diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee01cf172d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Default line-endings for repo (works on check-in and check-out)
+* text eol=crlf
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f0b7f0bcb..dbf421f0c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
    </organization>
 
    <scm>
-      <connection>https://gitlab.alfresco.com/records-management/records-management.git</connection>
+      <connection>scm:git:https://gitlab.alfresco.com/records-management/records-management.git</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitlab.alfresco.com/records-management/records-management.git</developerConnection>
+      <url>https://gitlab.alfresco.com/records-management/records-management</url>
    </scm>
 
    <issueManagement>
@@ -231,11 +233,6 @@
                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.19</version>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-               <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>2.4</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -246,6 +243,25 @@
                <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.5</version>
             </plugin>
+            
+            <!-- Maven Release Plugin (Use a recent version for better Git Support) -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <tagNameFormat>V@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
+            <!-- Disable doclint until RM-3150 is fixed -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
 
 			<!-- License header generation -->
             <plugin>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
index fe94bf138a..12ce66f087 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
@@ -213,18 +213,6 @@
                </excludes>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
-         <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-               <execution>
-                  <id>attach-sources</id>
-                  <goals>
-                     <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                  </goals>
-               </execution>
-            </executions>
-            </plugin>
          
             <!-- License header generation -->
             <plugin>