The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Invoker Plugin, version 1.3. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-invoker-plugin/
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Invoker Plugin - Version 1.3 ** Bug * [MINVOKER-47] - Test builds fail to locate staged artifacts when using custom settings and non-default local repo path * [MINVOKER-48] - Project cloning does not retain empty directories * [MINVOKER-51] - NPE when packaging is pom * [MINVOKER-53] - Filtering erroneously interpolates expressions from the POM even if prefix is neither project nor pom * [MINVOKER-59] - Using invoker.profiles with empty value causes unintended build * [MINVOKER-60] - Artifact staging misses attached artifact metadata of POM projects ** Improvement * [MINVOKER-55] - Filter IT POMs in-place if cloneProjectsTo is used * [MINVOKER-56] - Clone all projects which are locally reachable from the invoked IT project * [MINVOKER-62] - Change the default value for the projectsDirectory parameter * [MINVOKER-64] - invoker:install does not install dependencies unless they are in the reactor * [MINVOKER-65] - Support token "localRepositoryUrl" for filtering settings.xml * [MINVOKER-67] - Create interpolated settings file in cloneProjectsTo directory and keep it after execution ** New Feature * [MINVOKER-7] - Add groovy support for pre/post build hook scripts * [MINVOKER-36] - Support for non-project based Maven invocations * [MINVOKER-46] - Allow multiple invocations of Maven on the same project * [MINVOKER-49] - Inject global variable with path to local repo into hook scripts * [MINVOKER-50] - Filter all POMs that are relevant to the forked build * [MINVOKER-52] - Add a new mojo parameter to specify filter properties using the more convenient map-syntax * [MINVOKER-57] - Allow to configure M2_HOME and JAVA_HOME for the forked builds * [MINVOKER-58] - Allow to declare setup projects which must be run before all the rest * [MINVOKER-61] - Allow to ignore failures Enjoy, -The Maven team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]