Example Root POM

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>root-pom</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>Root POM</name>
    <url>http://git.example.com/rootpom.git</url>

    <properties>
        <thirdPartyLib.version>2.5.1</thirdPartyLib.version>

        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>
    
    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.third.party</groupId>
                <artifactId>some-artifact</artifactId>
                <version>${thirdPartyLib.version}</version>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>
    
    <distributionManagement>
        <downloadUrl>http://artifactory.example.com/repo</downloadUrl>

        <repository>
            <id>example-repo</id>
            <name>Example Repository</name>
            <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
            <url>http://artifactory.example.com/local@repo</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>

        <snapshotRepository>
            <id>example-snapshot-repo</id>
            <name>Example Snapshot Repository</name>
            <uniqueVersion>true</uniqueVersion>
            <url>http://artifactory.example.com/local-snapshots@repo</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </snapshotRepository>
    </distributionManagement>
    
    <build>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <configuration>
                        <source>1.6</source>
                        <target>1.6</target>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>

                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.5</version>
                </plugin>

                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                    <configuration>
                        <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                        <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
                        <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
                        <remoteTagging>true</remoteTagging>
                        <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>

                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.17</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>

                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                    <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <configuration>
                        <formats>
                            <format>xml</format>
                        </formats>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>
    
    <scm>
        <connection>scm:git:ssh://[email protected]/rootpom.git</connection>
    </scm>
</project>