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Robert Scholte commented on MCLEAN-79:
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IMHO you should avoid using {{clean}} because, as you say, it removes
everything, which is often too much.
For some reason a lot call {{mvn clean install}} where I highly prefer {{mvn
verify}}.
Plugins should be aware if the task of their goals should be executed or not.
e.g. the maven-compiler-plugin verifies nowadays if there are source changes
after the latest build. If not, no need to compile.
In other words: it is the plugin responsibiliy to do cleanups when required.
The clean goal is just a last solution if plugins don't do their jobs good
enough.
> Partial Clean + Configurable Selectors
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> Key: MCLEAN-79
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-79
> Project: Maven Clean Plugin
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Affects Versions: 3.0.0
> Reporter: Matthew Ouyang
> Labels: features
> Attachments: clean-partial.patch
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> Partial cleanup would be useful in situations where source files are deleted
> or changing between feature branches (which also can result in deleted source
> files). This would eliminate the need to do a full clean.
> Looking for feedback on provided patch. To enable this, Selectors need to be
> configurable + some POC implementations (IdentitySelector, JavaSelector) have
> between provided. The patch also includes a page that describes the new
> feature in more detail, and Selectors have been placed in a separate package
> (now that there is more than one implementation).
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