
+  the following example.
+
+-----------
+mvn --batch-mode -Dtag=my-proj-1.2 -Dproject.rel.org.myCompany:projectA=1.2 \
+     -Dproject.dev.org.myCompany:projectA=1.3-SNAPSHOT release:prepare
+-----------
+
+  Using this convention, multiple release versions and SNAPSHOT versions (one for each
+  project module) can be specified on the command line.
+
+  These properties can be used in combination with the <<<releaseVersion>>> and
+  <<<developmentVersion>>>.  In the case where both are used, <<<releaseVersion>>> and
+  <<<developmentVersion>>> act as defaults for modules that have not been given specific
+  values using the <<<groupId:artifactId>>> format.
+
+
+* Using a properties file
+
+  Another option is to create a properties file that contains the version information for
+  the project you would like to release.  The properties file should be called <<<release.properties>>>
+  and the release and SNAPSHOT versions follow the same conventions as they do on the
+  command line.
+
+-----------
+scm.tag=my-proj-1.2
+project.rel.org.myCompany\:projectA=1.2
+project.dev.org.myCompany\:projectA=1.3-SNAPSHOT
+-----------
+
+  <<Note:>> Remember to escape the colon with a backslash, otherwise the property will not be
+  interpreted correctly.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/perform-release.apt.vm b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/perform-release.apt.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bf4033b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/perform-release.apt.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+  ------
+  Perform a Release
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2011-09-23
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Perform a Release
+
+  Performing a release runs the following release phases:
+
+   * Checkout from an SCM URL with optional tag
+
+   * Run the predefined Maven goals to release the project (by default, <<<deploy site-deploy>>>)
+
+   []
+
+  To perform a release, execute this command:
+
+-------
+mvn release:perform
+-------
+
+  This relies on <<<release.properties>>> being present from a previous release preparation. If this is not the case,
+  you need to give the goal the URL and an optional tag to perform the release from. For example:
+
+-------
+mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:${project.version}:perform -DconnectionUrl=scm:svn:https://svn.mycompany.com/repos/path/to/myproject/tags/myproject-1.2.3
+-------
+
+  <<<release:perform>>> will fork a new Maven instance to build the checked-out project. This new Maven instance will use the
+  same system configuration and Maven profiles used by the one running the <<<release:perform>>> goal. Since there's no pom.xml, 
+  you should use the fully qualified name of the goal to ensure the right version of the maven-release-plugin is used.
+  
+
+  It is possible to
+  force some profiles to get enabled during release (for example to enable time-consuming tasks that are only relevant
+  at release-time) by setting a comma separated list of profiles names in the <<<releaseProfiles>>> parameter. The goals and
+  profiles required to release the project can then be configured in the POM:
+
+-------
+  <plugin>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>${project.version}</version>
+    <configuration>
+      <!--
+        During release:perform, enable the "release" profile
+       -->
+      <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+    </configuration>
+  </plugin>
+-------
+
+  After the release is complete, the <<<release.properties>>> and other release files will be removed from the checkout.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/prepare-release.apt.vm b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/prepare-release.apt.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afa9dab2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/prepare-release.apt.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+  ------
+  Prepare a Release
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  Dennis Lundberg <dennisl@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Prepare a Release
+
+  Preparing a release goes through the following release phases:
+
+   * Check that there are no uncommitted changes in the sources
+
+   * Check that there are no SNAPSHOT dependencies
+
+   * Change the version in the POMs from x-SNAPSHOT to a new version (you will be prompted for the versions to use)
+
+   * Transform the SCM information in the POM to include the final destination of the tag
+
+   * Run the project tests against the modified POMs to confirm everything is in working order
+
+   * Commit the modified POMs
+
+   * Tag the code in the SCM with a version name (this will be prompted for)
+
+   * Bump the version in the POMs to a new value y-SNAPSHOT (these values will also be prompted for)
+
+   * Commit the modified POMs
+
+   []
+
+  To prepare a release execute this command:
+
+-------
+mvn release:prepare
+-------
+
+  <<Note:>> If an error occurs, or the process is cancelled, then running this command again will pick up from where the
+  last one left off.
+
+  If you wish to start again, use:
+
+-------
+mvn release:prepare -Dresume=false
+-------
+
+  Alternatively, you can use:
+
+-------
+mvn release:clean release:prepare
+-------
+
+  <<Note:>> If any changes have been made to your source files they might need to be reverted before you restart the
+  prepare process.  You can use <<<release:rollback>>> to make the plugin do it for you.
+
+* Multi-module projects
+
+  You will be prompted for the version number for each module of the project.
+  If you prefer that every module gets the same version as the parent POM,
+  you can set the option <<<autoVersionSubmodules>>> to <<<true>>>. Now you will
+  be asked only once for the release version and the next development version.
+
+* Generating release POMs
+
+  It is possible to generate a <<<release-pom.xml>>> file for each project that contains the fully resolved project used
+  at release time as a record for later. As of the 2.0 release, this requires calling an alternate goal:
+
+---
+mvn release:prepare-with-pom
+---
+
+  This goal is equivalent to the <<<release:prepare>>> goal, except that it requires a previous build of the project to
+  exist to properly populate the <<<release-pom.xml>>> files.
+
+* Overriding the default tag name format
+
+  By default, if you do not specify a tag name, a default tag name of <<<artifactId>>>-<<<version>>> will be
+  suggested (and if running non-interactively used).
+
+  You can specify the exact tag name to use from the command line by passing the <<<tag>>> property, but if you
+  want to have the tag name generated, but just change the default pattern, you can use the <<<tagNameFormat>>>
+  configuration option.
+
+  For example to have the tag name default to the version number prefixed with a <<<v>>> you could configure
+  your pom like so:
+
++-----
+<project>
+  [...]
+  <build>
+    [...]
+    <plugins>
+      [...]
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      [...]
+    </plugins>
+    [...]
+  </build>
+  [...]
+</project>
++-----
+
+  The tagNameFormat uses <<<@\{>>> and <<<}>>> as delimiters in order to ensure that the default Maven property
+  interpolation does not substitute the values before the version transformation has taken place.
+
+  The following properties are supported:
+
+    * <<<project.groupId>>> which corresponds to the project's groupId.
+
+    * <<<project.artifactId>>> which corresponds to the project's artifactId.
+
+    * <<<project.version>>> which corresponds to the project's release version.
+
+    []
+
+  The <<<project.>>> prefix is optional and may be omitted.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/rollback-release.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/rollback-release.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84787699b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/rollback-release.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+  ------
+  Rollback a Release
+  ------
+  Edwin Punzalan <epunzalan@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Rollback a Release
+
+  To rollback a release, the following requirement must be met:
+
+  * You haven't run <<<release:clean>>> on the project. This means that the backup files and the release descriptor from the previous
+  release command still exist.
+
+  []
+
+  When a release is rolled back, the following release phases are executed:
+
+  * All project POMs are reverted back to their pre-release state locally, and also in the SCM if the previous release
+  command was able to successfully make changes in the SCM to the POMs. This is done by using the backup files created during
+  <<<release:prepare>>>.
+
+  * The created branch/tag in SCM for the release is removed.
+    <<Note:>> This is not yet implemented so you will need to manually remove the branch/tag from your SCM.
+    For more info see {{{https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-229}MRELEASE-229}}.
+
+  []
+
+  To rollback a release execute this command:
+
+-------
+mvn release:rollback
+-------
+
+  <<Note:>> If an error occurs, or the process is cancelled, then running this command again will pick up from where the
+  last one left off.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/run-goals-before-commit.apt.vm b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/run-goals-before-commit.apt.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00563ff3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/run-goals-before-commit.apt.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+  ------
+  Run Additional Goals Before Commit
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Run Additional Goals Before Commit
+
+  To run additional goals after release preparation but before committing, specify them using the <<<preparationGoals>>>
+  property.
+
++-----
+<project>
+  [...]
+  <build>
+    [...]
+    <plugins>
+      [...]
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <preparationGoals>clean verify</preparationGoals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      [...]
+    </plugins>
+    [...]
+  </build>
+  [...]
+</project>
++-----
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/update-versions.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/update-versions.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28e0218a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/update-versions.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+  ------
+  Update POM Versions
+  ------
+  Paul Gier
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Updating POM Versions
+
+  In some situations you may want an easy way to update the version numbers in each POM of a multi-module
+  project.  The <<<update-versions>>> goal is designed to accomplish this.
+
+  To update the version numbers in your POMs, run:
+
+-------
+mvn release:update-versions
+-------
+
+  You will be prompted for the version number for each module of the project.  If you prefer that each module
+  version be the same as the parent POM, you can use the option <<<autoVersionSubmodules>>>.
+
+-------
+mvn release:update-versions -DautoVersionSubmodules=true
+-------
+
+  In this case you will only be prompted for the desired version number once.
+
+
+* Specify versions on the command line.
+
+  You may want to specify the version(s) to use on the command line.  This can be useful for example if you are running
+  the update in non-interactive mode.  The <<<update-versions>>> goal can use the same properties used by the <<<prepare>>> goal
+  for specifying the versions to be used.
