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  1. Maven
  2. MNG-6511

Option -pl ! foo should not fail if foo does not exist

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 3.3.9, 3.6.0
    • 4.0.0-alpha-2, 4.0.0
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      While I completely understand why Maven throws an error when -pl/--projects defines/contains a non-existing project, I don't really see why the negation of a non-existing project yields the same error, e.g.:

      c:\_dev\git\gitflow-incremental-builder>mvn -pl !foo
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[ERROR] [ERROR] Could not find the selected project in the reactor: foo @
[ERROR] Could not find the selected project in the reactor: foo -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MavenExecutionException

      I'd say that at most this should be a warning, not an error.

      This change would come in handy to reuse scripts with certain default options (e.g. quickly build everything without tests, checkstyle, exclude moduleX, etc.) on different hierarchy levels of larger multi module project.

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          is duplicated by

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. MNG-7033 Excluded projects through -pl should not need to be in the reactor

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open
          is required by

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. MNG-6012 Missing profile is only notified at the end of a run

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue MNG-7051 Optionally skip non-existing profiles

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          links to

          Web Link GitHub Pull Request #100

          Web Link GitHub Pull Request #446

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              martinkanters Martin Kanters
              famod Falko Modler
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