instead of specifyind -D on the command line you can define it in your settings.xml
a usefull aproach for sharing project information, including properties, is using inheritance make your project inherit from a common pom and define there the properties you want to share but if you think ant way you'll have trouble, maven is a different building concept, that's my 0.02c On 3/2/06, Bob Arnott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Henry S. Isidro wrote: > > [snipped...] > > > Have you tried passing it via command line? For example, mvn package > > -Dlocal.repo.url=your_local_repo > > Why would I want to do this...? That would mean every time I run maven, > I've > got to specify loads of options, which defeats the point really. What I > want > is something like a properties file that each developer can change to suit > themselves and that will replace values in the pom.xml when it comes to > doing > anything. > > I'm new to mven and want to use it on a couple of new prokject instead of > ant, > but unless I can do something similar to loading a properties file with > ant, > I'll have to go back to using ant. Using ant, I'd do - > > <property file="build.properties" />. > > What do I do with maven...? > > Cheers, > > -- > Bob Arnott > > Senior Software Developer > Autonomy Systems Ltd. > Cambridge Business Park > Cowley Road > Cambridge > CB4 0WZ > > T: +44 (0) 1223 448 000 > F: +44 (0) 1223 448 001 > http://www.aungate.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Miguel Griffa Skype: miguel.griffa Y!: m_griffa MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 15-62519355