+
+
+-----------
+mvn --batch-mode release:update-versions -DdevelopmentVersion=1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+-----------
+
+  In this example, the local POM will be set to the version 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..832be4f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+  ------
+  Introduction
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2010-01-03
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Maven Release Plugin
+
+  This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work.
+  Releasing a project is made in two steps: prepare and perform.
+  
+  <<Note: Maven 3 users are encouraged to use at least {{{http://maven.apache.org/download.html}Maven-3.0.4}} due to some settings related issues.>> 
+
+* Goals Overview
+
+  * {{{./clean-mojo.html}release:clean}} Clean up after a release preparation.
+
+  * {{{./prepare-mojo.html}release:prepare}} Prepare for a release in SCM.
+
+  * {{{./prepare-with-pom-mojo.html}release:prepare-with-pom}} Prepare for a release in SCM, and generate release POMs
+    that record the fully resolved projects used.
+
+  * {{{./rollback-mojo.html}release:rollback}} Rollback a previous release.
+
+  * {{{./perform-mojo.html}release:perform}} Perform a release from SCM.
+
+  * {{{./stage-mojo.html}release:stage}} Perform a release from SCM into a staging folder/repository.
+
+  * {{{./branch-mojo.html}release:branch}} Create a branch of the current project with all versions updated.
+
+  * {{{./update-versions-mojo.html}release:update-versions}} Update the versions in the POM(s).
+
+* Usage
+
+  General instructions on how to use the Release Plugin can be found on the {{{./usage.html}usage page}}. Some more
+  specific use cases are described in the examples given below.
+
+  In case you still have questions regarding the plugin's usage, please have a look at the {{{./faq.html}FAQ}} and feel
+  free to contact the {{{./mailing-lists.html}user mailing list}}. The posts to the mailing list are archived and could
+  already contain the answer to your question as part of an older thread. Hence, it is also worth browsing/searching
+  the {{{./mailing-lists.html}mail archive}}.
+
+  If you feel like the plugin is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our
+  {{{./issue-management.html}issue tracker}}. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your
+  concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. For this reason,
+  entire debug logs, POMs or most preferably little demo projects attached to the issue are very much appreciated.
+  Of course, patches are welcome, too. Contributors can check out the project from our
+  {{{./scm.html}source repository}} and will find supplementary information in the
+  {{{http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-helping.html}guide to helping with Maven}}.
+
+* Examples
+
+  To provide you with better understanding on some usages of the Maven Release Plugin,
+  you can take a look into the following examples:
+
+
+  * {{{./examples/prepare-release.html}Prepare a Release}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/perform-release.html}Perform a Release}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/rollback-release.html}Rollback a Release}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/clean-release.html}Clean a Release}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/generate-release-poms.html}Generate Release POMs}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/lock-files.html}Lock Files During Release}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/run-goals-before-commit.html}Run Additional Goals Before Commit}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/branch.html}Create a Branch}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/non-interactive-release.html}Non-interactive Release}}
+
+  * {{{./examples/update-versions.html}Update POM Versions}}
+
+  []
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2384ce38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+  ------
+  Usage
+  ------
+  Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+  Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>
+  John Tolentino <jtolentino@apache.org>
+  Robert Scholte <rfscholte@apache.org>
+  ------
+  2011-11-10
+  ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Usage
+
+* Prepare your project to use the maven-release-plugin
+
+  To be able to make a solid start with the maven-release-plugin, there are 2 things you should include in our pom:
+  
+  * the <<<scm>>>-section with a <<<developerConnection>>>
+  
+  * the maven-release-plugin with a locked version
+  
+  []
+  
+  The <<<developerConnection>>> contains the URL of the Source Control Management system pointing to the folder containing this <<<pom.xml>>>
+  This URL is prefixed with <<<scm:[scm-provider]>>> so the plugin can pick the right implementation for committing and tagging.
+  The {{{http://maven.apache.org/scm/scms-overview.html}Maven SCM}}-page contains an overview all the supported SCMs, per SCM you can see how the URL should look like. 
+  
++--------
+
+<project>
+  ...
+  <scm>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.mycompany.com/repos/myapplication/trunk/mycomponent/</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    ...
+  </build>
+  ...
+</project>
+
++-------
+
+=======================================================================
+
+  The following are some common scenarios in preparing a release.
+
+* Use a different username in the SCM server than the one in the operating system
+
+  Most of the SCMs are simply executed as an external command as the current user on your system. If this username is
+  not the same as the SCM username, you may need to set the following option:
+
++------
+mvn -Dusername=your_scm_username release:prepare
++------
+
+* Set where to tag the files in Subversion
+
+  This example shows how to set the repository location for all tags to be created in Subversion.
+  Note that this is not needed if you use the standard SVN layout, where the root project is in <<<trunk>>>, and
+  there is a sibling <<<tags>>> directory.
+
++-------------------
+<project>
+  ...
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <tagBase>https://svn.mycompany.com/repos/myapplication/releases</tagBase>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    ...
+  </build>
+  ...
+</project>
++-------------------
+
+* Do a Dry Run
+
+  Since the Release Plugin performs a number of operations that change the project, it may be wise to do a dry run
+  before a big release or on a new project. To do this, commit all of your files as if you were about to run a full
+  release and run:
+
++------
+mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true
++------
+
+  This will ask all the same questions, run the same tests, and output a copy of how the POMs will look after
+  transformation. You can check the output and review the POMs, then run:
+
++------
+mvn release:clean
++------
+
+  This will remove all of the files created above, and the project will be ready to execute the proper release.
+
+* Run in Batch Mode
+
+  Sometimes it is desirable to do the commit/tag process on a regular interval (e.g. to produce nightly or integration
+  builds through a build server). To use the default inputs for the versions and tag information and not prompt for any
+  values, use Maven's <<<--batch-mode>>> setting:
+
++------
+mvn --batch-mode release:prepare
++------
+
+* Use a staging repository
+
+  Sometimes it is desirable to deploy a pre-release to be approved before made publicly available. One option is to
+  create release candidates versions using the <<<release:perform>>> goal, but the final deployed artifact will NOT
+  be the exact one that has been approved as RCx.
+
+  A common solution is to use a staging repository, where a test-version is deployed with it's documentation for
+  review. If all is fine, it is then copied to the public repository. Using this strategy, the artifact that has
+  been tested IS the one that is deployed.
+
+  The <<<release:stage>>> goal uses this strategy. It replaces the <<<release:perform>>> goal and does the same
+  tasks, but requires a <<<stagingRepository>>> parameter. It will automatically re-configure the <<<deploy>>> and
+  <<<site-deploy>>> goals to use the staging strategy.
+
+  After the release is complete, the <<<release.properties>>> and other release files will NOT be removed, so that
+  you can still execute a <<<release:rollback>>> if some error has been detected and a new candidate must
+  be created after some fixes. You just need to use a distinct tag in SCM, or rename the one that has been created
+  if the SCM provider supports renaming tags.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/fml/faq.fml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/fml/faq.fml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdf41f879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/fml/faq.fml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+
+<faqs xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/FML/1.0.1"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/FML/1.0.1 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/fml-1.0.1.xsd"
+  id="FAQ" title="Frequently Asked Questions">
+  <part id="General">
+    <faq id="versioning">
+      <question>When releasing from a parent POM, won't all its modules have the same release version and dev version as
+        this parent?
+      </question>
+      <answer>
+        <p>Maven Release Plugin will prompt for each project's version.</p>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+    <faq id="nonrecursive">
+      <question>How can I release a parent POM without releasing all its modules?
+      </question>
+      <answer>
+        <p>You need to pass the <code>-N</code> flag to Maven <b>and</b> configure the Release Plugin to pass the
+          <code>-N</code> flag on its forked builds with the <code>-Darguments</code> flag.</p>
+        <p>Here's an example:</p>
+<source>
+mvn -N -Darguments=-N release:prepare
+mvn -N -Darguments=-N release:perform
+</source>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+    <faq id="credentials">
+      <question>How can I hide my username and password?</question>
+      <answer>
+        <p>Add a server-entry to your <code>settings.xml</code>, where you define your credentials (see <a href="http://maven.apache.org/settings.html#Servers">settings.xml#servers</a> for more details). 
+      	Since you can't set an id for the <code>scm</code> in your <code>pom.xml</code>, you should add a property pointing to the server-id.
+      	</p>
+<source>
+<![CDATA[
+  <project>
+   ...
+    <properties>
+      <project.scm.id>my-scm-server<project.scm.id>
+    </properties>
+  </project>
+]]>
+</source>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+    <faq id="scmCommentPrefix"> <!-- MRELEASE-156 -->
+      <question>How can I customize the comment prefix of a commit during release preparation?</question>
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+        By default the plugin will prefix the comment with <code>[maven-release-plugin] </code>.
