Braids wrote:ok, so the release process commits additional changes.

that smells of self-modifying code.
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The only change that I can see while I am doing this is to the pom.xml file. There are no other changes to the Head SVN project itself other than the pom.xml file. Oh, and the local target folder acts as a receptacle for the various files that are created. But I clean these out with a Maven command before I make my next commit.
The pom file needs to update the version number that is contained within the pom file so the next beta release will automatically have the next higher version number. This automation is a good thing.

Think of the pom file as nothing more than a glorified script file. It builds the forge jar and combines it with the other files and then creates the two archives. The pom file then uploads the archives plus the various reports which are created in this process.
Check out the
http://svn.slightlymagic.net/websvn/ site and click on View Log. There is a nice pull down menu with an option labeled Elegant. Anyone who is interested should check it out.
