Build numbers for project?
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I want to know how to keep track of each build in my project. Does IntelliJ record which version/build of my project I'm currently running? I want this to be displayed on the about screen as well. I know MS visual studio keeps track of the major/minor and build numbers for projects...and I'm pretty sure IntelliJ does as well, I'm just not sure how to make use of it. Help appreciated - thanks!
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There is no direct support in IDEA for build numbers. Most Java builds use Ant, or possibly Maven, both of which have support for build number generation.
--Dave Griffith
Is this still true? Where can I find Maven or Ant plugins that works in IDEA please?
Mikedepetris, could you clarify the issue please?
Thanks Andrey Dernov, I have a project with two modules, one is the java backend with maven, the other is an angular webapp frontend for which I set up a script to increase the build number in package.json at each prod build.
I would like to do the same for the java module, I see there are a couple of maven extensions like jgitversions but wanted to know what may be a recommended setup.
What I need is run the prod build process, increase the minor version of the build (maybe in pom.xml or wherever the application can read it), create a git tag and possibly commit with a comment it so it will be pushed at the next time.
At the moment I am doing this in the package.json with these:
"prebuild": "echo npm_package_version: %npm_package_version% && FOR /f \"tokens=*\" %a in ('npm version patch --git-tag-version -m \"Upgrade to %s before prod build\"') do SET OUTPUT=%a && call echo new version: %OUTPUT% && echo npm_package_version: %npm_package_version% && git add package.json package-lock.json && git commit -m \"Bump version\" && call git tag %OUTPUT% && echo PREBUILD END","build": "ng build --prod --aot --base-href=/apps/",
Thanks for the information. From the IDE side there is no such support. For the Maven, I would explore these options: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38163969/2000323