+        You can change this by adding <code>-DscmCommentPrefix=#42</code> to the Maven command.<br/>
+        If you need to end this with a linebreak, add <code>${line.separator}</code>.<br/>
+        If the comment prefix contains whitespace characters, surround the argument with quotes.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+        When using the plugin-configuration, you can't end with a space, because Plexus will trim the content.
+        But you can end with a linebreak just like the example below:
+        </p>
+<source>
+<![CDATA[
+  <configuration>
+    <scmCommentPrefix>#42${line.separator}</scmCommentPrefix>
+    ...
+  </configuration>
+]]>
+</source>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+    <faq id="inheritScm">
+      <question>Why is <code>release:prepare</code> failing when trying to tag with
+        <code>"svn: Path '...' does not exist in revision ..."</code></question>
+      <answer>
+        <p>If the <code>pom.xml</code> has no scm-section but inherits one from its parent, the prepare goal will fail
+         when trying to tag. The message will be something like:</p>
+        <pre>svn: Path '...' does not exist in revision ...</pre>
+        <p>To fix it, roll-back the release, add the <code>scm</code> section to the <code>pom.xml</code>, commit and retry the release.</p>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+  </part>
+</faqs>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6907be57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd"
+  name="Maven Release plugin">
+  <body>
+    <breadcrumbs>
+      <!-- TODO: This breadcrumb should be removed when it has been solved in the parent -->
+      <item name="Maven" href="https://maven.apache.org/index.html" />
+      <item name="Plugins" href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/index.html" />
+      <item name="Maven Release Plugin" href="https://maven.apache.org/maven-release/maven-release-plugin/index.html" />
+    </breadcrumbs>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="Goals" href="plugin-info.html"/>
+      <item name="Usage" href="usage.html"/>
+      <item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/>
+      <!-- According to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNGSITE-152 -->
+      <item name="License" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"/>
+      <item name="Download" href="../download.html"/>
+    </menu>
+    <menu name="Examples">
+      <item name="Prepare a Release" href="examples/prepare-release.html"/>
+      <item name="Perform a Release" href="examples/perform-release.html"/>
+      <item name="Rollback a Release" href="examples/rollback-release.html"/>
+      <item name="Clean a Release" href="examples/clean-release.html"/>
+      <item name="Generate Release POMs" href="examples/generate-release-poms.html"/>
+      <item name="Lock Files During Release" href="examples/lock-files.html"/>
+      <item name="Run Additional Goals Before Commit" href="examples/run-goals-before-commit.html"/>
+      <item name="Create a Branch" href="examples/branch.html"/>
+      <item name="Non-interactive Release" href="examples/non-interactive-release.html"/>
+      <item name="Update POM Versions" href="examples/update-versions.html"/>
+    </menu>
+  </body>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/CleanReleaseMojoTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/CleanReleaseMojoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d80848a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/CleanReleaseMojoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseCleanRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+
+/**
+ * Test release:clean.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class CleanReleaseMojoTest
+    extends AbstractMojoTestCase
+{
+    protected CleanReleaseMojo mojo;
+
+    private File workingDirectory;
+
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/clean/clean.xml" );
+        mojo = (CleanReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "clean", testFile );
+        workingDirectory = testFile.getParentFile();
+        mojo.setBasedir( workingDirectory );
+    }
+
+    public void testClean()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // prepare
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleaseCleanRequest> request = ArgumentCaptor.forClass( ReleaseCleanRequest.class );
+        
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).clean( request.capture() );
+        
+        assertEquals( mojo.getReactorProjects(), request.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojoTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c423c405a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.model.DistributionManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Site;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleasePerformRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+
+/**
+ * Test release:perform.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class PerformReleaseMojoTest
+    extends AbstractMojoTestCase
+{
+    private File workingDirectory;
+
+    public void testPerform()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+        
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+        
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithFlatStructure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform-with-flat-structure.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm:svn:file://localhost/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+        
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    
+    public void testPerformWithoutSite()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testFileDirectory = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/perform/" );
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo =
+            (PerformReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "perform", new File( testFileDirectory, "perform-without-site.xml" ) );
+        mojo.setBasedir( testFileDirectory );
+        mojo.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        
+        MavenProject project = (MavenProject) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "project" );
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "session", newMavenSession( project ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    private PerformReleaseMojo getMojoWithProjectSite( String fileName )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = (PerformReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "perform", new File( workingDirectory, fileName ) );
+        mojo.setBasedir( workingDirectory );
+        mojo.setPomFileName( fileName );
+
+        MavenProject project = (MavenProject) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "project" );
+        DistributionManagement distributionManagement = new DistributionManagement();
+        distributionManagement.setSite( new Site() );
+        project.setDistributionManagement( distributionManagement );
+        
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "session", newMavenSession( project ) );
+
+        return mojo;
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithExecutionException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        doThrow( new ReleaseExecutionException( "..." ) ).when( mock ).perform( isA( ReleasePerformRequest.class ) );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            mojo.execute();
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( MojoExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", ReleaseExecutionException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+        
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithExecutionFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        ReleaseFailureException cause = new ReleaseFailureException( "..." );
+        doThrow( cause ).when( mock ).perform( isA( ReleasePerformRequest.class ) );
+
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            mojo.execute();
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( MojoFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause exists", cause, e.getCause() );
+        }
+        
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform-with-scm.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+        builder.setScmSourceUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+        
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithProfiles()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "-P prof1,2prof" );
+
+        MavenSession session = (MavenSession) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "session");
+        Profile profile1 = new Profile();
+        profile1.setId( "prof1" );
+        session.getRequest().addProfile( profile1 );
+        Profile profile2 = new Profile();
+        profile2.setId( "2prof" );
+        session.getRequest().addProfile( profile2 );
+        session.getRequest().setActiveProfiles( Arrays.asList( "prof1", "2prof" ) );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithProfilesAndArguments()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform-with-args.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "-Dmaven.test.skip=true -P prof1,2prof" );
+
+        MavenSession session = (MavenSession) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "session");
+        Profile profile1 = new Profile();
+        profile1.setId( "prof1" );
+        session.getRequest().addProfile( profile1 );
+        Profile profile2 = new Profile();
+        profile2.setId( "2prof" );
+        session.getRequest().addProfile( profile2 );
+        session.getRequest().setActiveProfiles( Arrays.asList( "prof1", "2prof" ) );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithMultilineGoals()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+	    PerformReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "perform-with-multiline-goals.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( mojo );
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site-deploy" );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment()  );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    private ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptorBuilder( PerformReleaseMojo mojo ) throws Exception
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        
+        @SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
+        List<MavenProject> reactorProjects = (List<MavenProject>) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "reactorProjects" );
+        
+        for ( MavenProject project : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            builder.putOriginalVersion( project.getGroupId() + ':' + project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion() );
+        }
+        
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/perform" );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojoTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c1b39724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleasePrepareRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+
+/**
+ * Test release:prepare.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class PrepareReleaseMojoTest
+    extends AbstractMojoTestCase
+{
+    private void setDefaults( PrepareReleaseMojo mojo )
+        throws IllegalAccessException
+    {
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "updateWorkingCopyVersions", Boolean.TRUE );
+    }
+    
+    public void testPrepare()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/prepare/prepare.xml" );
+        final PrepareReleaseMojo mojo = (PrepareReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "prepare", testFile );
+        setDefaults( mojo );
+        mojo.setBasedir( testFile.getParentFile() );
+        mojo.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        mojo.session = new MavenSession( null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null )
+        {
+            public Properties getExecutionProperties()
+            {
+                return new Properties();
+            };
+
+            @Override
+            public List<MavenProject> getProjects()
+            {
+                return Collections.singletonList( mojo.project );
+            }
+        };
+        
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( testFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setUpdateDependencies( false );
+        
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePrepareRequest> prepareRequest = ArgumentCaptor.forClass( ReleasePrepareRequest.class );
+        
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).prepare( prepareRequest.capture() );
+        
+        assertThat( prepareRequest.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder(),
+                    is( instanceOf( ReleaseDescriptorBuilder.class ) ) );
+        assertThat( prepareRequest.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment(), is( instanceOf( ReleaseEnvironment.class ) ) );
+        assertThat( prepareRequest.getValue().getReactorProjects(), is( notNullValue() ) );
+        assertThat( prepareRequest.getValue().getResume(), is( true ) );
