Is this a bug?
mvn help:describe goal suggests that standard maven install plugin has three
goals: install:help, install:install and install:install-file. On doing mvn
install:help however, maven says there is no such goal!
Here is the entire interaction:
vp2c01a-dhcp147:example kedar$ mvn -v
Apache Maven 2.2.1 (r801777; 2009-08-06 12:16:01-0700)
Java version: 1.6.0_17
Java home: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x" version: "10.6.3" arch: "x86_64" Family: "mac"
vp2c01a-dhcp147:example kedar$ mvn help:describe
-Dplugin=org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'help'.
[INFO]
[INFO] Building example
[INFO]task-segment: [help:describe] (aggregator-style)
[INFO]
[INFO] [help:describe {execution: default-cli}]
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3
Name: Maven Install Plugin
Description: Copies the project artifacts to the user's local repository.
Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins
Artifact Id: maven-install-plugin
Version: 2.3
Goal Prefix: install
This plugin has 3 goals:
install:help
Description: Display help information on maven-install-plugin.
Call
mvn install:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=
to display parameter details.
Deprecated. No reason given
install:install
Description: Installs the project's main artifact in the local repository.
Deprecated. No reason given
install:install-file
Description: Installs a file in the local repository.
Deprecated. No reason given
For more information, run 'mvn help:describe [...] -Ddetail'
[INFO]
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO]
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Mar 24 16:52:58 PDT 2010
[INFO] Final Memory: 10M/79M
[INFO]
vp2c01a-dhcp147:example kedar$ mvn install:help
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'install'.
[INFO]
[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO]
[INFO] Required goal not found: install:help in
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.2
[INFO]
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO]
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Mar 24 16:53:07 PDT 2010
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/79M
[INFO]
Thank you!
-Kedar
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