Pipeline in loop when using maven-release-plugin.

[Patrik Halén]

I have a pipeline setup to do a automated release when I commit to a specific branch. The problem is that maven-release-plugin that I use commit its changes to the same repository and branch. This triggers the same pipeline and creates a loop.

How to exclude sertain commits for a specific branch?

- step:
    name: TEST01 - Automatic build and test
    caches:
      - maven
    script:
      # Here I would like to add a check to stop if some criteria is met like commitmessage==[maven-release-plugin] or something similar
      - mvn release:clean release:prepare --batch-mode -f ggw-core/pom.xml -s ggw-core/external/settings-test01.xml
      - mvn release:perform -f ggw-core/pom.xml -s ggw-core/external/settings-test01.xml -X -e

[mwatson · Accepted solution]

Add 

-DscmCommentPrefix="[skip ci]"

to the release:prepare command as shown in https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/How-can-I-configure-my-pipeline-to-control-versioning/qaq-p/553721#M91377

This will make pipelines ignore the new commits. 

[Patrik Halén]

Works flawlessly!!

Thank you!

You saved the week!! :) :) :)