[MNG-4258] allow option for Make Reactor Mode to avoid cd-ing to toplevel

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jörg Hohwiller
• Created: 24/Jul/09 14:52
• Updated: 02/Jul/14 08:44
• Resolved: 22/Jan/14 20:32

Description

With MNG-2576 the Make Reactor Mode was invented.
However stated in MNG-3377 there is some disappointment about the solution:
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... ask what's first maven users typical experience:
You do "mvn install" on some module. Then maven starts working and says "oh, I need <foo> to be installed first".
Then you "cd" around to <foo> and do "mvn install" and maven says "oh, I need <bar> to be installed first".
In the end the users says "hey, why do I have to do all this, if maven has all information available in my POMs?
...
However this can already be done with "--also-make-dependents" but maybe not in a way
that users typically work.
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So what I suggest is that if "-amd" is specified without "-pl" then this is the same
as cd ../../.... (or whatever up to root) and then doing
mvn -amd -pl foo/bar/.... (all the way back)
You might also prefer adding a new option for that.

Issue Links

• relates to: MNG-4324 Add the ability to launch a reactor build with -amd or -am options from a submodule