Helpful Commands

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mvn dependency:tree

Displays the dependency tree for the project. Need to run it with -DMAVEN_UNSAFE=true.

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mvn dependency:resolve

Goal that resolves the project dependencies from the repository.

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mvn idea:idea

Goal for generating IDEA files from a POM. This plug-in provides the ability to generate IDEA project files (.ipr, .iml and .iws files) for IDEA

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mvn jetty:run

This will start Jetty running on port 8080 and serving your project. Jetty will continue to run until the plugin is explicitly stopped, for example, by a .

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mvn project-info-reports:dependencies

To generate a dependency tree report, use mvn project-info-reports:dependencies. This would generate an html file in your target\site\dependencies.html.

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Also, if you doubt the output of the project-info-reports:dependencies, you can add -X to your mvn command (i.e. mvn -X package) and trace the debug logs to find the transitive dependency you are looking for.

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mvn help:effective-pom

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