Fix distributionManagement.site.url to use HTTP URL instead of SCM URL

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Summary

This PR fixes the distributionManagement.site.url to point to the actual HTTP URL where the site is hosted (https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/plexus-pom/) instead of the Git SCM URL (scm:git:https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-pom.git).

Problem

The maven-site-plugin's site:stage goal uses distributionManagement.site.url to calculate the folder structure for staging sites (particularly important for multimodule projects). When this URL was set to a Git SCM URL, it couldn't properly map to a relative path structure, causing issues for projects inheriting from plexus-pom.

For example, in a child project like plexus-sec-dispatcher, the SCM URL would be inherited as the site URL, which site:stage couldn't properly process.

Solution

Changed distributionManagement.site.url from ${project.scm.developerConnection} to ${project.url}:

<distributionManagement>
  <site>
    <id>github:gh-pages</id>
    <url>${project.url}</url>  <!-- was: ${project.scm.developerConnection} -->
  </site>
</distributionManagement>

This change is safe because:

1. Site publishing is unaffected: The maven-scm-publish-plugin explicitly overrides this with its pubScmUrl parameter (set to ${project.scm.developerConnection}), so site publishing to GitHub Pages continues to work correctly.

2. Semantically correct: The distributionManagement.site.url should point to where the site is hosted (the HTTP URL), not where it's published from (the SCM URL).

3. Consistent with Maven documentation: The Maven documentation indicates this element should contain the URL where the site can be accessed.

Testing

• ✅ Build verification: mvn clean verify passes
• ✅ Site generation: mvn site works correctly
• ✅ Site staging: mvn site:stage now properly uses the HTTP URL
• ✅ Distribution management report now displays the correct HTTP URL

Fixes #XXX (replace with issue number)

Warning

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I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• www.apache.org
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -classpath /usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.9.0.jar -Dclassworlds.conf=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/bin/m2.conf -Dmaven.home=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11 -Dlibrary.jansi.path=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/lib/jansi-native -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/home/REDACTED/work/plexus-pom/plexus-pom org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher site (dns block)

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>DistributionMgmt->Site->URL incorrectly set for site:stage</issue_title>
<issue_description>The distributionMgmt site URL in

plexus-pom/pom.xml

Line 328 in 393099c

<url>${project.scm.developerConnection}</url>

is pointing to a Git URL, e.g. scm:git:[email protected]:codehaus-plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher.git (from https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher/blob/35804938db2feec87fabe24d75509cd0d8dc3c47/pom.xml#L20). However this value is evaluated for site:stage (https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/stage-mojo.html) to calculate the folder structure being created below target/staging (for multimodule sites).

By default the same value is also used by maven-scm-publish-plugin in https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-scm-publish-plugin/publish-scm-mojo.html#pubScmUrl. However this is already overwritten in

plexus-pom/pom.xml

Line 534 in 393099c

<pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>

. Therefore the distributionManagement.site.url should rather point to the HTTP URL of where the site is hosted!

</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@kwin @michael-o IMHO this is a bug in the maven-site-plugin, WDYT? @michael-o > [@michael-o](https://github.com/michael-o) IMHO this is a bug in the maven-site-plugin, WDYT?

Honestly, no.idea from the top.of.my head.</comment_new>
<comment_new>@kwin
I created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSITE-1032 for this.</comment_new>
<comment_new>@slawekjaranowski
very strange ... last time when I released parent I don't have a problem
It is a bug only for multimodule site?</comment_new>
<comment_new>@kwin
The other way around, only affects single module repos. There site:stage does not work correctly </comment_new>
<comment_new>@slawekjaranowski
if you set:

  <distributionManagement>
    <site>
      <id>github:gh-pages</id>
      <url>${project.scm.url}</url>
    </site>
  </distributionManagement>

in plexus-sec-dispatcher stage will be ok ... magic 😄 </comment_new>
<comment_new>@slawekjaranowski
I would like to release a plexus-pom, and next plexus-languages - with JDK 24 support

Tested locally and looks ok.

Do you have any objections?</comment_new>
<comment_new>@kwin

if you set:

  <distributionManagement>
    <site>
      <id>github:gh-pages</id>
      <url>${project.scm.url}</url>
    </site>
  </distributionManagement>

in plexus-sec-dispatcher stage will be ok ... magic 😄

This will break maven-scm-publish-plugin leveraging that element as well. Also I consider this a workaround to say the least..</comment_new>
<comment_new>@kwin
No objections to a release though. Not sure yet how to fix this issue (if at all in the parent)</comment_new>

Fixes #333

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[slawekjaranowski]

It can be tricky, and can have impact to all child project with site generation
We need try to rebuild site in child projects

[kwin]

This is dangerously, let us rather fix the root cause: apache/maven-site-plugin#227