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date: 2013-10-27
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# Maven SCM

Maven SCM supports Maven plugins \(for example [maven-release-plugin](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/)\) and other tools by providing them with [a common API](./maven-scm-api/apidocs) for source code management operations. You can look at [the list of SCMs](./scms-overview.html) for more information on using Maven SCM with your favorite SCM tool.

In addition, Maven SCM provides two tools to directly use it:

- [`maven-scm-plugin`](./maven-scm-plugin): a Maven plugin, where each SCM command is implemented as a plugin goal,
- [`maven-scm-client`](./maven-scm-client): a simple SCM command line tool.