+        assertThat( prepareRequest.getValue().getDryRun(), is( false ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareWithExecutionException()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/prepare/prepare.xml" );
+        final PrepareReleaseMojo mojo = (PrepareReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "prepare", testFile );
+        setDefaults( mojo );
+        mojo.setBasedir( testFile.getParentFile() );
+        mojo.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        mojo.session = new MavenSession( null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null )
+        {
+          public Properties getExecutionProperties(){
+              return new Properties();
+          };
+
+          @Override
+          public List<MavenProject> getProjects()
+          {
+              return Collections.singletonList( mojo.project );
+          }
+        };
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        doThrow( new ReleaseExecutionException( "..." ) ).when( mock ).prepare( isA( ReleasePrepareRequest.class ) );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        //execute
+        try
+        {
+            mojo.execute();
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( MojoExecutionException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause", ReleaseExecutionException.class, e.getCause().getClass() );
+        }
+        
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).prepare( isA( ReleasePrepareRequest.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testPrepareWithExecutionFailure()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testFile = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/prepare/prepare.xml" );
+        final PrepareReleaseMojo mojo = (PrepareReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "prepare", testFile );
+        setDefaults( mojo );
+        mojo.setBasedir( testFile.getParentFile() );
+        mojo.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        mojo.session = new MavenSession( null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null )
+        {
+          public Properties getExecutionProperties(){
+              return new Properties();
+          };
+          
+          @Override
+          public List<MavenProject> getProjects()
+          {
+              return Collections.singletonList( mojo.project );
+          }
+        };
+        
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        ReleaseFailureException cause = new ReleaseFailureException( "..." );
+        doThrow( cause ).when( mock ).prepare( isA( ReleasePrepareRequest.class ) );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        // execute
+        try
+        {
+            mojo.execute();
+
+            fail( "Should have thrown an exception" );
+        }
+        catch ( MojoFailureException e )
+        {
+            assertEquals( "Check cause exists", cause, e.getCause() );
+        }
+        // verify
+        verify( mock ).prepare( isA( ReleasePrepareRequest.class ) );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+/*
+    public void testPerformWithScm()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = (PerformReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "perform", getTestFile(
+            "target/test-classes/mojos/perform/perform-with-scm.xml" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseConfiguration = new ReleaseDescriptor();
+        releaseConfiguration.setSettings( mojo.getSettings() );
+        releaseConfiguration.setUrl( "scm-url" );
+
+        Mock mock = new Mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        Constraint[] constraints = new Constraint[]{new IsEqual( releaseConfiguration ),
+            new IsEqual( new File( getBasedir(), "target/checkout" ) ), new IsEqual( "deploy site-deploy" ),
+            new IsEqual( Boolean.TRUE )};
+        mock.expects( new InvokeOnceMatcher() ).method( "perform" ).with( constraints );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( (ReleaseManager) mock.proxy() );
+
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithProfiles()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = (PerformReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "perform", getTestFile(
+            "target/test-classes/mojos/perform/perform.xml" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseConfiguration = new ReleaseDescriptor();
+        releaseConfiguration.setSettings( mojo.getSettings() );
+        releaseConfiguration.setAdditionalArguments( "-P prof1,2prof" );
+
+        MavenProject project = (MavenProject) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "project" );
+        Profile profile1 = new Profile();
+        profile1.setId( "prof1" );
+        Profile profile2 = new Profile();
+        profile2.setId( "2prof" );
+        project.setActiveProfiles( Arrays.asList( new Profile[]{profile1, profile2} ) );
+
+        Mock mock = new Mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        Constraint[] constraints = new Constraint[]{new IsEqual( releaseConfiguration ),
+            new IsEqual( new File( getBasedir(), "target/checkout" ) ), new IsEqual( "deploy site-deploy" ),
+            new IsEqual( Boolean.TRUE )};
+        mock.expects( new InvokeOnceMatcher() ).method( "perform" ).with( constraints );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( (ReleaseManager) mock.proxy() );
+
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+
+    public void testPerformWithProfilesAndArguments()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PerformReleaseMojo mojo = (PerformReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "perform", getTestFile(
+            "target/test-classes/mojos/perform/perform-with-args.xml" ) );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptor releaseConfiguration = new ReleaseDescriptor();
+        releaseConfiguration.setSettings( mojo.getSettings() );
+        releaseConfiguration.setAdditionalArguments( "-Dmaven.test.skip=true -P prof1,2prof" );
+
+        MavenProject project = (MavenProject) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "project" );
+        Profile profile1 = new Profile();
+        profile1.setId( "prof1" );
+        Profile profile2 = new Profile();
+        profile2.setId( "2prof" );
+        project.setActiveProfiles( Arrays.asList( new Profile[]{profile1, profile2} ) );
+
+        Mock mock = new Mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        Constraint[] constraints = new Constraint[]{new IsEqual( releaseConfiguration ),
+            new IsEqual( new File( getBasedir(), "target/checkout" ) ), new IsEqual( "deploy site-deploy" ),
+            new IsEqual( Boolean.TRUE )};
+        mock.expects( new InvokeOnceMatcher() ).method( "perform" ).with( constraints );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( (ReleaseManager) mock.proxy() );
+
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+*/
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/StageReleaseMojoTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/StageReleaseMojoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4c6ebbbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/StageReleaseMojoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.DistributionManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Site;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.AbstractMojoTestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleasePerformRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+
+/**
+ * Test release:stage.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ */
+public class StageReleaseMojoTest
+    extends AbstractMojoTestCase
+{
+    private File workingDirectory;
+
+    public void testStage()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        StageReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "stage.xml" );
+
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder builder = new ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+        builder.setWorkingDirectory( workingDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        File checkoutDirectory = getTestFile( "target/checkout" );
+        builder.setCheckoutDirectory( checkoutDirectory.getAbsolutePath() );
+        builder.setPerformGoals( "deploy site:stage-deploy" );
+        builder.setAdditionalArguments( "-DaltDeploymentRepository=\"staging\"" );
+
+        ReleasePerformRequest performRequest = new ReleasePerformRequest();
+        performRequest.setReleaseDescriptorBuilder( builder );
+        performRequest.setReleaseEnvironment( mojo.getReleaseEnvironment() );
+        performRequest.setReactorProjects( mojo.getReactorProjects() );
+        performRequest.setDryRun( false );
+
+        ReleaseManager mock = mock( ReleaseManager.class );
+        mojo.setReleaseManager( mock );
+
+        mojo.execute();
+
+        // verify
+        ArgumentCaptor<ReleasePerformRequest> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ReleasePerformRequest.class);
+        verify( mock ).perform( argument.capture() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseDescriptorBuilder() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReleaseEnvironment() );
+        assertNotNull( argument.getValue().getReactorProjects() );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, argument.getValue().getDryRun() );
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions( mock );
+    }
+
+    public void testCreateGoals()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        StageReleaseMojo mojo = getMojoWithProjectSite( "stage.xml" );
+        mojo.createGoals();
+        assertEquals( "deploy site:stage-deploy", mojo.goals );
+        mojo.goals = "deploy site:deploy";
+        mojo.createGoals();
+        assertEquals( "deploy site:stage-deploy", mojo.goals );
+    }
+
+    private StageReleaseMojo getMojoWithProjectSite( String fileName )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        StageReleaseMojo mojo = (StageReleaseMojo) lookupMojo( "stage", new File( workingDirectory, fileName ) );
+        mojo.setBasedir( workingDirectory );
+        mojo.setPomFileName( "pom.xml" );
+        
+        MavenProject project = (MavenProject) getVariableValueFromObject( mojo, "project" );
+        DistributionManagement distributionManagement = new DistributionManagement();
+        distributionManagement.setSite( new Site() );
+        project.setDistributionManagement( distributionManagement );
+
+        setVariableValueToObject( mojo, "session", newMavenSession( project ) );
+
+        return mojo;
+    }
+
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+        workingDirectory = getTestFile( "target/test-classes/mojos/stage" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afb33f87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.DistributionManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+
+/**
+ * Stub for a MavenProject with a flat structure.
+ * <p/>
+ * TODO: shouldn't need to do this, but the "stub" in the harness just throws away values you set.
+ * Just overriding the ones I need for this plugin.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:oching@apache.org">Maria Odea Ching</a>
+ */
+/*
+ * @noinspection ClassNameSameAsAncestorName
+ */
+public class FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub
+    extends org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub
+{   
+    public void setDistributionManagement( DistributionManagement distributionManagement )
+    {
+        getModel().setDistributionManagement( distributionManagement );
+    }
+
+    public Model getModel()
+    {
+        Model model = super.getModel();
+        if ( model == null )
+        {
+            model = new Model();
+            setModel( model );
+        }
+        return model;
+    }
+
+    public DistributionManagement getDistributionManagement()
+    {
+        return getModel().getDistributionManagement();
+    }
+    
+    public List<String> getModules()
+    {
+        List<String> modules = new ArrayList<String>();
+        modules.add( "../core" );
+        modules.add( "../webapp" );
+        modules.add( "../commons" );
+        
+        return modules;
+    }
+    
+    public File getBasedir()
+    {
+        return new File( "/flat-multi-module/root-project" ).getAbsoluteFile();
+    }
+    
+    public Scm getScm()
+    {
+        Scm scm = new Scm();
+        scm.setConnection( "scm:svn:file://localhost/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project" );
+        
+        return scm;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return "GROUPID";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return "ARTIFACTID";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return "VERSION";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/MavenProjectStub.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/MavenProjectStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63eefa4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/MavenProjectStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.model.DistributionManagement;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+
+/**
+ * Stub for MavenProject.
+ * <p/>
+ * TODO: shouldn't need to do this, but the "stub" in the harness just throws away values you set.
