🚀 New features and improvements

• [MRELEASE-1145] - Upgrade to Maven 3.6.3 (#217) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1139] - Improve logging of sources for used credentials (#209) @kwin
• [MRELEASE-1134] - Pass interactive flag to SCM provider (#197) @kwin

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [MRELEASE-1064] - [REGRESSION] release:branch uses @releaseLabel instea… (#221) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1147] - @junitVersion@ never replaced in UTs (make explicit) (#220) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1148] - Release Manage pulls in transitive dependencies (#219) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1146] - maven-release-plugin tests do not properly check for … (#218) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1109] - patch JDomModel (#201) @mkolesnikov
• [MRELEASE-1109] - Support CI friendly versions (#198) @kwin

📦 Dependency updates

• Bump scmVersion from 2.0.1 to 2.1.0 (#213) @dependabot
• Bump org.apache.maven.shared:maven-invoker from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 (#215) @dependabot
• Bump org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-interactivity-api from 1.2 to 1.3 (#210) @dependabot
• Bump org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-interpolation from 1.26 to 1.27 (#206) @dependabot
• Bump org.xmlunit:xmlunit-core from 2.9.1 to 2.10.0 (#214) @dependabot
• [MRELEASE-1144] - Upgrade to Parent 42 (#216) @michael-o
• Bump apache/maven-gh-actions-shared from 3 to 4 (#212) @dependabot
• Bump org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-interactivity-api from 1.1 to 1.2 (#207) @dependabot
• Bump org.codehaus.mojo:mrm-maven-plugin from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 (#200) @dependabot
• Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-invoker-plugin from 3.5.1 to 3.6.0 (#204) @dependabot
• Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.12.0 to 3.14.0 (#205) @dependabot
• [MRELEASE-1128] - update maven-scm to 2.0.1 (#192) @elharo

👻 Maintenance

• Bump release-drafter/release-drafter from 5 to 6 (#211) @dependabot
• [MRELEASE-1136] - Upgrade parent pom to 41 (#208) @slachiewicz
• fixup hamcrest dependencies (#194) @elharo
• prefer JDK String replace methods to Plexus ones (#193) @elharo

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [MRELEASE-1123] - Fix for Maven 4 compatibility (#186) @slawekjaranowski
• [MRELEASE-1114] - Restore interactive mode for forked process (#189) @slawekjaranowski
• [MRELEASE-1103] - Wrong file path used for master pw file (#181) @cstamas
• [MRELEASE-851] - : javaHome argument is now honored in InvokerMavenExecutor (#182) @prof-schnitzel

📦 Dependency updates

• [MRELEASE-1121] - Bump maven-shared-utils from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 (#188) @slawekjaranowski
• [MRELEASE-1121] - Bump maven-shared-utils from 3.3.4 to 3.4.1 (#183) @dependabot
• Bump hamcrest-core from 1.3 to 2.2 (#180) @dependabot

👻 Maintenance

• [MRELEASE-1127] - Refresh download page (#191) @slawekjaranowski
• [MRELEASE-1077] - Add the since tag to the documentation (#190) @nielsbasjes
• [MNG-6829] - Replace any StringUtils#isEmpty(String) and #isNotEmpty(String) (#185) @timtebeek
• [MRELEASE-1122] - configure system requirements history (#184) @hboutemy

• improve dependency declarations (#176) @elharo
• update links (#175) @elharo
• use more modern I/O that does not rely on the system encoding (#174) @elharo
• http --> https (#177) @elharo
• grammar nits (#178) @elharo
• Prefer more modern try with resources over IOUtil.close (#179) @elharo
• Mrelease 1116 (#173) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1115] - Upgrade Parent to 39 (#172) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1078] - Support version policy to read and use SCM tags and commits (#104) @nielsbasjes
• [MRELEASE-431] - add user documentation for version policies (#169) @hboutemy
• MRELEASE-1072 reuse original tag for next development version in case (#86) @kwin
• [MRELEASE-1108] - Upgrade Maven SCM to 2.0.0-M3 (#157) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1094] - Clean up dependencies (#144) @michael-o
• [MRELEASE-1099] - allow using a shallow clone during release:perform (#139) @BigMichi1
• [MRELEASE-1100] - Upgrade Maven SCM to 2.0.0-M2 (#143) @michael-o

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [MRELEASE-1104] - fix stage goal when having both arguments and stagingRepository (#151) @olamy

📦 Dependency updates

• Bump mrm-maven-plugin from 1.4.1 to 1.5.0 (#171) @dependabot
• Bump apache/maven-gh-actions-shared from 2 to 3 (#167) @dependabot
• Bump mrm-maven-plugin from 1.3.0 to 1.4.1 (#142) @dependabot

• [MRELEASE-1096] - Many cleanups and updates (#132) @nielsbasjes
• [MRELEASE-1098] - Drop o.a.m.shared.release.env.ReleaseEnvironment.getL… (#136) @michael-o

