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Key: MPH-30
Type: New Feature New Feature
Status: Closed Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Vincent Siveton
Reporter: Dan Fabulich
Votes: 0
Watchers: 0
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Maven 2.x Help Plugin

help:describe should accept "cmd" argument

Created: 04/Feb/08 05:08 PM   Updated: 05/Aug/08 07:35 AM   Resolved: 01/Aug/08 06:39 PM
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Fix Version/s: 2.1

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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.



Vincent Siveton added a comment - 01/Aug/08 06:39 PM

fixed in r681903, snapshot deployed.


Vincent Siveton made changes - 01/Aug/08 06:39 PM
Field Original Value New Value
Assignee Vincent Siveton [ siveton ]
Resolution Fixed [ 1 ]
Fix Version/s 2.1 [ 12300 ]
Status Open [ 1 ] Closed [ 6 ]
Vincent Siveton made changes - 05/Aug/08 07:31 AM
Link This issue relates to MPH-15 [ MPH-15 ]
Vincent Siveton made changes - 05/Aug/08 07:34 AM
Link This issue relates to MPH-36 [ MPH-36 ]
Vincent Siveton made changes - 05/Aug/08 07:35 AM
Link This issue relates to MPH-34 [ MPH-34 ]