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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions content/markdown/settings.md
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Expand Up @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ There are two locations where a `settings.xml` file may live:
- The Maven install: `${maven.home}/conf/settings.xml`
- A user's install: `${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml`

The former `settings.xml` are also called global settings, the latter
`settings.xml` are referred to as user settings. If both files exists,
their contents gets merged, with the user-specific `settings.xml` being
The former `settings.xml` is also called global settings, the latter
`settings.xml` is referred to as user settings. If both files exist,
their contents get merged, with the user-specific `settings.xml` being
dominant.

Tip: If you need to create user-specific settings from scratch, it's
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</settings>
```

The contents of the `settings.xml` can be interpolated using the
The contents of `settings.xml` can be interpolated using the
following expressions:

1. `${user.home}` and all other system properties *(since Maven 3.0)*
1. `${user.home}` and all other system properties
2. `${env.HOME}` etc. for environment variables

Note that properties defined in profiles within the `settings.xml`
Note that properties defined in profiles within `settings.xml`
cannot be used for interpolation.

## Settings Details
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