+ * Just overriding the ones I need for this plugin.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @noinspection ClassNameSameAsAncestorName
+ */
+public class MavenProjectStub
+    extends org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub
+{
+    public void setDistributionManagement( DistributionManagement distributionManagement )
+    {
+        getModel().setDistributionManagement( distributionManagement );
+    }
+
+    public Model getModel()
+    {
+        Model model = super.getModel();
+        if ( model == null )
+        {
+            model = new Model();
+            setModel( model );
+        }
+        return model;
+    }
+
+    public DistributionManagement getDistributionManagement()
+    {
+        return getModel().getDistributionManagement();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getGroupId()
+    {
+        return "GROUPID";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getArtifactId()
+    {
+        return "ARTIFACTID";
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getVersion()
+    {
+        return "VERSION";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/clean/clean.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/clean/clean.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58832e50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/clean/clean.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-args.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-args.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14af0dca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-args.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+		  <goals>deploy site-deploy</goals>		  
+          <arguments>-Dmaven.test.skip=true</arguments>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-flat-structure.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-flat-structure.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32e25fcb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-flat-structure.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+          <connectionUrl>scm:svn:file://localhost/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project</connectionUrl>
+          <goals>deploy</goals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-multiline-goals.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-multiline-goals.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f54463988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-multiline-goals.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+ 		  <goals>
+		     deploy
+			 site-deploy
+	      </goals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-scm.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-scm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb8a86603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-with-scm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+          <connectionUrl>scm-url</connectionUrl>
+ 		  <goals>deploy site-deploy</goals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-without-site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-without-site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be9fcbb0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform-without-site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+		  <goals>deploy</goals>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0580f0042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/perform/perform.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+		  <goals>deploy site-deploy</goals>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/prepare/prepare.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/prepare/prepare.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..623ff2b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/prepare/prepare.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <resume>true</resume>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/stage/stage.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/stage/stage.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1ac5835e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-plugin/src/test/resources/mojos/stage/stage.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <settings implementation="org.apache.maven.settings.Settings"/>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          <reactorProjects>
+            <reactorProject implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.release.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+          </reactorProjects>
+          <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/checkout</workingDirectory>
+          <stagingRepository>staging</stagingRepository>
+		  <goals>deploy site-deploy</goals>
+          <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c8eb2ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-release-oddeven-policy</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Release Odd-Even Policy</name>
+  <description>
+    A version policy that proposes even version numbers only for releases and odd numbers for development
+  </description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip> <!--suppression does not
+    in package-info.java -->
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.aether</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aether-util</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0.v20140518</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-classes</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/OddEvenVersionPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/OddEvenVersionPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2aedf9c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/OddEvenVersionPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.oddeven;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.Version;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link VersionPolicy} implementation that propose even version numbers only for releases and odd
+ * numbers for development. For example:<ul>
+ * <li><code>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</code> gets <code>1.0.0</code> for next release,</li>
+ * <li><code>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</code> gets <code>1.0.2</code> for next release,</li>
+ * <li><code>1.0.2</code> gets <code>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</code> for next development version.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ */
+@Component(
+    role = VersionPolicy.class,
+    hint = "OddEvenVersionPolicy",
+    description = "A VersionPolicy implementation that selects even version numbers only for releases"
+)
+public final class OddEvenVersionPolicy
+    implements VersionPolicy
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException
+    {
+        return calculateNextVersion( request, false );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public VersionPolicyResult getDevelopmentVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException
+    {
+        return calculateNextVersion( request, true );
+    }
+
+    private VersionPolicyResult calculateNextVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request, boolean development )
+    {
+        Version defaultVersionInfo = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            defaultVersionInfo = new Version( request.getVersion() );
+        }
+        catch ( VersionParseException e )
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Can't tell if version with no digits is even: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+
+        Version newVersion = newVersion( defaultVersionInfo, development );
+
+        return new VersionPolicyResult().setVersion( newVersion.toString()  );
+    }
+
+    private Version newVersion( Version defaultVersionInfo, boolean development )
+    {
+        Version newVersion;
+        int mostSignificantSegment;
+
+        if ( StringUtils.isNumeric( defaultVersionInfo.getAnnotationRevision() ) )
+        {
+            mostSignificantSegment = Integer.parseInt( defaultVersionInfo.getAnnotationRevision() );
+
+            int skip = getVersionIncrements( development, mostSignificantSegment % 2 == 0 );
+
+            newVersion = defaultVersionInfo.setAnnotationRevision( String.valueOf( mostSignificantSegment + skip ) );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            List<String> digits = defaultVersionInfo.getDigits();
+
+            if ( digits == null )
+            {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Can't tell if version with no digits is even." );
+            }
+
+            mostSignificantSegment = Integer.parseInt( digits.get( digits.size() - 1 ) );
+
+            int skip = getVersionIncrements( development, mostSignificantSegment % 2 == 0 );
+
+            digits.set( digits.size() - 1, String.valueOf( String.valueOf( mostSignificantSegment + skip ) ) );
+
+            newVersion = defaultVersionInfo.setDigits( digits );
+        }
+
+        if ( development )
+        {
+            return newVersion.setBuildSpecifier( Artifact.SNAPSHOT_VERSION );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return newVersion.setBuildSpecifier( null );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private int getVersionIncrements( boolean development, boolean isEven )
+    {
+        if ( development && !isEven )
+        {
+            // do we need a snapshot? make sure the version info is odd
+            return 2;
+        }
+        else if ( !development && isEven )
+        {
+            // do we need a release? make sure the version info is even
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // by default, never reuse revisions
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/package-info.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f0063539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// CHECKSTYLE_OFF: RegexpHeader
+/**
+ * A {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy VersionPolicy} implementation that allows
+ * release even version numbers only and skips the odd.
+ */
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.oddeven;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/site/site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..220ecbb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent" inherit="top" />
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/OddEvenVersionPolicyTestCase.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/OddEvenVersionPolicyTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48f7b6b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/oddeven/OddEvenVersionPolicyTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.oddeven;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public final class OddEvenVersionPolicyTestCase
+{
+
+    private VersionPolicy versionPolicy;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp()
+    {
+        versionPolicy = new OddEvenVersionPolicy();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown()
+    {
+        versionPolicy = null;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertToSnapshot()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String suggestedVersion = versionPolicy.getDevelopmentVersion( newVersionPolicyRequest( "1.0.0" ) )
+                                               .getVersion();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0.1-SNAPSHOT", suggestedVersion );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertToRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String suggestedVersion = versionPolicy.getReleaseVersion( newVersionPolicyRequest( "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT" ) )
+                                               .getVersion();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0.0", suggestedVersion );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertOddToRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String suggestedVersion = versionPolicy.getReleaseVersion( newVersionPolicyRequest( "1.0.1-SNAPSHOT" ) )
+                                               .getVersion();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0.2", suggestedVersion );
+    }
+
+    private static VersionPolicyRequest newVersionPolicyRequest( String version )
+    {
+        return new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( version );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f003d2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-release-semver-policy</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Release SemVer Policy</name>
+  <description>
+    A version policy that enforce SemVer format and upgrades minor element for next development version.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.parent.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.semver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9.33</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-classes</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/semver/SemVerVersionPolicy.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/semver/SemVerVersionPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a20c620c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/semver/SemVerVersionPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.semver;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.PolicyException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyResult;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.versions.VersionParseException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.semver.Version;
+import org.semver.Version.Element;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Uses SemVer implementation to increase minor element when resolving the development version
+ *
+ */
+@Component(
+           role = VersionPolicy.class,
+           hint = "SemVerVersionPolicy",
+           description = "A VersionPolicy following the SemVer rules"
+       )
+public class SemVerVersionPolicy implements VersionPolicy
+{
+
+    public VersionPolicyResult getReleaseVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException
+    {
+        Version version;
+        try 
+        {
+            version = Version.parse( request.getVersion() );
+        }
+        catch ( IllegalArgumentException e )
+        {
+            throw new VersionParseException( e.getMessage() );
+        }
+        
+        VersionPolicyResult result = new VersionPolicyResult();
+        result.setVersion( version.toReleaseVersion().toString() );
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public VersionPolicyResult getDevelopmentVersion( VersionPolicyRequest request )
+        throws PolicyException, VersionParseException
+    {
+        Version version;
+        try 
+        {
+            version = Version.parse( request.getVersion() );
+        }
+        catch ( IllegalArgumentException e )
+        {
+            throw new VersionParseException( e.getMessage() );
+        }
+        
+        version = version.next( Element.MINOR );  
+        VersionPolicyResult result = new VersionPolicyResult();
+        result.setVersion( version.toString() + "-SNAPSHOT" );
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/site/site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..220ecbb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <item name="JavaDocs" href="apidocs/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Source Xref" href="xref/index.html"/>
+      <!--item name="FAQ" href="faq.html"/-->
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="parent" inherit="top" />
+  </body>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/semver/SemVerVersionPolicyTest.java b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/semver/SemVerVersionPolicyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94bc63e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/policy/semver/SemVerVersionPolicyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.semver;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicy;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.policy.version.VersionPolicyRequest;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SemVerVersionPolicyTest
+{
+
+    private VersionPolicy versionPolicy;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp()
+    {
+        versionPolicy = new SemVerVersionPolicy();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown()
+    {
+        versionPolicy = null;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertToSnapshot()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String suggestedVersion = versionPolicy.getDevelopmentVersion( newVersionPolicyRequest( "1.0.0" ) )
+                                               .getVersion();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.1.0-SNAPSHOT", suggestedVersion );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertToRelease()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String suggestedVersion = versionPolicy.getReleaseVersion( newVersionPolicyRequest( "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT" ) )
+                                               .getVersion();
+
+        assertEquals( "1.0.0", suggestedVersion );
+    }
+
+    private static VersionPolicyRequest newVersionPolicyRequest( String version )
+    {
+        return new VersionPolicyRequest().setVersion( version );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/pom.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdd698b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>34</version>
+    <relativePath />
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Release</name>
+  <description>Tooling to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work.</description>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>maven-release-api</module>
+    <module>maven-release-manager</module>
+    <module>maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy</module>
+    <module>maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy</module>
+    <module>maven-release-plugin</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-release.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-release.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/apache/maven-release/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+  </scm>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>jira</system>
+    <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>Jenkins</system>
+    <url>https://builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven-release/</url>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <site>
+      <id>apache.website</id>
+      <url>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/website/components/${maven.site.path}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+  
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>John R Fallows</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Gertjan Gaillet</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Russ Kociuba</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Georges-Etienne Legendre</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Henning Schmiedehausen</name>
+    </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Thorsten Heit</name>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
+
+  <properties>
+    <scmVersion>1.11.2</scmVersion>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.0</mavenVersion>
+    <maven.site.path>maven-release-archives/maven-release-LATEST</maven.site.path>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-04-07T18:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <excludes combine.children="append">
+              <exclude>.repository</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+  
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8</version> <!-- watch it!! With a newer version, unittests will fail!! -->
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-providers-standard</artifactId>
+        <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-svn-commons</artifactId>
+        <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-test</artifactId>
+        <version>${scmVersion}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.15</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>4.13</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+        <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.28.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6.4</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/apt/index.apt b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/apt/index.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f0b5da66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+ ------
+ Maven Release
+ ------
+ Hervé Boutemy
+ ------
+ 2011-06-24
+ ------
+
+~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+~~ distributed with this work for additional information
+~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+~~
+~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+~~
+~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+~~ under the License.
