git-commit-id/git-commit-id-maven-plugin

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Maven plugin that captures git repository information (commit id, branch, tags, dirty state) at build time and exposes it as pom.xml properties and a generated git.properties file. It lets applications report exactly which version they were built from at runtime.

Use cases

• embed git commit id into a maven build
• generate git.properties file for spring boot actuator /info endpoint
• show which version an app was built from in distributed deployments
• expose build-time git metadata as maven properties
• fail a build if the git working directory is dirty
• include git describe version info in artifacts

When to choose

• you build with Maven and want reproducible build provenance
• you need runtime access to the exact commit your binary was built from
• you want git info exposed to Spring Boot's info endpoint via git.properties
• you need to gate builds on repository cleanliness or branch names

When to avoid

• your project uses Gradle instead of Maven
• you don't use git for version control
• you only need a version number already managed in the pom without git metadata
• you need build info for non-Java toolchains

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

build-tool version-control developer-tools configuration-management developer-tools version-control jvm cross-platform maven-plugin git build-info versioning continuous-delivery git-properties build-automation devops automation maven

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