Details
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Type:
New Feature
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: 2.1
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Component/s: None
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Labels:None
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Description
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.
fixed in r681903, snapshot deployed.