[jira] [Created] (MNG-6060) better and precise error reporting when project is not found e.g. with -rf option

["Gregor B. Rosenauer (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Gregor B. Rosenauer created MNG-6060:
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             Summary: better and precise error reporting when project is not found e.g. with -rf option
                 Key: MNG-6060
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6060
             Project: Maven
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Command Line, Errors, POM, Reactor and workspace
    Affects Versions: 3.3.9
         Environment: Linux 4.6.2 with Oracle JDK 8
            Reporter: Gregor B. Rosenauer
            Priority: Trivial


when building a multi-module project with -rf and the project is not found, Maven explodes all over your face and prints the *entire* POM instead of just pointing out the missing project - it does, but hides it before the POM dump so the info is easily lost:

{{[ERROR] [ERROR] Could not find project to resume reactor build from: :missing-in-action vs [MavenProject: (entire POM dumped here)}}

Good old make would just tell you this precise and helpful message, instead of dumping the entire makefile:
{{make: *** No rule to make target 'some-nonexisting-target'.  Stop.}}

Please make maven a bit more user friendly when reporting errors...



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