Use project.version instead of tagName for commit messages of version change commits

src/main/groovy/net/researchgate/release/ReleasePlugin.groovy

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class ReleasePlugin extends PluginHelper implements Plugin<Project> {
     void preTagCommit() {
         if (attributes.usesSnapshot || attributes.versionModified || attributes.propertiesFileCreated) {
             // should only be committed if the project was using a snapshot version.
-            def message = extension.preTagCommitMessage + " '${tagName()}'."
+            def message = extension.preTagCommitMessage + " '" + project.version.toString() + "'."
 
             if (extension.preCommitText) {
                 message = "${extension.preCommitText} ${message}"
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class ReleasePlugin extends PluginHelper implements Plugin<Project> {
     }
 
     def commitNewVersion() {
-        def message = extension.newVersionCommitMessage + " '${tagName()}'."
+        def message = extension.newVersionCommitMessage + " '" + project.version.toString() + "'."
         if (extension.preCommitText) {
             message = "${extension.preCommitText} ${message}"
         }

src/test/groovy/net/researchgate/release/GitReleasePluginCommitNewVersionTests.groovy

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 package net.researchgate.release
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder
 
@@ -66,4 +68,31 @@ class GitReleasePluginCommitNewVersionTests extends GitSpecification {
         remoteGit.repository.workTree.listFiles().any { it.name == 'gradle.properties' && it.text.contains("version=$project.version") }
         ! remoteGit.repository.workTree.listFiles().any { it.name == 'test.txt' && it.text.contains('testTarget') }
     }
+
+    def 'should push new version to remote tracking branch with custom commit message as prefix for project version'() {
+        given:
+        project.version = "1.2-SNAPSHOT"
+        project.file('gradle.properties').withWriter { it << "version=${project.version}" }
+        project.release.newVersionCommitMessage = "New snapshot version:"
+        when:
+        project.commitNewVersion.execute()
+        gitHardReset(remoteGit)
+        then: 'a commit is pushed with specified commit message prefix + project.version'
+        RevCommit revCommit = new RevWalk(remoteGit.repository).parseCommit(remoteGit.repository.resolve(Constants.HEAD))
+        revCommit.getShortMessage().equals("New snapshot version: '1.2-SNAPSHOT'.")
+    }
+
+    def 'it is project.version that is present in commit message, and not tagTemplate'() {
+        given:
+        project.version = "1.3-SNAPSHOT"
+        project.file('gradle.properties').withWriter { it << "version=${project.version}" }
+        project.release.newVersionCommitMessage = "New snapshot version:"
+        project.release.tagTemplate = 'foo-$version-bar'
+        when:
+        project.commitNewVersion.execute()
+        gitHardReset(remoteGit)
+        then: 'a commit is pushed with specified commit message prefix + project.version'
+        RevCommit revCommit = new RevWalk(remoteGit.repository).parseCommit(remoteGit.repository.resolve(Constants.HEAD))
+        revCommit.getShortMessage().equals("New snapshot version: '1.3-SNAPSHOT'.")
+    }
 }