Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java	(revision 659511)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@
     private String preparationGoals;
 
     /**
-     * Commits to do are atomic or by project.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${commitByProject}" default-value="false"
-     */
-    private boolean commitByProject;
-
-    /**
      * Whether to timestamped SNAPSHOT dependencies.  Default is to fail when finding any SNAPSHOT.
      *
      * @parameter expression="${ignoreSnapshots}" default-value="false"
@@ -127,7 +120,6 @@
         config.setGenerateReleasePoms( generateReleasePoms );
         config.setScmUseEditMode( useEditMode );
         config.setPreparationGoals( preparationGoals );
-        config.setCommitByProject( commitByProject );
         config.setUpdateDependencies( updateDependencies );
         config.setAutoVersionSubmodules( autoVersionSubmodules );
         config.setAllowTimestampedSnapshots( allowTimestampedSnapshots );
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java	(revision 659511)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/AbstractReleaseMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@
      */
     private ScmManager scmManager;
 
+    /**
+     * Commits to do are atomic or by project.
+     *
+     * @parameter expression="${commitByProject}" default-value="false"
+     */
+    private boolean commitByProject;
+
     public void execute()
         throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
     {
@@ -168,6 +175,7 @@
         descriptor.setScmTagBase( tagBase );
         descriptor.setScmUsername( username );
         descriptor.setScmCommentPrefix( scmCommentPrefix );
+        descriptor.setCommitByProject( commitByProject );
 
         descriptor.setWorkingDirectory( basedir.getAbsolutePath() );
 
Index: pom.xml
===================================================================
--- pom.xml	(revision 659511)
+++ pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>