sadraskol commented on a change in pull request #34: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-compiler-plugin/pull/34#discussion_r516216501
########## File path: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java ########## @@ -483,7 +483,19 @@ private List<String> fileExtensions; /** - * to enable/disable incrementation compilation feature + * <p>to enable/disable incrementation compilation feature.</p> + * <p>This leads to two different modes depending on the underlining compiler. Default javac compiler does the + * following:</p> + * <ul> + * <li>true <strong>(default)</strong> in this mode the compiler plugin determines whether any JAR files the + * current module depends on have been changed in the current build run, or any source file was added, removed or + * changed since the last compilation. If this is the case, the compiler plugin recompiles all sources</li> + * <li>false <strong>(not recommended)</strong> this only compiles source files which are newer than their + * corresponding class files. That is which have been changed since the last compilation. This does not Review comment: Thanks for fixing my terrible english writing! It is much appreciated :hugs: ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org