🚀 New features and improvements

• [MRELEASE-1097] - rework plugin output to clarify goal's phases (#135) @hboutemy
• [MRELEASE-1091] - Use non-interactive mode for forked Maven process (#125) @slawekjaranowski
• [MRELEASE-1082] - configuration option for using a shallow clone (#121) @BigMichi1

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [MRELEASE-1022] - Use versions defined in release.properties when doing release:prepare (#111) @sleberrigaud
• Fix xsd NS (#102) @pzygielo

📦 Dependency updates

• [MRELEASE-1095] - Upgrade Maven SCM to 1.13.0 (#131) @michael-o
• Bump plexus-utils from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 (#128) @dependabot
• Bump slf4j-simple from 1.7.5 to 1.7.36 (#124) @dependabot
• [MRELEASE-1087] - Upgrade Maven to 3.2.5 (and de-plexus) (#118) @cstamas
• [MRELEASE-1085] - Upgrade Maven Invoker to 3.2.0 (#117) @slawekjaranowski
• [MRELEASE-1086] - Upgrade Parent to 36 (#116) @slawekjaranowski
• Bump plexus-interpolation from 1.17 to 1.26 (#107) @dependabot
• Bump maven-invoker-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.2.2 (#99) @dependabot
• Bump jdom2 from 2.0.6 to 2.0.6.1 (#96) @dependabot
• Bump mrm-maven-plugin from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 (#95) @dependabot

👻 Maintenance

• [MRELEASE-1088] - Remove parsing of CLI arguments (#120) @slawekjaranowski

🔧 Build

• add release drafter configuration (#112) @olamy

What's Changed

• Update rollback-release.apt by @sanlaville in #64
• Bump junit from 4.13.1 to 4.13.2 by @dependabot in #67
• Bump scmVersion from 1.11.2 to 1.11.3 by @dependabot in #70
• Bump plexus-cipher from 1.4 to 1.7 by @dependabot in #66
• Bump commons-lang3 from 3.7 to 3.12.0 by @dependabot in #69
• [N/A] Fix spelling error in log message by @klaraward in #78
• Bump xmlunit-core from 2.6.4 to 2.8.2 by @dependabot in #71
• Bump maven-plugin-plugin from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 by @dependabot in #73
• Remove unused formal parameters by @pzygielo in #88
• Change interface implemented by MavenArtifactVersion by @pzygielo in #89
• [MRELEASE-1075] Move CVS-based tests to Subversion or Git by @michael-o in #90
• [MRELEASE-1074] Upgrade Maven SCM to 1.12.2 by @michael-o in #91

New Contributors

• @sanlaville made their first contribution in #64
• @klaraward made their first contribution in #78

Full Changelog: maven-release-3.0.0-M4...maven-release-3.0.0-M5

Full Changelog: maven-release-3.0.0-M3...maven-release-3.0.0-M4

What's Changed

• [MRELEASE-982] correct log message by @elharo in #39
• [MRELEASE-919] avoid redirects by @elharo in #40
• update JDOM and JUnit by @elharo in #41
• update plexus-utils by @elharo in #42
• Revert "update plexus-utils (#42)" by @elharo in #46
• update plexus-interpolation 1.17 by @elharo in #44
• update commons-io 2.6 by @elharo in #43
• update xmlunit by @elharo in #47
• update plexus-utils to 3.0.18 by @elharo in #48
• Remove empty statements/semicolons by @pzygielo in #52
• [MRELEASE-1042] - releaseProfiles get overriden by activeProfiles by @bguerin in #50
• [MRELEASE-1045] Update mockito-core to 2.28.2 by @ian-lavallee in #53
• Ignore .checkstyle by @elharo in #54
• (doc) Correct preposition by @pzygielo in #57
• subject verb agreement by @elharo in #58
• (doc) Fix missing slash for closing tag in FAQs by @padyx in #63

New Contributors

• @ian-lavallee made their first contribution in #53
• @padyx made their first contribution in #63

Full Changelog: maven-release-3.0.0-M2...maven-release-3.0.0-M3

What's Changed

• Fix for MRELEASE-835: Automatically resolve snapshot dependencies in release:prepare by @theit in #19
• [MRELEASE-1036] Fix JavaDoc for JDK 8 by @cchacin in #33
• [MRELEASE-1038] releaseProfiles get overriden by exec.pomFileName by @bguerin in #38
• fix: re-normalize all line endings by @cchacin in #34

New Contributors

• @cchacin made their first contribution in #33

Full Changelog: maven-release-3.0.0-M1...maven-release-3.0.0-M2

What's Changed

• Fixes for [MRELEASE-1009] : by @theit in #21
• [MRELEASE-161] If there is more than one artifact with the same artifactId in dependencyManagement only the first one is updated by @andretadeu in #27
• [MRELEASE-985] Override snapshot dependencies from command line by @ptahchiev in #28
• remove extraneous commas by @elharo in #30
• [MRELEASE-1034] changed error to warn if tag is not present at rollback; fixed typos by @cquoss in #31

New Contributors

• @andretadeu made their first contribution in #27
• @ptahchiev made their first contribution in #28
• @cquoss made their first contribution in #31

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apache/maven-release/commits/maven-release-3.0.0-M1

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