That is what I'm ending up doing as well. Really, Maven needs another property like "topdir" that is the directory of the top most parent pom.xml. Thus, we could base things off of that if needed.
Actually, is there a list of properties that we CAN use listed online someplace? Dan On Wednesday 28 December 2005 10:42, Lee Meador wrote: > Since I use Eclipse I have to sort of flatten out the project > structure. So the structure looks like this: > > base > + build (this is parent, children are ../ear and ../war1 and so forth) > + ear (parent is ../build) > + war1 (ditto) > + war2 > + jar1 > + jar2 > > I just put the common files, license.txt, checkstyle.xml, etc, in the > base folder. Some cases allow just referring to the common file in > build/pom.xml (which is the parent of all the others). The reference is > just ../checkstyle.xml or whatever. Anywhere else I need them they are > still ../checkstyle.xml. > > -- Lee > > On 12/28/05, Scokart Gilles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two idea : > > - Refactor in order to be able to place those resources into a > > separated module used as a dependency by the other "subproject". > > - If not possible, see if you can use links into your repository > > (need unix > > like platform) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Daniel Kulp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 28 December 2005 15:59 > > > To: Maven Users List > > > Subject: M2: Subprojects and common resources.... > > > > > > > > > What is the best way to deal with "common" resources used by > > > several subprojects? We have a bunch of stuff like checkstyle > > > config files, pmd rulesets, logging config properties files, etc... > > > that we would like to be used by all the subprojects. The only > > > way seems to be to copy > > > > the > > > > > resources into each subproject. That really sucks from a > > > management standpoint. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > -- > > > J. Daniel Kulp > > > Principal Engineer > > > IONA > > > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > -- Lee Meador > Sent from gmail. My real email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer IONA P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
