settings parameter is not documented

[DVanderstoken]

Is this parameter intended to specify a settings file?

[aleksandr-m]

You mean this settings? It is maven settings, and not a settable property.

[DVanderstoken]

Yes. This one. Is-it possible to specify maven settings file to be used during release ?

[aleksandr-m]

Sure, see maven command line how to point to a specific settings.xml for a single command?.

[DVanderstoken]

Yes, i know how to launch maven command line with specific settings file. But in your mojo, you re-launch maven command without allowing to specify a specific settings file. So, the default settings file is used and it isn't what i want...

[aleksandr-m]

What do you want to achieve then?

[aleksandr-m]

@DVanderstoken ping

[srsp]

When I start

mvn gitflow:release-start -s ../jenkins-settings/mvn/settings.xml

then artifacts from a certain repository defined in the above settings.xml cannot be downloaded, because the repository answers with unauthorized. The settings file contains the credentials for this repository. So I think one of the mvn subprocesses does not honor the settings given to the parent mvn process.

I think this is what @DVanderstoken meant and currently I have the same problem. Is there a way to hand down the settings file to the child mvn process?

[aleksandr-m]

@srsp Could be. Any thoughts on how it can be reproduced w/o messing with custom repository?

[srsp]

My setup is a bit complicated with a commercial artifact only available in repository that needs authentication. I tried to setup a minimal configuration to show the problem, but was not yet successful.

I found a way to work around this by changing our infrastructure. I will still try to reproduce it in a simple setup, but since the pressure is gone it might take a while.

[aleksandr-m]

@srsp I think new parameter can be introduced that will take arguments as a string and put them to underlying maven commands.

Thanks for reporting.

[aleksandr-m]

@srsp The argLine parameter was added in 1.8.0.

[srsp]

@aleksandr-m Thank you! I will try it out.

[srsp]

I know this is old and closed, but here's my feedback anyway: We use the argLine parameter and it works like a charm!

[aleksandr-m]

@srsp Feedback is always welcome! :)