Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create (default) on project : Cannot get the revision information from the scm repository

Problem :

Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin:1.4:create (default) on project : Cannot get the revision information from the scm repository

Solution :

In eclipse i am getting the above error while performing maven install ,Solution is simple download the git from

https://git-scm.com/downloads