Create a goal to download single artifact transitively ------------------------------------------------------
Key: MDEP-178 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEP-178 Project: Maven 2.x Dependency Plugin Issue Type: New Feature Reporter: Dan Fabulich Assignee: Brian Fox I've always found it to be a hassle to test plugins that don't need to be wired up in POM files, e.g. the archetype, dependency, scm plugins. I find that to test them I have to create a dummy POM file with a <pluginRepositories> section, as described in our guide to testing staged releases. http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-testing-releases.html I thought it would be cool to have a downloader goal that let you do this: mvn dependency:get -Dartifact=org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.1 -DrepoUrl=http://people.apache.org/~olamy/staging-repo That would retrieve the plugin into your local repository, so you could immediately start using it. mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.1:checkin -Dmessage=foo -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira