Eclipse m2e overwrites buildNumber from buildnumber-maven-plugin - eclipse

Question

I'm using Eclipse m2e, buildnumber-maven-plugin, and templating-maven-plugin to create a filtered java file with ${buildNumber}.
Here is a sample from the src/main/java-templates/build.java file:
public static final String BUILDNUMBER = "${buildNumber}";
If I run "mvn generate-sources" on the command line, my filtered java file contains the generated buildNumber value. If I run "generate-sources" from within Eclipse using m2e, the filtered java file briefly contains the actual buildNumber but is quickly replaced with the original string "${buildNumber}"
The structure of the project is
CmbProduct/pom.xml
+-- Model/pom.xml
+-- other modules
The buildnumber-maven-plugin is run in the parent pom.xml because I use buildNumber to set a general <finalName> value for all sub-modules.
I have tried it with and without lifecycle-mapping for org.eclipse.m2e.
I did not notice any change.
I have several "echo" tasks in both pom.xml files for debug purposes. These show the correct/actual buildNumber when run.
Here is an abbreviated CmbProduct/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.magnicomp</groupId>
<artifactId>Product</artifactId>
<!-- Do not change version EVER. This is used by MagniCompCommon and all other sub modules. -->
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>CMB Product</name>
<modules>
<module>Model</module>
<module>Common</module>
</modules>
<scm>
<!-- SCM used by buildnumber-maven-plugin and others -->
<connection>scm:git:git://sol:/vol/git/cmb.git</connection>
</scm>
<properties>
<!--
The canonical Product Version is defined below. This value is
automatically propagated to Java via plugin in the Modelproject.
The ${buildNumber} is automatically generated on-the-fly by
buildnumber-maven-plugin
-->
<!--
Product version defined primary version of product.
This is used instead of project.version because the later must
remain the same.
-->
<product.version.base>1.0.0</product.version.base>
<product.version.status>alpha1</product.version.status>
<product.version>${product.version.base}.${buildNumber}-${product.version.status}</product.version>
<!-- Version in 4 dot (digits + dot) format suitable for Windows file Version -->
<product.version.4dot>${product.version.base}.${buildNumber}</product.version.4dot>
<!-- Java version -->
<project.source.version>1.8</project.source.version>
<project.target.version>1.8</project.target.version>
<!-- MagniComp common -->
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
<hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version> <!-- was 4.3.10.Final -->
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<texo.version>0.9.0-v201501182340</texo.version>
<emf.version>2.11.0-v20150123-0347</emf.version>
<!-- Vaadin -->
<vaadin.version>7.5.7</vaadin.version>
<vaadin.plugin.version>${vaadin.version}</vaadin.plugin.version>
<vaadin.icons.version>1.0.1</vaadin.icons.version>
<!-- Product specific -->
<javax.servlet.version>3.1</javax.servlet.version>
<jersey.glassfish.version>2.21</jersey.glassfish.version>
<bouncy.version>1.51</bouncy.version>
<build.helper.maven.plugin.version>1.9.1</build.helper.maven.plugin.version>
<maven.shade.plugin.version>2.4.1</maven.shade.plugin.version>
<jna.version>4.1.0</jna.version>
</properties>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${product.version}</finalName>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>${project.encoding}</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<!-- We do not need a default assembly.xml
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/bin.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
-->
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.4,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>create</goal>
<goal>create-metadata</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<execute>
<runOnIncremental>true</runOnIncremental>
</execute>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>${project.encoding}</encoding>
<source>${project.source.version}</source>
<target>${project.target.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version> <!-- Keep in sync with pluginsManagement -->
<inherited>false</inherited> <!-- Run only for this level project -->
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>create</goal> <!-- Create buildNumber -->
<goal>create-metadata</goal> <!-- Create build.properties -->
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<!--
Auto update incremental integer as build number.
Without this it uses git revision.
-->
<format>{0,number,integer}</format>
<items>
<item>buildNumber</item>
</items>
<!-- Store buildNumber in given file. Use product.version so it resets each time version changes -->
<buildNumberPropertiesFileLocation>${basedir}/buildinfo/buildNumber-${product.version.base}-${product.version.status}.properties</buildNumberPropertiesFileLocation>
<!-- WORKAROUND: Make ${buildNumber} available to child modules -->
<getRevisionOnlyOnce>true</getRevisionOnlyOnce>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- Help identify buildNumber -->
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<inherited>false</inherited> <!-- Run only for this level project -->
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<echo>Build Number (buildNumber) is ${buildNumber}</echo>
</tasks>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<!-- This plugin allows us to add "src-gen" as another source dir -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${build.helper.maven.plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>add-source</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals><goal>add-source</goal></goals>
<configuration>
<sources>
<source>src-gen</source>
</sources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.18.1</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng-unit.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
... snip ....
Here is Model/pom.xml:
<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>com.magnicomp</groupId>
<artifactId>Product</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>Model</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<build>
<resources> <!-- XXX ARE WE GOING TO USE THIS? -->
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<includes>
<include>version.properties</include>
</includes>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
<!-- Override eclipse error about "create-metadata" goal from above plugin -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>filter-sources</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<execute>
<runOnIncremental>true</runOnIncremental>
</execute>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.4,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>create</goal>
<goal>create-metadata</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<execute>
<runOnIncremental>true</runOnIncremental>
</execute>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.3,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore></ignore>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin> <!-- Aid with making sure buildNumber is available -->
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>echo-buildnumber-1</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<echo>Build number during validate is ${buildNumber}</echo>
</tasks>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>echo-buildnumber-2</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<echo>Build number during generate-sources is ${buildNumber}</echo>
</tasks>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- Must be after buildnumber-maven-plugin due to ${buildNumber} -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<!-- Take files in sourceDirectory and filter them to outputDirectory -->
<execution>
<id>filter-src</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>filter-sources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java-templates</sourceDirectory>
<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src-generated</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<!-- Copy the build.properties created by buildnumber-maven-plugin -->
<id>copy-build-properties</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals> <goal>copy-resources</goal> </goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>${project.parent.basedir}/target/generated/build-metadata</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
... snip ...

Answer 1

Its been a while, but I got this work with the create-timestamp goal with the timestampFormat and timestampPropertyName configuration properties, and the by adding the runOnConfiguration true on the Eclipse m2e lifecycle mapping.
Build number plugin:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
<configuration>
<revisionOnScmFailure>just.say.no.scm.config.in.pom</revisionOnScmFailure>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>create-timestamp</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<timestampFormat>yyyyMMddHHmmssS</timestampFormat>
<timestampPropertyName>myBuildNumberVariable</timestampPropertyName>
<!-- formats the timestamp all together like 20160404141705123 and puts
it in the ${myBuildNumberVariable} buildProperty -->
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>