Git error when building without git

[ekpeters]

I just grabbed this project off the repo, tried a build with ye olde 'mvn package' and got:

[ERROR] Exception while executing SCM command.: Error while executing command. Error while executing process. Cannot run program "git"

Not a surprise - I don't let build tools at git.

I don't see anything in the instructions for building without git, nor am I keen on granting build tools unfettered access to scm in the modern security realm... I don't do SCM through maven, so if there's an id-10-t easy way to skip it, I don't know it, and frankly, I feel such updates ought to be opt-in, not opt-out, as it can complicate troubleshooting things in development if every build you do updates the code you're trying to troubleshoot.

"Hang on ... why's the instruction pointer on a comment again...  bugger!"

In a development context, updating from SCM ought to be an explicit action, not implicit. To do otherwise invites the 'too many chefs' problem.

Perhaps I'm being unreasonable... whatever. Calling it like I see it, and as I see it.

While I'd prefer to build it myself, the easy alternative is grab the jar from github and cross off any notion of tweaking anything.

[SubOptimal]

@ekpeters You might skip the execution of the buildnumber-maven-plugin.

$ maven -Dmaven.buildNumber.skip=true package
...
[INFO] --- buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create (create-build-metadata) @ gcviewer ---
[INFO] Skipping execution.
...