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  • -snapshot STRING

    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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