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title: SCM URL format
author: 
  - Emmanuel Venisse
date: 2005-06-05
---

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# SCM URL Format

## SCM URL

The general format for an SCM URL is

```
scm:<provider id><delimiter><provider-specific part>
```

For a delimiter, you can use either colon `:` or a pipe `|`, if you use a colon for one of the variables \(e.g. a Windows path\).

For information about supported provider IDs and the provider-specific part, see the appropriate [SCM implementation](./scms-overview.html).

Provider IDs may be remapped with the help of the plugin parameter `providerImplementations` supported by both [maven-release-plugin](https://maven.apache.org/maven-release/maven-release-plugin/prepare-mojo.html#providerImplementations) and [maven-scm-plugin](./maven-scm-plugin/checkout-mojo.html#providerImplementations).

