Maven 2.x Help Plugin

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: None
• Labels:

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In a lot of cases, people want help about Maven commands without really knowing exactly what their plugin's artifactId/groupId is. Many people at my work are perennially unclear about the distinction between a lifecycle phase like "compile" and a plugin goal like "compiler:compile".

help:describe should allow the user to specify an arbitrary command with "cmd", they could then type "mvn help:describe -Dcmd=install" to get information about the install lifecycle phase, or "mvn help:describe -Dcmd=compiler:compile" to get information about the compiler plugin's compile goal.

• Assignee:

  Vincent Siveton

  Reporter:

  Dan Fabulich

• Created:

  04/Feb/08 5:08 PM

  Updated:

  05/Aug/08 7:35 AM

  Resolved:

  01/Aug/08 6:39 PM