Update project structure to mimic real use case

external-microservice/framework/framework-lib/pom.xml

@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
-        <artifactId>framework-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>framework-agg</artifactId>
         <version>0</version>
-        <relativePath>../framework-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>framework-lib</artifactId>

external-microservice/framework/framework-microservice-parent/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>framework-agg</artifactId>
+        <version>0</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>framework-microservice-parent</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <description>A parent for the microservices developed under this framework.</description>
+
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
+                <artifactId>framework-lib</artifactId>
+                <!--
+                 |   Using ${project.version} here will not work, as when microservice project is being built, the value
+                 |   resolves to `1` (which is the microservice version), instead of `0` (which is the framework one).
+                 |
+                 |   Using ${project.parent.version} will work instead, but ONLY as long as, microservice does not
+                 |   define its own parent proxying this one (which would have a diff version). So looks like a fragile
+                 |   workaround.
+                 |
+                 |   This is not related to JGitVer, but Maven itself. But could be a use case to integrate everything
+                 |   together :)
+                 |   * Is there any way to solve this use-case in Maven? Maybe doing something different?
+                 |-->
+                <!-- <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+                <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+</project>

external-microservice/framework/pom.xml

@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-<groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
-<artifactId>framework-agg</artifactId>
-<version>0</version>
-<packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-<modules>
-    <module>framework-parent</module>
-    <module>framework-lib</module>
-</modules>
+    <groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
+    <artifactId>framework-agg</artifactId>
+    <version>0</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>framework-lib</module>
+        <module>framework-microservice-parent</module>
+    </modules>
+
 </project>

external-microservice/microservice/pom.xml

@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
-        <artifactId>framework-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0</version>
+        <artifactId>framework-microservice-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>0</version>    <!-- using framework version F -->
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.example.application</groupId>
     <artifactId>microservice</artifactId>
-    <version>1</version>
+    <version>1</version>        <!-- but microservice application will have its own version M -->
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.example.framework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>framework-lib</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>framework-lib</artifactId>      <!-- expected always to be framework version F -->
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>