[MNG-3914] Add CLI option to control location of global settings from command line

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-alpha-1
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0, 3.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Command Line
• Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
• Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann
• Created: 14/Dec/08 16:20
• Updated: 09/Mar/13 14:43
• Resolved: 14/Dec/08 16:30

Description

The system properties "org.apache.maven.user-settings" and "org.apache.maven.global-settings" are no longer supported by Maven 3.x. While the first one can easily be replaced by the existing CLI option "--settings", there is currently no possibility to control the location of the global settings.

Full control of the settings is helpful in CI and our own ITs.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: MNG-3611 allow to pass in location of global settings file to maven cli
• is related to: MNG-294 installation-wide configuration
• is related to: MNG-3625 revisit it0026
• is related to: MNG-557 Add --settings to be able to control the settings.xml file the m2 cli uses
• is related to: MNG-3908 Review documentation in maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml for mvn 3.0