This is a Version Policy (next version calculator) for the maven-release-plugin that follows the Conventional Commits model.
So the scm tags and commit messages are automatically used to determine the next version number of your project.
The documentation can be found here: https://maven.basjes.nl
Conventional Commits Version Policy
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