diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/target
+
+/gitmaven-jar/.classpath
+/gitmaven-jar/.project
+/gitmaven-jar/target
+
+/gitmaven-war/.classpath
+/gitmaven-war/.project
+/gitmaven-war/target
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Releasing Maven projects hosted in local Git repository
+
+## Setup Maven project
+
+- Create Maven project.
+- Configure `scm` section to use local Git repository.
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:file://.</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:file://.</developerConnection>
+        <url>scm:git:file://.</url>
+    </scm>
+
+- Configure `distributionManagement` section to point to your remote Maven repository.
+- Configure Maven release plugin to use local checkout
+
+    <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
+        </configuration>
+    </plugin>
+
+## Setup local Git repository
+
+    $ git init
+    $ git add .
+    $ git ci -m 'Initial checkin'
+
+## Release project
+
+    mvn release:prepare
+    mvn release:perform
+
diff --git a/gitmaven-jar/pom.xml b/gitmaven-jar/pom.xml
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+++ b/gitmaven-jar/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.ndpar.demos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gitmaven</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>gitmaven-jar</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/gitmaven-jar/src/main/java/com/ndpar/demo/User.java b/gitmaven-jar/src/main/java/com/ndpar/demo/User.java
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+++ b/gitmaven-jar/src/main/java/com/ndpar/demo/User.java
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+package com.ndpar.demo;
+
+public class User {
+
+}
diff --git a/gitmaven-war/pom.xml b/gitmaven-war/pom.xml
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+++ b/gitmaven-war/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.ndpar.demos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gitmaven</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>gitmaven-war</artifactId>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>6.1.14</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
+                    <connectors>
+                        <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
+                            <port>8080</port>
+                            <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
+                        </connector>
+                    </connectors>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.ndpar.demos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gitmaven-jar</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/gitmaven-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/gitmaven-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+++ b/gitmaven-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+    version="2.5" metadata-complete="true">
+
+    <display-name>GIT Maven WAR</display-name>
+
+    <welcome-file-list>
+        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
+    </welcome-file-list>
+
+</web-app>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+++ b/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.ndpar.demos</groupId>
+    <artifactId>gitmaven</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>gitmaven-jar</module>
+        <module>gitmaven-war</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:file://.</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:file://.</developerConnection>
+        <url>scm:git:file://.</url>
+    </scm>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>releases</id>
+            <url>http://maven.ndpar.com:9191/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>snapshots</id>
+            <url>http://maven.ndpar.com:9191/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                    <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.4</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.ndpar.demos</groupId>
+                <artifactId>gitmaven-jar</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                <version>4.5</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>