[MNG-7131] maven.config doesn't handle arguments with spaces in them

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0, 4.0.0-alpha-2, 4.0.0
• Component/s: Command Line
• Assignee: Michael Osipov
• Reporter: Stefan Oehme
• Created: 25/Mar/21 22:50
• Updated: 30/Aug/24 15:08
• Resolved: 21/Jul/21 12:32

Description

I tried putting a path with a space in the maven.config like so:

"-Dmy.path=/some/path with/a/space"

When asking for the my.path property inside Maven, I get the path with a trailing quote

/some/path with/a/space"

The file is parsed by splitting it by whitespace. I suggest replacing that code with the much better CommandLineUtils.translateCommandline(argLine)

Issue Links

• causes: MNG-7684 With Maven 3.9.0, `maven.config` requires each flag on a separate line
• is related to: MNG-8226 Unable to parse maven.config
• is related to: MNG-5857 Arguments from command line should override those in .mvn/maven.config
• is related to: MNG-7651 Simplify and document merge of maven.config file and CLI args
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #488
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #819