The use case is that I have a project (actually, many projects, so I want to be able to do this in bulk) that are source-controlled and I'd like to be able to create a modified version of the POM in a temporary directory and then execute that modified POM, but against the original base directory without altering the source-controlled POM in my source-controlled working directory.
Obviously I could do this by copying the entire source tree and then running my modified POM, but I'd like to do this without having to copy every file every time, as these projects are often large and I want to be able to execute this tool routinely. My initial attempt was to set -Dbasedir on the command line, but this does not appear to have the effect for which I was hoping. I can think of several imperfect workarounds, including copying the entire source directory (expensive), generating a temporary file in the base directory (make sure not to commit it!), overwriting the POM (then need to repeatedly refresh from source control to restore the original), and reading and remembering the POM, overwriting it with the updated version, running Maven, and then overwriting the updates with the original (hope the process doesn't crash in a way that prevents me from restoring the original). I'd probably lean toward the last but it's more cumbersome and error-prone than I'd like. Is what I'd like possible? -- David Caldwell http://www.davidpcaldwell.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