+
+Maven Release
+
+ Maven Release provides tooling to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work.
+
+ It consists of 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-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/}maven-release-oddeven-policy}} | a version policy that proposes even version numbers only for releases and odd numbers for development
+*----------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+| {{{./maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/}maven-release-semver-policy}} | a version policy that enforce SemVer format and upgrades minor element for next development version
+*----------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+
+Notes for Developers
+
+  There are tests in this project which require you to set the M2_HOME
+  environment variable. Since many of the tests print error messages,
+  it is easy to forget about this and then be puzzled.
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/resources/download.cgi b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/resources/download.cgi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b178d2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/resources/download.cgi
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# Just call the standard mirrors.cgi script. It will use download.html
+# as the input template.
+exec /www/www.apache.org/dyn/mirrors/mirrors.cgi $*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/site.xml b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..027bb6ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/DECORATION/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+  <body>
+    <menu name="Overview">
+      <item name="Introduction" href="index.html"/>
+      <!-- According to http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-152 -->
+      <item name="License" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"/>
+      <item name="Download" href="download.html"/>
+    </menu>
+
+    <menu ref="modules" inherit="bottom" />
+    <menu ref="reports" inherit="bottom" />
+  </body>
+</project>
diff --git a/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/xdoc/download.xml.vm b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/xdoc/download.xml.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b86131de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-base/maven-release/src/src/site/xdoc/download.xml.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<document>
+  <properties>
+    <title>Download ${project.name} Source</title>
+  </properties>
+  <body>
+    <section name="Download ${project.name} ${project.version} Source">
+
+      <p>${project.name} ${project.version} is distributed in source format. Use a source archive if you intend to build
+      ${project.name} yourself. Otherwise, simply use the ready-made binary artifacts from central repository.</p>
+
+      <p>You will be prompted for a mirror - if the file is not found on yours, please be patient, as it may take 24
+      hours to reach all mirrors.<p/>
+
+      <p>In order to guard against corrupted downloads/installations, it is highly recommended to
+      <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing#verifying-signature">verify the signature</a>
+      of the release bundles against the public <a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/maven/KEYS">KEYS</a> used by the Apache Maven
+      developers.</p>
+
+      <p>${project.name} is distributed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/">Apache License, version 2.0</a>.</p>
+
+      <p></p>We <b>strongly</b> encourage our users to configure a Maven repository mirror closer to their location, please read <a href="./guides/mini/guide-mirror-settings.html">How to Use Mirrors for Repositories</a>.</p>
+
+      <a name="mirror"/>
+      <subsection name="Mirror">
+
+        <p>
+          [if-any logo]
+          <a href="[link]">
+            <img align="right" src="[logo]" border="0"
+                 alt="logo"/>
+          </a>
+          [end]
+          The currently selected mirror is
+          <b>[preferred]</b>.
+          If you encounter a problem with this mirror,
+          please select another mirror.
+          If all mirrors are failing, there are
+          <i>backup</i>
+          mirrors
+          (at the end of the mirrors list) that should be available.
+        </p>
+
+        <form action="[location]" method="get" id="SelectMirror">
+          Other mirrors:
+          <select name="Preferred">
+            [if-any http]
+            [for http]
+            <option value="[http]">[http]</option>
+            [end]
+            [end]
+            [if-any ftp]
+            [for ftp]
+            <option value="[ftp]">[ftp]</option>
+            [end]
+            [end]
+            [if-any backup]
+            [for backup]
+            <option value="[backup]">[backup] (backup)</option>
+            [end]
+            [end]
+          </select>
+          <input type="submit" value="Change"/>
+        </form>
+
+        <p>
+          You may also consult the
+          <a href="http://www.apache.org/mirrors/">complete list of
+            mirrors.</a>
+        </p>
+
+      </subsection>
+      
+      <subsection name="${project.name} ${project.version}">
+        
+      <p>This is the current stable version of ${project.name}.</p>
+        
+      <table>
+        <thead>
+          <tr>
+            <th></th>
+            <th>Link</th>
+            <th>Checksum</th>
+            <th>Signature</th>
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+          <tr>
+            <td>${project.name} ${project.version} (Source zip)</td>
+            <td><a href="[preferred]maven/release/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip">maven/release/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip</a></td>
+            <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/maven/release/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.sha512">maven/release/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.sha512</a></td>
+            <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/maven/release/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.asc">maven/release/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-source-release.zip.asc</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        </tbody>
+      </table>
+      </subsection>
+
+      <subsection name="Previous Versions">
+        
+      <p>Older non-recommended releases can be found on our <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/release/">archive site</a>.</p>
+
+      </subsection>
+    </section>
+  </body>
+</document>
+
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/Dockerfile b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2af4a85ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/kupl/starlab-benchmarks/java-base:maven-release
+
+ENV TZ=Asia/Seoul
+
+COPY ./metadata.json .
+COPY ./npe.json .
+COPY ./buggy.java /tmp/buggy.java
+RUN export BUGGY_PATH=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.filepath") \
+    && export BUGGY_LINE=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.line") \
+    && export BUGGY_MTHD=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.npe_method") \
+    && mv /tmp/buggy.java $BUGGY_PATH \
+    && echo "[{\"filepath\": \"$BUGGY_PATH\", \"line\": $BUGGY_LINE, \"method_name\": \"$BUGGY_MTHD\"}]" | jq . > traces.json
+
+RUN git init . && git add -A
+
+RUN $(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".buildCommand")
+
+RUN $(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".testCommand"); if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/buggy.java b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/buggy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b6c2aed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/buggy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.DefaultReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Base class with shared configuration.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${basedir}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private File basedir;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${settings}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private Settings settings;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    protected MavenProject project;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Component
+    protected ReleaseManager releaseManager;
+
+    /**
+     * Additional arguments to pass to the Maven executions, separated by spaces.
+     */
+    @Parameter( alias = "prepareVerifyArgs", property = "arguments" )
+    private String arguments;
+
+    /**
+     * The file name of the POM to execute any goals against. As of version 3.0.0, this defaults to the name of
+     * POM file of the project being built.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "pomFileName", defaultValue = "${project.file.name}" )
+    private String pomFileName;
+
+    /**
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${reactorProjects}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    private List<MavenProject> reactorProjects;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code M2_HOME} parameter to use for forked Maven invocations.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${maven.home}" )
+    private File mavenHome;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code JAVA_HOME} parameter to use for forked Maven invocations.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${java.home}" )
+    private File javaHome;
+
+    /**
+     * The command-line local repository directory in use for this build (if specified).
