[MNG-6708] Command line option to exclude NESTED modules

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.1
• Component/s: Command Line
• Labels: cli reactor
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Markus Karg
• Created: 12/Jul/19 06:37
• Updated: 14/Apr/22 18:48

Description

MNG-5230 added the -pl !g:a switch to exclude explicitly mentioned module g:a, but keep all other modules in the reactor build, including the submodules of g:a.

In some projects there are deeply nested hierarchies of modules just for structuring purposes. In such purely structural needs for hiearchies, it makes sense to exclude the submodules of g:a. Currently the caller must explicitly KNOW and PROVIDE all off them by hand. This is tedious and error-prone.

Hence it would be great if there would be a command line option to turn the "-pl !g:a" switch into a recursive variant that also skips the children and grandchildren of g:a. The optimal solution would be to not add another global switch (like -amb) but to have a flag for each excluded module, like "-pl !+g:a" a plus symbol explicitly enabling recursion ONLY for g:a but not for other modules.

Issue Links

• relates to: MNG-5230 Command line option to exclude modules from reactor