[MNG-5172] Mirror settings should allow null URL

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Component/s: Settings
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Paul Gier
• Created: 12/Sep/11 11:36
• Updated: 22/Jan/14 20:31
• Resolved: 22/Jan/14 20:31

Description

In some cases I want to block, instead of mirror, a particular URL. I would like to set the mirror URL to blank or null to show that no downloads should be attempted from this repo.
Another use case is if I want to block all repos except for one normal repo and one plugin repo. So my mirror settings look like this:

    <mirror>
      <id>restricted-build</id>
      <mirrorOf>
         *,!main-dep-repo,!main-plugin-repo
      </mirrorOf>
      <name>Mirror Settings for release builds</name>
      <url></url>
    </mirror>

Then later in the settings, the repositories "main-dep-repo" and "main-plugin-repo" are defined. If only a single URL is used for both deps and plugins, then the URL could be put directly into the mirror settings. But if there is a different URL for project dependencies vs. plugins, then the mirror URL cannot be used.