[MSCMPUB-48] unclear message when configured content == checkoutDirectory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Herve Boutemy
• Created: 09/Jan/22 01:20
• Updated: 09/Jan/22 02:05

Description

user feedback: https://lists.apache.org/thread/s66lwdw7vhywvcdllcov4n5zbjj6s9dn

error message:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-publish-plugin:3.1.0:publish-scm (default-cli) on project apache-any23: Could not copy content to SCM checkout: Source '/Users/lmcgibbn/Downloads/any23/any23-site/.svn/pristine/61/617e72262042de8cf1f11bc8e3aaa231669f181a.svn-base' and destination '/Users/lmcgibbn/Downloads/any23/any23-site/.svn/pristine/61/617e72262042de8cf1f11bc8e3aaa231669f181a.svn-base' are the same

is hard to understand

instead of failing when copying the first file (which is a svn file '.svn/pristine/61/617e72262042de8cf1f11bc8e3aaa231669f181a.svn-base' then creates a confusion), it would be a lot easier to understand if there was a check in the plugin that failed with an better explaination like:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-publish-plugin:3.1.0:publish-scm (default-cli) on project apache-any23: Configured content and checkout directory are the same: '/Users/lmcgibbn/Downloads/any23/any23-site' but should be different, see parameters documentation

Issue Links

• is related to: ANY23-557 update site publish instructions