Hello, You can always run goals on the command line, even if they are not defined in the POM at all. If maven finds the plugin in the POM it knows what version to use and it allows to specify a Prefix instead of group:artifact[:version]:goal. Gruss Bernd
Gruss Bernd -- http://bernd.eckenfels.net ________________________________ From: Sigmond Hola <sigmund....@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 7:01:04 AM To: users@maven.apache.org Subject: Why I can run plugin:goal in command line even though plugin was only defined under pluginManagement? I defined a specific plugin under <build><pluginManagement><plugins>, but not under <build><plugins>, but I can still run goals of this plugin with mvn plugin:goal. As far as I understand<pluginManagement> is only used to configuring the plugin information, but not actually import them, right? then how can I use the goals of this plugin in the command line? Thanks for reply. Bests. --Sig
