Workaround for a bug in maven-release-plugin where it doesn't work we…

…ll with Git 1.8.5

pom.xml

@@ -485,14 +485,26 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <version>2.4.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
           <arguments>-P release,sonatype-oss-release,full,no-osgi</arguments>
           <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
           <allowTimestampedSnapshots>false</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
           <tagNameFormat>netty-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
         </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Ensure to put maven-antrun-plugin at the end of the plugin list