Apache Maven Beginner to Guru - Maven Release Rollback

The video tutorial explains how to roll back a Maven release. It starts with preparing a release and then demonstrates how to use the Maven release rollback command to revert changes. The tutorial also covers the issue of leftover tags in GitHub and how to remove them using SourceTree. It highlights a known issue with the Maven release plugin, which does not automatically remove tags from the remote repository.

What is the first step in preparing a Maven release?

• Running Maven release rollback

• Cleaning the project

• Tagging in GitHub

• Removing tags manually

What command is used to rollback a Maven release?

• maven release clean

• maven release rollback

• maven release perform

• maven release prepare

After rolling back a release, what remains unchanged in GitHub?

• The temporary files

• The project files

• The version snapshot

• The tags

Which tool is mentioned for manually removing tags from GitHub?

• Eclipse

• NetBeans

• SourceTree

• IntelliJ

What is a known limitation of the Maven release plugin?

• It cannot increment version numbers

• It cannot prepare a release

• It does not clean the project

• It does not automatically remove tags