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter ( defaultValue = "${maven.repo.local}" )
+    private File localRepoDirectory;
+
+    /**
+     * Role hint of the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.MavenExecutor} implementation to use.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-8
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "invoker", property = "mavenExecutorId" )
+    private String mavenExecutorId;
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${session}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    protected MavenSession session;
+
+    /**
+     * The role-hint for the {@link org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategy.Strategy}
+     * implementation used to specify the phases per goal.
+     * 
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     * @see org.apache.maven.shared.release.strategies.DefaultStrategy
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "default", property = "releaseStrategyId" )
+    private String releaseStrategyId;
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the environment settings configured for this release.
+     *
+     * @return The release environment, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    protected ReleaseEnvironment getReleaseEnvironment()
+    {
+        return new DefaultReleaseEnvironment().setSettings( settings )
+                                              .setJavaHome( javaHome )
+                                              .setMavenHome( mavenHome )
+                                              .setLocalRepositoryDirectory( localRepoDirectory )
+                                              .setMavenExecutorId( mavenExecutorId );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the release descriptor from the various goal parameters.
+     *
+     * @return The release descriptor, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+/**
+ * Creates the release descriptor from the various goal parameters.
+ *
+ * @return The release descriptor, never <code>null</code>.
+ */
+protected org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor() {
+    org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder descriptor = new org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder();
+    descriptor.setInteractive(settings.isInteractiveMode());
+    java.nio.file.Path workingDirectory;
+    try {
+        workingDirectory = org.apache.maven.plugins.release.AbstractReleaseMojo.getCommonBasedir(reactorProjects);
+    } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
+    }
+    descriptor.setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
+    java.nio.file.Path rootBasedir = basedir.toPath();
+    if (rootBasedir.equals(workingDirectory)) {
+        descriptor.setPomFileName(pomFileName);
+    } else {
+        descriptor.setPomFileName(workingDirectory.relativize(rootBasedir).resolve(pomFileName).toString());
+    }
+    for (org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject project : reactorProjects) {
+        java.lang.String versionlessKey = org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey(project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId());
+        descriptor.putOriginalVersion(versionlessKey, project.getVersion());
+    }
+    descriptor.setAdditionalArguments(this.arguments);
+    java.util.List<java.lang.String> profileIds = session.getRequest().getActiveProfiles();
+    java.lang.String additionalProfiles = getAdditionalProfiles();
+    if ((!profileIds.isEmpty()) || org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils.isNotBlank(additionalProfiles)) {
+        java.util.List<java.lang.String> profiles = new java.util.ArrayList<>(profileIds);
+        {
+            profiles.addAll(java.util.Arrays.asList(/* NPEX_NULL_EXP */
+            additionalProfiles.split(",")));
+        }
+        descriptor.setActivateProfiles(profiles);
+    }
+    descriptor.setReleaseStrategyId(releaseStrategyId);
+    return descriptor;
+}
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the comma separated list of additional profiles for the release build.
+     *
+     * @return additional profiles to enable during release
+     */
+    protected String getAdditionalProfiles()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the component used to perform release actions.
+     *
+     * @param releaseManager The release manager implementation to use, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    void setReleaseManager( ReleaseManager releaseManager )
+    {
+        this.releaseManager = releaseManager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the effective settings for this build.
+     *
+     * @return The effective settings for this build, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    Settings getSettings()
+    {
+        return settings;
+    }
+
+    protected final File getBasedir()
+    {
+        return basedir;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the base directory of the build.
+     *
+     * @param basedir The build's base directory, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    public void setBasedir( File basedir )
+    {
+        this.basedir = basedir;
+    }
+
+    public void setPomFileName( String pomFileName )
+    {
+        this.pomFileName = pomFileName;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the list of projects in the build reactor.
+     *
+     * @return The list of reactor project, never <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    public List<MavenProject> getReactorProjects()
+    {
+        return reactorProjects;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add additional arguments.
+     *
+     * @param argument The argument to add, must not be <code>null</code>.
+     */
+    protected void addArgument( String argument )
+    {
+        if ( arguments != null )
+        {
+            arguments += " " + argument;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            arguments = argument;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static Path getCommonBasedir( List<MavenProject> reactorProjects )
+                    throws IOException
+    {
+        Path basePath = reactorProjects.get( 0 ).getBasedir().toPath();
+        
+        for ( MavenProject reactorProject : reactorProjects )
+        {
+            Path matchPath = reactorProject.getBasedir().toPath();
+            while ( !basePath.startsWith( matchPath ) )
+            {
+                matchPath = matchPath.getParent();
+            }
+            basePath = matchPath;
+        }
+        
+        return basePath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/metadata.json b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12a29ef41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "language": "java",
+  "id": "maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198",
+  "buggyPath": ".",
+  "referencePath": null,
+  "buildCommand": "mvn package -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100 -DskipTests=true -DskipITs=true -Dtest=None -DfailIfNoTests=false",
+  "testCommand": "mvn test -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100",
+  "categories": [
+    "safety",
+    "npe"
+  ],
+  "npe": {
+    "filepath": "maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java",
+    "line": 188,
+    "npe_method": "createReleaseDescriptor",
+    "deref_field": "additionalProfiles",
+    "npe_class": "AbstractReleaseMojo",
+    "repo": "maven-release",
+    "bug_id": "AbstractReleaseMojo_198"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/npe.json b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/npe.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83417a2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractReleaseMojo_198/npe.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "filepath": "maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java",
+    "line": 188,
+    "npe_method": "createReleaseDescriptor",
+    "deref_field": "additionalProfiles",
+    "npe_class": "AbstractReleaseMojo"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/Dockerfile b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2af4a85ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/kupl/starlab-benchmarks/java-base:maven-release
+
+ENV TZ=Asia/Seoul
+
+COPY ./metadata.json .
+COPY ./npe.json .
+COPY ./buggy.java /tmp/buggy.java
+RUN export BUGGY_PATH=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.filepath") \
+    && export BUGGY_LINE=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.line") \
+    && export BUGGY_MTHD=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.npe_method") \
+    && mv /tmp/buggy.java $BUGGY_PATH \
+    && echo "[{\"filepath\": \"$BUGGY_PATH\", \"line\": $BUGGY_LINE, \"method_name\": \"$BUGGY_MTHD\"}]" | jq . > traces.json
+
+RUN git init . && git add -A
+
+RUN $(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".buildCommand")
+
+RUN $(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".testCommand"); if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/buggy.java b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/buggy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bd911816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/buggy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Mojo containing SCM parameters
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+// Extra layer since 2.4. Don't use @since doclet, these would be inherited by the subclasses
+public abstract class AbstractScmReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * The SCM username to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "username" )
+    private String username;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM password to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "password" )
+    private String password;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM tag to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( alias = "releaseLabel", property = "tag" )
+    private String tag;
+
+    /**
+     * Format to use when generating the tag name if none is specified. Property interpolation is performed on the
+     * tag, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code>
+     * to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>. The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> or <code>project.groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> or <code>project.artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>version</code> or <code>project.version</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 2.2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}", property = "tagNameFormat" )
+    private String tagNameFormat;
+
+    /**
+     * The tag base directory in SVN, you must define it if you don't use the standard svn layout (trunk/tags/branches).
+     * For example, <code>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags</code>. The URL is an SVN URL and does not
+     * include the SCM provider and protocol.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "tagBase" )
+    private String tagBase;
+
+    /**
+     * The message prefix to use for all SCM changes.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-5
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "[maven-release-plugin] ", property = "scmCommentPrefix" )
+    private String scmCommentPrefix;
+
+    /**
+     * Implemented with git will or not push changes to the upstream repository.
+     * <code>true</code> by default to preserve backward compatibility.
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "pushChanges" )
+    private boolean pushChanges = true;
+
+    /**
+     * A workItem for SCMs like RTC, TFS etc, that may require additional
+     * information to perform a pushChange operation.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "workItem" )
+    private String workItem;
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new or overwrite the default implementation per provider. 
+     * The key is the scm prefix and the value is the role hint of the
+     * {@link org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider}.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     * @see ScmManager#setScmProviderImplementation(String, String)
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private Map<String, String> providerImplementations;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM manager.
