[MNG-7619] Maven should explain why an artifact is present in local repository

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0, 4.0.0-alpha-3, 4.0.0
• Component/s: Dependencies
• Assignee: Tamas Cservenak
• Reporter: Tamas Cservenak
• Created: 03/Dec/22 21:03
• Updated: 18/Dec/22 15:31
• Resolved: 05/Dec/22 15:19

Description

Ability to make Maven record:

• why given artifact is present in local repository
• record reverse dep tree how this artifact got resolved

This is mostly for detecting dependency resolution anomalies, ideally best combined with -Dmaven.repo.local when you use new/empty local repo to build a project. After the build, you will end up with reverse dep trees in .tracking directories for each artifact.

To enable, pass -Dmaven.repo.local.recordReverseTree on CLI.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #900
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #902