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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Generating file in \"json\" format fails when file in \"properties\" format already exists","articleBody":"### Describe the bug (required)\n\nIt seems that the code that generates the json formatted file tries to open and parse the existing file. If the existing file is not valid json, it fails.\n\n### Tell us about your plugin configuration (required)\n\n```xml\r\n            \u003cplugin\u003e\r\n                \u003cgroupId\u003eio.github.git-commit-id\u003c/groupId\u003e\r\n                \u003cartifactId\u003egit-commit-id-maven-plugin\u003c/artifactId\u003e\r\n                \u003cversion\u003e6.0.0\u003c/version\u003e\r\n                \u003cexecutions\u003e\r\n                    \u003cexecution\u003e\r\n                        \u003cid\u003eget-the-git-infos\u003c/id\u003e\r\n                        \u003cgoals\u003e\r\n                            \u003cgoal\u003erevision\u003c/goal\u003e\r\n                        \u003c/goals\u003e\r\n                        \u003cphase\u003einitialize\u003c/phase\u003e\r\n                    \u003c/execution\u003e\r\n                \u003c/executions\u003e\r\n                \u003cconfiguration\u003e\r\n                    \u003cgenerateGitPropertiesFile\u003etrue\u003c/generateGitPropertiesFile\u003e\r\n                    \u003cgenerateGitPropertiesFilename\u003e${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties\u003c/generateGitPropertiesFilename\u003e\r\n                    \u003cformat\u003ejson\u003c/format\u003e\r\n                \u003c/configuration\u003e\r\n            \u003c/plugin\u003e\r\n```\r\n\n\n### Tell us about the Plugin version used (required)\n\n6.0.0\n\n### Tell us about the Maven version used (required)\n\n```bash\r\nmvn --version\r\nApache Maven 3.5.4 (1edded0938998edf8bf061f1ceb3cfdeccf443fe; 2018-06-17T20:33:14+02:00)\r\nMaven home: /home/pontus/.m2/wrapper/dists/apache-maven-3.5.4-bin/4lcg54ki11c6mp435njk296gm5/apache-maven-3.5.4\r\nJava version: 11.0.19, vendor: Red Hat, Inc., runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.19.0.7-1.fc37.x86_64\r\nDefault locale: en_GB, platform encoding: UTF-8\r\nOS name: \"linux\", version: \"6.3.12-100.fc37.x86_64\", arch: \"amd64\", family: \"unix\"\r\n```\r\n\n\n### Steps to Reproduce (required)\n\n1. Set \u003cformat\u003eproperties\u003c/format\u003e\r\n2. run mvn io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin:6.0.0:revision\r\n3. Set \u003cformat\u003ejson\u003c/format\u003e\r\n4. run mvn io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin:6.0.0:revision\n\n### Are there any stacktraces or any error messages? (required)\n\n**WARNING** You may **NOT** want to paste all the output that is produced with `verbose` publicly,\r\nsince it **MAY** contain information you deem sensitive.\r\nReview this **CAREFULLY** before posting your issue!\r\n\r\n```\r\n[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[INFO] BUILD FAILURE\r\n[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[INFO] Total time: 2.877 s\r\n[INFO] Finished at: 2023-09-13T10:55:21+02:00\r\n[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[ERROR] Failed to execute goal io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin:6.0.0:revision (default-cli) on project secret-project: Execution default-cli of goal io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin:6.0.0:revision failed: Unexpected char 35 at (line no=1, column no=1, offset=0) -\u003e [Help 1]\r\n[ERROR] \r\n[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.\r\n[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.\r\n[ERROR] \r\n[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:\r\n[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException\r\n[ERROR] \r\n[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command\r\n[ERROR]   mvn \u003cgoals\u003e -rf :secret-project\r\n\r\n```\r\n\n\n### Is there a (public) project where this issue can be reproduced? (optional)\n\n_No response_\n\n### Your Environment (optional)\n\n_No response_\n\n### Context (optional)\n\nThere is an easy work arround: Just delete the generated properties file before generating it again in a different format.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/PontusPih","@type":"Person","name":"PontusPih"},"datePublished":"2023-09-13T08:57:59.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/99/git-commit-id-plugin-core/issues/99"}