Hi.
I'm really new with Maven myself, but I'm also completely unaware of any
utility that the eclipse Maven plugin actually provides! I can tell you
how I am using Maven in eclipse:
1. Set up eclipse's build path to 'mirror' the Maven settings.
2. Set up basic 'External Tools' to run maven task
Be sure not to confuse the maven eclipse plugin with the eclipse maven
plugin.
The former is a plugin for maven 2 that allows "mvn eclipse:eclipse" to
create .classpath and .project as Man-Chi explained.
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The latter is a plugin for eclipse that supports maven. It
eclipse plugin is already come with m2 by default
the following command will create .classpath and .project files for
eclipse.
$mvn eclipse:eclipse
u also need to add your .m2/repository parameter to eclipse as the
following:
$mvn -Declipse.workspace= eclipse:add-
maven-repo
from eclips
Hi
I downloaded and use the maven-plugin offered on the Appache
http://maven.apache.org/eclipse-plugin.html .
After having spent hours "googeling" around, to try to find some documents
or hints how to use the m2 plugin in eclipse with run--> external tools -->
m2 build in the popup window "Create
