[MNG-6862] Wrong command line analysis for joined profile activation

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.3
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.x-candidate
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Karl Heinz Marbaise
• Created: 06/Feb/20 16:26
• Updated: 11/May/21 20:15

Description

On command line you can activate profiles via -PprofileName and activating several profiles via -Pprofile1,profile2. Given the following command line:

mvn -Prun-p1,-Prun-p2 ...

The result is that the first profile run-p1 is being activate but the second run-p2 (intended profile) is not because those two profiles have been accidentally joined via , without giving spaces between.

The issue here is of course the , between them (without spaces) which is obviously wrong but the preceding hyphen for the second profile -Prun-p2 violates the naming rules for profiles (If I correctly remember).

From my point of view it would be good to identify such case and fail with an error...

In the end is it a question of naming a profile? Which means is it allowed having a profile which starts with a hyphen?

Issue Links

• depends upon: MNG-7052 Do not allow symbols as first character of identifiers in the POM
• relates to: MNG-7051 Optionally skip non-existing profiles