diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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index e3872012e..000000000
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-    <!--
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-    <!-- Jackson core used internally by Ebean -->
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-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-      <optional>true</optional>
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-    <!-- Provided scope so that the H2HistoryTrigger can live in Ebean core
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diff --git a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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index 6a9ea5871..000000000
--- a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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diff --git a/ebean-bom/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-bom/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d6fea6c8..000000000
--- a/ebean-bom/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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-    <dependencies>
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diff --git a/ebean-core-type/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-core-type/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index b892e1dad..000000000
--- a/ebean-core-type/pom.xml.releaseBackup
+++ /dev/null
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index e4ff17668..000000000
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diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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index 53be2b49a..000000000
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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index e09f3c5c0..000000000
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index 246b915d8..000000000
--- a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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-  <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-xml</artifactId>
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index 91035b7d9..000000000
--- a/ebean-postgis/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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index a1e4f6fc9..000000000
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index 5a55646d0..000000000
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-  <artifactId>ebean-redis</artifactId>
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index 5d6dccd65..000000000
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-      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.7</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>42.2.18</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>6.2.2.jre8</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.16</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sap.cloud.db.jdbc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ngdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.48</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.3</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>db2</id>
-      <dependencies>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.ibm.db2/jcc -->
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jcc</artifactId>
-          <version>11.5.5.0</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.24</version>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-        <configuration>
-          <tiles>
-            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
-          </tiles>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/ebean/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index 02f283b23..000000000
--- a/ebean/pom.xml.releaseBackup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
-    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <name>ebean composite</name>
-  <description>Composite of common runtime dependencies</description>
-  <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
-
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
-      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- Technically optional but most expected to use query beans -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index 1747c3975..000000000
--- a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
-    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <name>kotlin querybean generator</name>
-  <description>Generates Kotlin querybeans</description>
-  <artifactId>kotlin-querybean-generator</artifactId>
-
-  <properties>
-    <kotlin.version>1.5.30-M1</kotlin.version>
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
-      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
-
-
-  <build>
-    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>test-compile</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>test-kapt</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-kapt</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sourceDirs>
-                <sourceDir>src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
-              </sourceDirs>
-              <annotationProcessorPaths>
-                <annotationProcessorPath>
-                  <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>kotlin-querybean-generator</artifactId>
-                  <version>12.8.2</version>
-                </annotationProcessorPath>
-              </annotationProcessorPaths>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>compile</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sourceDirs>
-                <source>src/main/java</source>
-                <source>target/generated-sources/kapt/test</source>
-                <source>target/generated-sources/kaptKotlin/test</source>
-              </sourceDirs>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-testCompile</id>
-            <phase>none</phase>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>java-test-compile</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>testCompile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>compile</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
-          <!-- Turn off annotation processing for building -->
-          <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-        <artifactId>ebean-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${ebean-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>test</id>
-            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <transformArgs>debug=1</transformArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>testEnhance</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index 68cdce53d..000000000
--- a/pom.xml.releaseBackup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
-    <artifactId>java8-oss</artifactId>
-    <version>3.2</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-  <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <name>ebean parent</name>
-  <description>Parent for ebean modules</description>
-  <url>https://ebean.io/</url>
-
-  <scm>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
-  </scm>
-
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-      <distribution>repo</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
-
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>rbygrave</id>
-      <name>Rob Bygrave</name>
-      <email>robin.bygrave@gmail.com</email>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-
-  <properties>
-    <nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>true</nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>
-    <jackson.version>2.12.1</jackson.version>
-    <ebean-ddl-runner.version>1.0</ebean-ddl-runner.version>
-    <ebean-migration-auto.version>1.1</ebean-migration-auto.version>
-    <ebean-migration.version>12.11.0</ebean-migration.version>
-    <ebean-test-docker.version>4.1</ebean-test-docker.version>
-    <ebean-datasource.version>7.2</ebean-datasource.version>
-    <ebean-agent.version>12.11.2</ebean-agent.version>
-    <ebean-maven-plugin.version>12.11.2</ebean-maven-plugin.version>
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.30</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.3</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.199</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <modules>
-    <module>ebean</module>
-    <module>ebean-api</module>
-    <module>ebean-bom</module>
-    <module>ebean-core-type</module>
-    <module>ebean-core</module>
-    <module>ebean-ddl-generator</module>
-    <module>ebean-autotune</module>
-    <module>ebean-externalmapping-api</module>
-    <module>ebean-externalmapping-xml</module>
-    <module>ebean-test</module>
-    <module>querybean-generator</module>
-    <module>kotlin-querybean-generator</module>
-    <module>ebean-querybean</module>
-    <module>ebean-postgis</module>
-    <module>ebean-redis</module>
-    <!-- <module>tests</module> -->
-  </modules>
-
-</project>
-
diff --git a/querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a9960694..000000000
--- a/querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
-    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <name>querybean generator</name>
-  <description>Querybean generator</description>
-  <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
-
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
-          <!-- Turn off annotation processing for building -->
-          <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 293899571..000000000
--- a/release.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#release configuration
-#Thu Sep 09 21:41:10 NZST 2021
-projectVersionPolicyId=default
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-scm.branchCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator=12.11.4
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-core=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-api.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-redis.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-api.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-api=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean=12.11.4
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-exec.activateProfiles=release
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-test=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-bom.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type=12.11.4
-project.rel.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator=12.11.4
-project.dev.io.ebean\:querybean-generator=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
-releaseStrategyId=default
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean=12.11.4
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.scm.io.ebean\:querybean-generator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.dev.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-completedPhase=generate-release-poms
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-redis=12.11.4
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-test.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-api=12.11.4
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:querybean-generator.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.rel.io.ebean\:querybean-generator=12.11.4
-scm.tag=ebean-parent-12.11.4
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml=12.11.4
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api=12.11.4
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-preparationGoals=clean verify
-exec.pomFileName=pom.xml
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-parent=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-core=12.11.4
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-redis=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-redis.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-parent.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-pushChanges=true
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-test=12.11.4
-project.scm.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-bom.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
-project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune=12.11.4
-scm.rollbackCommitComment=@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}
-remoteTagging=true
-project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-bom=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
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-scm.url=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
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-scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
-project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-test.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
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-exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
-scm.releaseCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}
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