Versions

Releasedate	Version	Change
2009-09-03	0.1.1	First working version.
2009-09-12	0.2.0	All custom parameters implemented.
2009-10-01	0.2.1	Solved strange dependency for qdox. Generated runtime exception under Linux.
2009-10-06	0.2.3	Read sortOrderFile from executing path or classpath.
2010-08-07	0.3.0	Added parameter to set indentation.
2010-08-20	0.3.1	Added parameters to sort dependencies and plugins.
2011-11-19	0.3.2	Removed non-Central dependencies. Preparing for hosting in Central. Added signed jars.
2011-11-21	0.4.0	The plugin is now hosted in Central.
2011-12-10	1.0.0	Changed the default sort order according to newer maven documentation. Added predefined sort order profiles. Added parameter to control handling of empty xml elements.
2011-12-14	1.1.0	Removed the additional blank row at the end a sorted pomfile.
2012-02-16	1.2.0	Added parameter to sort properties.
2012-02-22	1.2.1	The Mojo has been marked as @threadSafe
2012-05-24	1.3.0	Added parameter to keep blank lines.
2012-06-17	1.3.1	Added parameter to control indentation for blank lines.
2012-06-19	1.3.2	Fixed a bug where text was deleted if surrounding tags where not the on same line.
2012-08-28	2.0.0	Added goal to verify if xml elements are sorted regardless of formatting.
2012-09-23	2.1.0	The parameters sortDependencies and sortPlugins are remade for greater flexibility.
2013-08-22	2.2	URLs can now be used as sortOrderFile to allow a centralized file.
2013-10-13	2.2.1	Corrected strange line separators when using xml:space="preserve"
2013-10-13	2.3.0	Ignore sections in pom.xml where SortPom should not sort elements
2015-04-06	2.4.0	Changed artifactId and groupId to indicate move to GitHub
2017-03-18	2.6.0	Added parameter ignoreLineSeparators to force sorting if only line breaks differ.
2017-03-29	2.7.0	Added parameter violationFilename to write to a separate violation file when verifying.
2017-04-02	2.8.0	Added parameter sortModules to sort modules alphabetically.
2018-09-20	2.9.0	Updated the default order to match Maven xsd. The parent element will get artifactId and groupId switched
2018-10-10	2.10.0	Added M2E lifecycle metadata so that Eclipse users will not get 'Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration' error anymore.
2020-02-03	2.11.0	Added parameter keepTimestamp to retain the file creation time for a sorted pom file.