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Is there an argument when calling a maven build to specify an alternate file in place of the standard pom.xml file name?
Basically, I have a need to run the test goal of my maven build with a variety of configurations. Right now I am having to use an external script to update the standard pom with this configurations, then revert the file after. I would much rather just be able to maintain several seperate configuration files and call maven with the specific one I need.
What I am wondering is if there is some way to override the pom.xml such as
mvn clean test (uses standard pom.xml) mvn clean test -Dmaven.source=alternate.xml mvn clean test -Dmaven.source=alternate2.xml Is this possible?
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project. basedir : The directory that the current project resides in. This means this points to where your Maven projects resides on your system. It corresponds to the location of the pom. xml file.
Yes you can use Maven Profiles to manage this. Obviously you can tweak this approach to suit your needs however works best.
model version is the version of project descriptor your POM conforms to. It needs to be included and is set. The value 4.0. 0 just indicated that it is compatible Maven 3.
A Project Object Model or POM is the fundamental unit of work in Maven. It is an XML file that contains information about the project and configuration details used by Maven to build the project. It contains default values for most projects.
use the -f option:
mvn -f <other pom file> I will leave the accepted answer as just that, since it is the proper solution to running with an alternate pom file. However, for the use case I described above, I now feel the correct methodology would be to use maven profiles within the pom file.
Maven Profiles Introduction
With profiles, all versions of the test configurations can be contained within the master pom file and then executed as follows:
mvn clean test -PstandardConfig mvn clean test -PalternateConfig mvn clean test -PanotherConfig If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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