[jira] Commented: (MDEPLOY-37) On Windows, Maven requires local distribution repository URL be specified as invalid file URL with Windows path.

["Steven Coco (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEPLOY-37?page=comments#action_69518 ] 

Steven Coco commented on MDEPLOY-37:
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I just noticed that this also happens on Linux.  It's the same problem; and if you specify a URL with an encoded space in it, Maven will create a new directory with "%20" in the name.

And this bug's posting is a bit munged by the automatic formatting, but all the information is essentially visible; ignore the links and the bullets in that auto-generated markup.

> On Windows, Maven requires local distribution repository URL be specified as invalid file URL with Windows path.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: MDEPLOY-37
>          URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEPLOY-37
>      Project: Maven 2.x Deploy Plugin
>         Type: Bug

>     Versions: 2.0
>  Environment: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> Maven version: 2.0.4
>     Reporter: Steven Coco
>  Attachments: deploy-path-bug.zip
>
>
> On Windows, a local distribution repository URL must be specified as an invalid file URL with a Windows file path syntax.  If it instead is given in valid file URL syntax then Maven will treat it as a Windows path name and actually create new directories matching the encoded URL's literal textual value.
> Basically, the distribution management element is specified like so:
> <distributionManagement>
>     <repository>
>         <id>local-release-repository</id>
>         <name>Local Release Repository</name>
>         
>         <!--
>           - Notice that this is a Windows path: it uses the backslash:
>           - and also the space is not URL encoded.
>           - Change this to a valid file URL:
>           -      file:///C:/Local%20Repository
>           - and Maven will then create a directory named literally:
>           -      "Local%20Repository"
>           - at the root of the C drive,and deploy there.
>          -->
>         <url>file:///C:\Local Repository</url>
>     </repository>
> </distributionManagement>
> A test case is attached that shows the behavior.  Execute the default goal on a Windows machine; and then also read the comment inside the POM to see more.

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