[MDEP-695] Improve mvn dependency:tree - add option to generate mermaidjs flowchart diagram format

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: waiting-for-feedback
• Component/s: tree
• Labels: S2 features
• Environment: all
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Emanuel Ciuca
• Created: 13/May/20 08:33
• Updated: 17/Jul/20 15:29

Description

While trying to generate some diagrams for maven module dependencies I found mermaidjs flowchart diagrams to be most suitable for large graphs. (see https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/flowchart)

Here is an example of a graph I generated for one of the projects I work on:

 

graph LR 

  module-1 --> |compile| module-2
  module-3 --> |compile| module-4
  module-3 --> |test| module-5
  module-3 --> |compile,test| module-2
  module-3 --> |test| module-1

 

I would be helpful to be able to generate this diagram for a multi-module maven project