Using WebSVN link for Maven SCM URL

Question

A typical WebSVN link looks like this:

http://demo.websvn.info/listing.php?repname=WebSVN&path=%2Ftrunk%2F&#a0b40758157c8f16fa703ca3be466fa8a

But if you include that as your Maven scm/url, attempting to run a build (or more specifically for me - site:deploy) fails on the second '=' (equals) as per the following error:

[ERROR]   The project  (C:\Subversion\MyProject\pom.xml) has 1 error 
[ERROR]     Non-parseable POM C:\Subversion\MyProject\pom.xml: entity 
reference name can not contain character =' (position: START_TAG     
seen ...ttp://mysvnserver.com/SVN/websvn/listing.php?repname=MyProject&path=... 
@510:81)  @ line 510, column 81 -> [Help 2] 

Is there a workaround for this, to allow the use of WebSVN in published Maven sites?

Answer 1

This cannot work. WebSVN if your human interaction only. You need to provide developer connection to the real repo.