Hi We have similar goals in two plugins: - https://www.mojohaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/remove-project-artifact-mojo.html - https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/purge-local-repository-mojo.html
By the way, using such goals is not recommended today with Maven 3 and so much with Maven 4 Even more, when we remove one artifact from a local repository meta-data information is not fixed. We can achieve some of the requirements by using Enhanced LRM with Split Local Repository - so installed artifacts can be separated for each build and can be easily removed. https://maven.apache.org/resolver/local-repository.html We can use -Dmaven.repo.local to be sure that the build uses a clean one. Also today there is no problem downloading artifacts from remote repositories, so cleaning the whole remote repo from time to time can be a good idea. I'm interested in which scenarios those goals are used and who needs it. For reference there was a discussion: https://lists.apache.org/thread/nnqfjq4y8g56cdq38mo5mv9ov156797t -- Sławomir Jaranowski
