updated the maven release plugin config to push changes to our Git repo during the release procedure
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae69ae8..007d1e5 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
           <version>2.4.1</version>
           <configuration>
 	        <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
-            <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
+            <pushChanges>true</pushChanges>
             <tagNameFormat>@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
             <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
             <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>