Creating m2 group with version_policy = "SNAPSHOT" produces a group repo with version policy as Release

[mykelalvis-rialtic]

Describe the bug
terraform plan tells me the following as part of the attached TF files run (this is a subset)

  # nexus_repository.op2-snapshot-group-m2 will be created
  + resource "nexus_repository" "op2-snapshot-group-m2" {
      + format = "maven2"
      + id     = (known after apply)
      + name   = "op2-snapshot-group-m2"
      + online = true
      + type   = "group"

      + group {
          + member_names = [
              + "op2-release-group-m2",
              + "op2-snapshot-m2",
            ]
        }

      + maven {
          + layout_policy  = "STRICT"
          + version_policy = "SNAPSHOT"
        }

      + storage {
          + blob_store_name                = "op2-snapshot-group-m2"
          + strict_content_type_validation = true
          + write_policy                   = "ALLOW"
        }
    }

To Reproduce

1. modify obv.tf.zip contents to give the group some actual member repos that exist
2. terraform apply
3. see that op2-snapshot-group-m2 is of type Release

Expected behavior

op2-snapshot-group-m2 should have version policy of Snapshot

[anmoel]

hi @mykelalvis-rialtic,

thanks for your report.
Unfortunately the nexus api does not support maven options for creating a maven group.

here is the important excerpt from api version 3.37:

"MavenGroupRepositoryApiRequest": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "group",
        "name",
        "online",
        "storage"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "internal",
          "description": "A unique identifier for this repository",
          "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_\\-\\.]*$"
        },
        "online": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "example": true,
          "description": "Whether this repository accepts incoming requests"
        },
        "storage": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/StorageAttributes"
        },
        "group": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/GroupAttributes"
        }
      }
    },

I am sorry that this cannot be seen. We are in the process of splitting up the repository resource so that everything is easier to use.
I will open a request at sonatype for the this feature in the api

regards
André

[anmoel]

Issue at nexus jira is created. here: https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-30501

[mykelalvis-rialtic]

So...to be clear....the Nexus API forces you to select an option that cannot be changed at a later date. #genius 😄

Also...thanks! I'll try to work that from my end, as well.

[mykelalvis-rialtic]

And just so everyone understands why, it appears that if I set the version_policy to release, then it only resolves releases. Thus a true snapshot group seems effectively impossible to produce with this provider at the present time.

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