-snapshot

The -snapshot instruction specifies a string to substitute for “SNAPSHOT” in the bundle version’s qualifier. This is useful for customizing versioning schemes during the build process.

Example:

-snapshot: 20250708

If the bundle version’s qualifier is “SNAPSHOT” or ends with “-SNAPSHOT”, the specified string will be used instead.

When the bundle version’s qualifier equals “SNAPSHOT” or ends with “-SNAPSHOT”, the STRING value of the -snapshot instruction is substituted for “SNAPSHOT”. The STRING value of the empty string will remove the qualifier if it equals “SNAPSHOT” or will remove “-SNAPSHOT” from the end of the qualifier.

The default is no substitution.

For example, the bundle’s version can be set with a “SNAPSHOT” qualifier indicating it is a maven snapshot version.

Bundle-Version: 3.2.0.SNAPSHOT

When time to release, the -snapshot instruction can be used, in a central location such as cnf/build.bnd, to substitute “SNAPSHOT” for another value such as the timestamp of the build:

-snapshot: ${tstamp}

or some other meaningful value:

-snapshot: REL

Using “SNAPSHOT” in the bundle version’s qualifier and the -snapshot instruction are generally for bundles intended for maven builds.

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