Some random observations about using maven
Checking dependencies
mvn versions:display-dependency-updates
mvn versions:display-plugin-updates
Release
With github
Use at least mvn 3.0.4 and release plugin 2.3.2 otherwise it hangs/takes a long time to return apparently after doing git push
(it may still work)
When you want to release but don’t want to deploy to a repo
One shot
mvn -o release:prepare -DpreparationGoals='clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true' -Dresume=false -DautoVersionSubmodules=true
Two shot
mvn release:prepare as normal
mvn release:perform -Dgoals=install
Working with a repository
1) In .m2/settings.xml
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd"> <servers> <server> <id>myrepo-read</id> <username>mavenuser</username> <password>mavenpass</password> </server> <!-- for deployment --> <server> <id>myrepo</id> <username>user</username> <privateKey>/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa</privateKey> <passphrase>mypassphrase</passphrase> <directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions> <filePermissions>664</filePermissions> </server> </servers> <profiles> <profile> <id>myrepo</id> <activation> <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <repositories> <repository> <id>myrepo-read</id> <url>https://maven.mydomain.org/</url> </repository> </repositories> </profile> </profiles> </settings>