Maven repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement

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I am trying to run the command  mvn release perform  but I get this error    Failed to execute goal org apache maven plugins maven-deploy-plugin 2 5 deploy  default-deploy  on project git-demo  Deployment failed  repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement element or in -DaltDeploymentRepository id  layout  url parameter    Here s my pom xml file    lt project xmlns  http   maven apache org POM 4 0 0  xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance  xsi schemaLocation  http   maven apache org POM 4 0 0 http   maven apache org maven-v4 0 0 xsd  gt       lt modelVersion gt 4 0 0 lt  modelVersion gt       lt groupId gt com sonatype blog lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt git-demo lt  artifactId gt       lt packaging gt jar lt  packaging gt       lt version gt 1 1-SNAPSHOT lt  version gt       lt name gt git-demo lt  name gt       lt url gt http   maven apache org lt  url gt       lt dependencies gt           lt dependency gt               lt groupId gt junit lt  groupId gt               lt artifactId gt junit lt  artifactId gt               lt version gt 3 8 1 lt  version gt               lt scope gt test lt  scope gt           lt  dependency gt       lt  dependencies gt        lt scm gt           lt connection gt scm git git github com Christian-Achilli-KP git-demo git lt  connection gt           lt url gt scm git git github com Christian-Achilli-KP git-demo git lt  url gt           lt developerConnection gt scm git git github com Christian-Achilli-KP git-demo git lt  developerConnection gt       lt  scm gt        lt distributionManagement gt           lt  -- use the following if you re not using a snapshot version  -- gt           lt repository gt               lt id gt localSnap lt  id gt               lt name gt RepositoryProxyRel lt  name gt               lt url gt http   127 0 0 1 8080 nexus content repositories releases  lt  url gt           lt  repository gt           lt  -- use the following if you ARE using a snapshot version  -- gt           lt snapshotRepository gt               lt id gt MylocalSnap lt  id gt               lt name gt RepositoryProxySnap lt  name gt               lt url gt http   127 0 0 1 8080 nexus content repositories snapshots  lt  url gt           lt  snapshotRepository gt       lt  distributionManagement gt       lt build gt           lt plugins gt               lt plugin gt                   lt groupId gt org apache maven plugins lt  groupId gt                   lt artifactId gt maven-release-plugin lt  artifactId gt                   lt version gt 2 1 lt  version gt               lt  plugin gt           lt  plugins gt       lt  build gt   lt  project gt    Actually I can see the      repository   declaration inside the      distributionManagent   tag   Here s my settings xml    lt settings gt       lt servers gt           lt server gt               lt id gt localSnap lt  id gt               lt username gt deployment lt  username gt               lt password gt      lt  password gt           lt  server gt            lt server gt               lt id gt MylocalSnap lt  id gt               lt username gt deployment lt  username gt               lt password gt      lt  password gt           lt  server gt            lt server gt               lt id gt myserver lt  id gt               lt username gt tomcat lt  username gt               lt password gt tomcat lt  password gt           lt  server gt       lt  servers gt       lt mirrors gt           lt mirror gt               lt  --This sends everything else to  public -- gt               lt id gt nexus lt  id gt               lt mirrorOf gt   lt  mirrorOf gt               lt url gt http   127 0 0 1 8080 nexus content groups public  lt  url gt           lt  mirror gt       lt  mirrors gt       lt profiles gt           lt profile gt               lt id gt nexus lt  id gt               lt properties gt                   lt project build sourceEncoding gt MacRoman lt  project build sourceEncoding gt                   lt project reporting outputEncoding gt MacRoman lt  project reporting outputEncoding gt               lt  properties gt                lt  --Enable snapshots for the built in central repo to direct -- gt               lt  --all requests to nexus via the mirror -- gt               lt repositories gt                   lt repository gt                       lt id gt central lt  id gt                       lt url gt http   central lt  url gt                       lt releases gt  lt enabled gt true lt  enabled gt  lt  releases gt                       lt snapshots gt  lt enabled gt true lt  enabled gt  lt  snapshots gt                   lt  repository gt               lt  repositories gt               lt pluginRepositories gt                   lt pluginRepository gt                       lt id gt central lt  id gt                       lt url gt http   central lt  url gt                       lt releases gt  lt enabled gt true lt  enabled gt  lt  releases gt                       lt snapshots gt  lt enabled gt true lt  enabled gt  lt  snapshots gt                   lt  pluginRepository gt               lt  pluginRepositories gt           lt  profile gt       lt  profiles gt        lt activeProfiles gt           lt activeProfile gt nexus lt  activeProfile gt       lt  activeProfiles gt    lt  settings gt    Any advice why it complains

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I got the same message   repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement element    I checked  target checkout pom xml and as per another answer and it really lacked  lt distributionManagement gt    It turned out that the problem was that  lt distributionManagement gt  was missing in pom xml in my master branch  using git    After cleaning up  mvn release rollback  mvn clean  mvn release clean  git tag -d v1 0 0  I run mvn release again and it worked

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For me  this was something as simple as a missing version for my artifact -  1 1-SNAPSHOT

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Review the pom xml file inside of target checkout    Chances are  the pom xml in your trunk or master branch does not have the distributionManagement tag

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You can also override the deployment repository on the command line  -Darguments -DaltDeploymentRepository myreposid  default  http   my url releases

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The ID of the two repos are both localSnap  that s probably not what you want and it might confuse Maven   If that s not it  There might be more repository elements in your POM  Search the output of mvn help effective-pom for repository to make sure the number and place of them is what you expect

[maven] Maven: repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement?

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