Maven Commands List - Maven Tutorial
Maven Command-Line Cheatsheet
Creating a Project
Create Java Project
mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=foobar -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false
Create web project:
mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=foobar -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false
clean project: will delete target directory:
$ mvn clean
validate project: validate the project is correct and all necessary information is available:
$ mvn validate
compile project: compile source code, classes stored in target/classes:
$ mvn compile
test project: run tests using a suitable unit testing framework:
$ mvn test
package project: take the compiled code and package it in its distributable format, such as a JAR / WAR:
$ mvn package
verify project: run any checks to verify the package is valid and meets quality criteria:
$ mvn verify
install project: install the package into the local repository, for use as a dependency in other projects locally:
$ mvn install
deploy project: done in an integration or release environment, copies the final package to the remote repository for sharing with other developers and projects:
$ mvn deploy
deploy-file: can be used for deploying a external jar file to repository:
$ mvn deploy:deploy-file -Dfile=/path/to/jar/file -DrepositoryId=repos-server -Durl=http://repos.company.org/test -DgroupId=javax -DartifactId=mail -Dpackaging=jar-Dversion=1.0.1
Eclipse integration
create metainformation: meta files for eclipse are created, can be used for project import
mvn eclipse:eclipse
create metainformation with wtp: same like create metainformation + WTP plugin infos
mvn -Dwtpversion=1.5 eclipse:eclipse
tell eclipse where local repository is located
mvn -Declipse.workspace=/path/to/workspace eclipse:add-maven-repo
run maven tasks in maven (maven eclipse plugin must be installed)
add maven as external tool – in the dialog there should be a category called 'm2 build' – create new and enter informations – you need to specify every goal seperate. Tasks
Release project
prepare release: informations about versions number are collected
mvn release:prepare
clean release: rollback to snapshot versions
mvn release:clean
perform release: deploy project to remote repository and make tag in version control system.username and password for version control system are taken from server informations in ~/.m2/settings.xml. serverID is same like defined in deploymentServer … this behaviour is not whished
mvn release:perform
perform release with username and password for authentication on version control system
mvn release:perform -Dusername=foo -Dpassword=bar
web project special tasks
create war file, same as mvn package
mvn war:war
Build an exploded web application into ${maven.war.src}. This allows you to mount it in your
application server, and you only need to run it again for dependency and class changes, not JSP
changes. This goal will not clean old dependencies – due to the dangers involved in automating this
for your source tree, you must do that yourself.
mvn war:inplace
delete all artifacts created by war plugin
mvn war:clean
tomcat integration
deploy web project to tomcat
mvn tomcat:deploy
redeploy web project, didn’t work in my test environment
mvn tomcat:redeploy
undeploy web project
mvn tomcat:undeploy
stop context on tomcat
mvn tomcat:stop
start context on tomcat
mvn tomcat:start
