I was trying to avoid having two setting.xml files. I was also thinking of having two login accounts each with their own settings.xml as role based login makes more sense. Thanks for confirming my thinking.
Seriously too bad that <activeProfiles> cannot be in a pom.xml file. Cheers, Eric On Mar 23, 2013 7:15 AM, "Wayne Fay" <wayne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am trying to set up my projects so that the POM knows which profile to > > activate, but it seems you cannot put <activeProfiles> in a POM, only in > a > > settings.xml file. Is there some reason for this? > > > > Is there some other Maven way to do what I want to do? How do other > people > > separate work development from personal development? > > One technique I've employed uses two settings.xml files. First you should > know about the -s option when calling mvn, look it up. Copy mvn.bat to > mvnp.bat and mvnw.bat (or .sh). In mvnp.bat, specify -s > settings-personal.xml and in mvnw.bat, specify -s settings-work.xml. > > Then call mvnw or mvnp instead of mvn. You can also adjust mvn.bat directly > and use that for personal (or work, whichever is most common). > > Or just set up another user account and log in/out depending on what you > are working on, each with its own settings.xml. This is easier on > Linux/Unix. > > Wayne >
