Finally think I might've solved the tagging issue

build/linux/createPatchRelease.sh

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION
 cd $HOME
 . createBuildRelease.sh
 
+echo $VERSION
+
 #commit the new patch version
 git commit -a -m "Creating patch version $VERSION"
 

build/linux/package.sh

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ cd ../..
 
 packageProject ()
 {
-    VERSION=$1
+    local LOCAL_VERSION=$1
     RELEASE=$3
     ROOT=$PWD
     cd $2
 
     #Getting variables that are produced by the script
     NAME=$(head -1 ./name.info)
-    PACKAGENAME=$NAME-$VERSION
+    PACKAGENAME=$NAME-$LOCAL_VERSION
     PACKAGETAR=$PACKAGENAME.tar.gz
     PACKAGEZIP=$PACKAGENAME.zip
     TARGET=$PWD/target
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ packageProject ()
 }
 
 #Getting variables that are produced by the script
-VERSION=$(head -1 ./version.info)
+VERSIONSTRING=$(head -1 ./version.info)
 RELEASE="$PWD/target"
 
 #make sure release exists and is empty
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ if [ -d $RELEASE ]; then
 fi
 mkdir $RELEASE
 
-packageProject $VERSION "./cli" $RELEASE
-packageProject $VERSION "./gui" $RELEASE
-#packageProject $VERSION "./daemon" $RELEASE
+packageProject $VERSIONSTRING "./cli" $RELEASE
+packageProject $VERSIONSTRING "./gui" $RELEASE
+#packageProject $VERSIONSTRING "./daemon" $RELEASE

pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.sothr.imagetools</groupId>
   <artifactId>Image-Tools</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.2-DEV</version>
+  <version>0.1.1-DEV</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Image-Tools</name>