363:Force update parent version with real version

src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/AbstractVersionsUpdaterMojo.java

@@ -417,10 +417,16 @@ protected abstract void update( ModifiedPomXMLEventReader pom )
      * @return <code>true</code> if the update should be applied.
      * @since 1.0-alpha-1
      */
-    protected boolean shouldApplyUpdate( Artifact artifact, String currentVersion, ArtifactVersion updateVersion )
+    protected boolean shouldApplyUpdate( Artifact artifact, String currentVersion, ArtifactVersion updateVersion, Boolean forceUpdate )
     {
         getLog().debug( "Proposal is to update from " + currentVersion + " to " + updateVersion );
 
+        if ( forceUpdate == Boolean.TRUE )
+        {
+            getLog().info( "Force update enabled. LATEST or RELEASE versions will be overwritten with real version" );
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if ( updateVersion == null )
         {
             getLog().warn( "Not updating version: could not resolve any versions" );

src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/UpdateParentMojo.java

@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ public class UpdateParentMojo
     @Parameter( property = "parentVersion", defaultValue = "null" )
     protected String parentVersion = null;
 
+    /**
+     * to update parent version by force when it is RELEASE or LATEST
+     *
+     * @since 2.8
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "forceUpdate", defaultValue = "False" )
+    protected boolean forceUpdate = false;
+
     // -------------------------- OTHER METHODS --------------------------
 
     /**
@@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ protected void update( ModifiedPomXMLEventReader pom )
             throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
 
-        if ( !shouldApplyUpdate( artifact, currentVersion, artifactVersion ) )
+        if ( !shouldApplyUpdate( artifact, currentVersion, artifactVersion, forceUpdate ) )
         {
             return;
         }