RE: [m2] refering to the project root directory

2006-05-03 Thread David H. DeWolf
I think ${basedir} is what you're looking for.

David 

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 How do you refer to the project root directory in a pom? I 
 have a configuration setting that I want to set to a path 
 relative to the project root in a number of sub-modules.
 
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RE: [m2] refering to the project root directory

2006-05-03 Thread Dan Adams
Well, it seems that basedir will refer to the directory of the current
project/module. I want the path to the top level project from within the
the module pom.xmls.

On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 16:22 -0400, David H. DeWolf wrote:
 I think ${basedir} is what you're looking for.
 
 David 
 
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  have a configuration setting that I want to set to a path 
  relative to the project root in a number of sub-modules.
  
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Re: [m2] refering to the project root directory

2006-05-03 Thread Wendy Smoak

On 5/3/06, Dan Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


How do you refer to the project root directory in a pom? I have a
configuration setting that I want to set to a path relative to the
project root in a number of sub-modules.


How do you define the 'project root directory'?  In a multi-module
project with a parent pom structure, the top level pom may come from a
remote repository.

I had trouble with this recently when trying to configure the
CheckStyle plugin to use our custom config file.  The solution I chose
was to build a jar with the config file and use it as an extension
in the build.  Then the config file can be located on the classpath.

This is described at the bottom of:
  http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/customize.html

I considered and dismissed the option of using a URL for the path to
the config file.  Even if we kept the config file in svn and versioned
it with the project, we would have to remember to modify the pom after
tagging the repository.  Otherwise you might be in a situation where
you check out an old tag, but the build fails because the config file
has changed.

I'm pretty sure ${basedir} refers to each module, so you would have to
use relative paths to find the parent.  One of the developers who uses
Eclipse had trouble with the relative paths, so we didn't want to do
that.

HTH,
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RE: [m2] refering to the project root directory

2006-05-03 Thread David H. DeWolf
Ahh, well the problem you'll have is that there's not always a base
directory for that. The reason is that the parent does not have to be
installed locally.  

Can that configuration file be pushed into another artifact and included as
a dependency?

David


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 Subject: RE: [m2] refering to the project root directory
 
 Well, it seems that basedir will refer to the directory of 
 the current project/module. I want the path to the top level 
 project from within the the module pom.xmls.
 
 On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 16:22 -0400, David H. DeWolf wrote:
  I think ${basedir} is what you're looking for.
  
  David
  
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   How do you refer to the project root directory in a pom? I have a 
   configuration setting that I want to set to a path 
 relative to the 
   project root in a number of sub-modules.
   
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   Software Engineer
   Interactive Factory
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