@atomist/update-maven-dependencies

What it's useful for

Track all the different versions of mvn artifacts in pom.xml files across your repositories.
Automatically raise pull requests when a version does not conform to a selected target version. Choose from three different targets:

• Latest Used - select the latest version found in one of your repositories
• Manual - manually select a target version in a skill configuration

Before you get started

Connect and configure these integrations:

1. GitHub
2. Slack (optional)

The GitHub integration must be configured in order to use this skill. At least one repository must be selected. We recommend connecting the Slack integration.

When the optional Slack integration is enabled, users can interact with this skill directly from Slack.

How to configure

You can enable this skill without configuring any target versions. In this mode, the skill will collect data about your artifact versions, but will take no action. Simply select the set of repositories that should be scanned.

1. Select dependency target policy, optional policy configuration

   A Manual policy requires that you specify both the library and the version.

   

   The other two policies require only the names of the libraries that should be kept up to date.

   

2. Determine repository scope

   

   By default, this skill will be enabled for all repositories in all organizations you have connected.

   To restrict the organizations or specific repositories on which the skill will run, you can explicitly choose organization(s) and repositories.

How to use Update Maven Dependencies

1. Configure the skill, add a target policy and select repositories to scan for pom.xml files

   The skill will run on any new pushes to selected repositories. and will raise pull requests for artifacts that are not on target.

2. Run a version sync from Slack

   Interactively check that a repository is in sync with current policies.

   @atomist mvn sync
   @atomist mvn sync --slug=org/repo
   

   (you do not need to specify a --slug parameter if your Slack channel is linked to a repository)

   

   This is useful when you want to raise a pull request without having to wait for a push to occur.

3. ** Enjoy an easier way to keep your dependencies as current as you want them to be**

To create feature requests or bug reports, create an issue in the repository for this skill. See the code for the skill.

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