[MNGSITE-447] The option -Dproject.scm.developerConnection as specified in the guide does not work

**[George Belden](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=george.belden)** opened **[MNGSITE-447](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNGSITE-447?redirect=false)** and commented

What I'm reporting is basically the same as the following which looks to never have been resolved.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEA[SE-707](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SE-707)

The option -Dproject.scm.developerConnection as specified on the following guide does not work.

https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-releasing.html

It would be nice if the documentation could be updated so as not to be misleading.  However it would be even nicer to have that functionality, as it is a critical configuration in order to be able to use this plugin in modern CI/CD pipelines.

Is such a configuration planned for any future release?  I have already bolted this functionality onto the 2.5.3 source so that I can at least use this on my projects.  Otherwise this plugin is not usable for my team, hence why I am marking this as major.  But I do not understand the procedure for sharing this feature, or if it's already being added to a future release then it's a moot point.

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2 votes, 4 watchers

Start with the Maven release guide linked in the issue and compare its -Dproject.scm.developerConnection instructions with the behavior reported in MRELEASE-707. Done means the documentation no longer describes a non-working option, or the configuration works as documented for CI/CD use.

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