+     */
+    @Component
+    private ScmManager scmManager;
+
+    @Override
+public void execute() throws org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException, org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException {
+    {
+        for (java.util.Map.Entry<java.lang.String, java.lang.String> providerEntry : /* NPEX_NULL_EXP */
+        providerImplementations.entrySet()) {
+            getLog().info(((("Change the default '" + providerEntry.getKey()) + "' provider implementation to '") + providerEntry.getValue()) + "'.");
+            scmManager.setScmProviderImplementation(providerEntry.getKey(), providerEntry.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+    @Override
+    protected ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor()
+    {
+        ReleaseDescriptorBuilder descriptor = super.createReleaseDescriptor();
+
+        descriptor.setScmPassword( password );
+        descriptor.setScmReleaseLabel( tag );
+        descriptor.setScmTagNameFormat( tagNameFormat );
+        descriptor.setScmTagBase( tagBase );
+        descriptor.setScmUsername( username );
+        descriptor.setScmCommentPrefix( scmCommentPrefix );
+
+        descriptor.setPushChanges( pushChanges );
+        descriptor.setWorkItem( workItem );
+        
+        if ( project.getScm() != null )
+        {
+            if ( project.getScm().getDeveloperConnection() != null )
+            {
+                descriptor.setScmSourceUrl( project.getScm().getDeveloperConnection() );
+            }
+            else if ( project.getScm().getConnection() != null )
+            {
+                descriptor.setScmSourceUrl( project.getScm().getConnection() );
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // As long as Scm.getId() does not exist, read it as a property
+        descriptor.setScmId( project.getProperties().getProperty( "project.scm.id" ) );
+        
+        for ( MavenProject reactorProject : session.getProjects() )
+        {
+            if ( reactorProject.getScm() != null )
+            {
+                String projectId =
+                    ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey( reactorProject.getGroupId(), reactorProject.getArtifactId() );
+                
+                descriptor.addOriginalScmInfo( projectId, buildScm( project ) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return descriptor;
+    }
+    
+    protected Scm buildScm( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        Scm scm;
+        if ( project.getOriginalModel().getScm() == null )
+        {
+            scm = null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            scm = new Scm();
+            scm.setConnection( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getConnection() );
+            scm.setDeveloperConnection( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getDeveloperConnection() );
+            scm.setTag( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getTag() );
+            scm.setUrl( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getUrl() );
+        }
+        return scm;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/metadata.json b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a07e0b0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "language": "java",
+  "id": "maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130",
+  "buggyPath": ".",
+  "referencePath": null,
+  "buildCommand": "mvn package -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100 -DskipTests=true -DskipITs=true -Dtest=None -DfailIfNoTests=false",
+  "testCommand": "mvn test -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100",
+  "categories": [
+    "safety",
+    "npe"
+  ],
+  "npe": {
+    "filepath": "maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java",
+    "line": 130,
+    "npe_method": "execute",
+    "deref_field": "providerImplementations",
+    "npe_class": "AbstractScmReleaseMojo",
+    "repo": "maven-release",
+    "bug_id": "AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/npe.json b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/npe.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32588b022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_130/npe.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "filepath": "maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java",
+    "line": 130,
+    "npe_method": "execute",
+    "deref_field": "providerImplementations",
+    "npe_class": "AbstractScmReleaseMojo"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/Dockerfile b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2af4a85ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/kupl/starlab-benchmarks/java-base:maven-release
+
+ENV TZ=Asia/Seoul
+
+COPY ./metadata.json .
+COPY ./npe.json .
+COPY ./buggy.java /tmp/buggy.java
+RUN export BUGGY_PATH=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.filepath") \
+    && export BUGGY_LINE=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.line") \
+    && export BUGGY_MTHD=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".npe.npe_method") \
+    && mv /tmp/buggy.java $BUGGY_PATH \
+    && echo "[{\"filepath\": \"$BUGGY_PATH\", \"line\": $BUGGY_LINE, \"method_name\": \"$BUGGY_MTHD\"}]" | jq . > traces.json
+
+RUN git init . && git add -A
+
+RUN $(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".buildCommand")
+
+RUN $(cat metadata.json | jq -r ".testCommand"); if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/buggy.java b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/buggy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f22d39d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/buggy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugins.release;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Mojo containing SCM parameters
+ *
+ * @author Robert Scholte
+ */
+// Extra layer since 2.4. Don't use @since doclet, these would be inherited by the subclasses
+public abstract class AbstractScmReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * The SCM username to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "username" )
+    private String username;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM password to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "password" )
+    private String password;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM tag to use.
+     */
+    @Parameter( alias = "releaseLabel", property = "tag" )
+    private String tag;
+
+    /**
+     * Format to use when generating the tag name if none is specified. Property interpolation is performed on the
+     * tag, but in order to ensure that the interpolation occurs during release, you must use <code>@{...}</code>
+     * to reference the properties rather than <code>${...}</code>. The following properties are available:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><code>groupId</code> or <code>project.groupId</code> - The groupId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>artifactId</code> or <code>project.artifactId</code> - The artifactId of the root project.
+     *     <li><code>version</code> or <code>project.version</code> - The release version of the root project.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @since 2.2.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}", property = "tagNameFormat" )
+    private String tagNameFormat;
+
+    /**
+     * The tag base directory in SVN, you must define it if you don't use the standard svn layout (trunk/tags/branches).
+     * For example, <code>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags</code>. The URL is an SVN URL and does not
+     * include the SCM provider and protocol.
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "tagBase" )
+    private String tagBase;
+
+    /**
+     * The message prefix to use for all SCM changes.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-5
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "[maven-release-plugin] ", property = "scmCommentPrefix" )
+    private String scmCommentPrefix;
+
+    /**
+     * Implemented with git will or not push changes to the upstream repository.
+     * <code>true</code> by default to preserve backward compatibility.
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "true", property = "pushChanges" )
+    private boolean pushChanges = true;
+
+    /**
+     * A workItem for SCMs like RTC, TFS etc, that may require additional
+     * information to perform a pushChange operation.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "workItem" )
+    private String workItem;
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new or overwrite the default implementation per provider. 
+     * The key is the scm prefix and the value is the role hint of the
+     * {@link org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider}.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0-beta-6
+     * @see ScmManager#setScmProviderImplementation(String, String)
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private Map<String, String> providerImplementations;
+
+    /**
+     * The SCM manager.
+     */
+    @Component
+    private ScmManager scmManager;
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+    {
+        if ( providerImplementations != null )
+        {
+            for ( Map.Entry<String, String> providerEntry : providerImplementations.entrySet() )
+            {
+                getLog().info( "Change the default '" + providerEntry.getKey() + "' provider implementation to '"
+                    + providerEntry.getValue() + "'." );
+                scmManager.setScmProviderImplementation( providerEntry.getKey(), providerEntry.getValue() );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+protected org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder createReleaseDescriptor() {
+    org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorBuilder descriptor = super.createReleaseDescriptor();
+    descriptor.setScmPassword(password);
+    descriptor.setScmReleaseLabel(tag);
+    descriptor.setScmTagNameFormat(tagNameFormat);
+    descriptor.setScmTagBase(tagBase);
+    descriptor.setScmUsername(username);
+    descriptor.setScmCommentPrefix(scmCommentPrefix);
+    descriptor.setPushChanges(pushChanges);
+    descriptor.setWorkItem(workItem);
+    {
+        if (/* NPEX_NULL_EXP */
+        project.getScm().getDeveloperConnection() != null) {
+            descriptor.setScmSourceUrl(project.getScm().getDeveloperConnection());
+        } else if (project.getScm().getConnection() != null) {
+            descriptor.setScmSourceUrl(project.getScm().getConnection());
+        }
+    }
+    // As long as Scm.getId() does not exist, read it as a property
+    descriptor.setScmId(project.getProperties().getProperty("project.scm.id"));
+    for (org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject reactorProject : session.getProjects()) {
+        if (reactorProject.getScm() != null) {
+            java.lang.String projectId = org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils.versionlessKey(reactorProject.getGroupId(), reactorProject.getArtifactId());
+            descriptor.addOriginalScmInfo(projectId, buildScm(project));
+        }
+    }
+    return descriptor;
+}
+    
+    protected Scm buildScm( MavenProject project )
+    {
+        Scm scm;
+        if ( project.getOriginalModel().getScm() == null )
+        {
+            scm = null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            scm = new Scm();
+            scm.setConnection( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getConnection() );
+            scm.setDeveloperConnection( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getDeveloperConnection() );
+            scm.setTag( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getTag() );
+            scm.setUrl( project.getOriginalModel().getScm().getUrl() );
+        }
+        return scm;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/metadata.json b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..846ed8495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "language": "java",
+  "id": "maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156",
+  "buggyPath": ".",
+  "referencePath": null,
+  "buildCommand": "mvn package -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100 -DskipTests=true -DskipITs=true -Dtest=None -DfailIfNoTests=false",
+  "testCommand": "mvn test -V -B -Denforcer.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dcobertura.skip=true -Drat.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dgpg.skip=true -Dskip.npm=true -Dskip.gulp=true -Dskip.bower=true -Drat.numUnapprovedLicenses=100",
+  "categories": [
+    "safety",
+    "npe"
+  ],
+  "npe": {
+    "filepath": "maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java",
+    "line": 154,
+    "npe_method": "createReleaseDescriptor",
+    "deref_field": "getScm",
+    "npe_class": "AbstractScmReleaseMojo",
+    "repo": "maven-release",
+    "bug_id": "AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/npe.json b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/npe.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b1895d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java/maven-release-AbstractScmReleaseMojo_156/npe.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "filepath": "maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractScmReleaseMojo.java",
+    "line": 154,
+    "npe_method": "createReleaseDescriptor",
+    "deref_field": "getScm",
+    "npe_class": "AbstractScmReleaseMojo"
+}
\ No newline at end of file