maven command examples

mvn install :  build application

 

mvn site    : generate application site

 

mvn test    : run unit test. (Put your test in src/test/java; add a test-scoped dependency on either TestNG or JUnit)

 

mvn -v       : check maven version, java version, os info

 

mvn help:describe -Dplugin=help          :  brief description on the plugin help

 

mvn help:describe -Dplugin=help -Dfull :  full description on the plugin help

 

mvn help:describe -Dplugin=compiler -Dmojo=compile -Dfull : full description on the plugin compiler, goal compile

 

mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=org.sonatype.mavenbook.ch03 -DartifactId=simple -DpackageName=org.sonatype.mavenbook : create new simple empty project named simple

 

mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=org.sonatype.mavenbook.ch04 -DartifactId=simple-weather

-DpackageName=org.sonatype.mavenbook -Dversion=1.0

 

mvn help:effective-pom    : final POM which is composed of current project's POM and all ancestor's POMs. 

 

mvn dependency:resolve    : list out the jar files needed by the project

 

mvn dependency:tree         : list out the entire dependency tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

mvn one:convert       : convert maven 1 to maven 2 projects.