Re: cvs checkout of multiple subprojects [newbie]

[Svetlin Stanchev <sv...@acm.org>]

OK, I took a look, thanks for the pointer.
Yes, I also decided to use an external script for initial checkout of 
the other Maven build files grouped in a module in CVSROOT/modules.

But to retain platform independence, it is also a maven subproject 
(albeit very simple).
So one needs to checkout this "bootstrapping" project first (or copy it 
from somewhere), and then run checkout to get all Maven build files 
(including the latest copy of itself). This is how our Ant build also 
works, BTW.

Rgs,
--
Svetlin


Jeffrey Bonevich wrote:

> For mevenide we are using a simple shell/batch script that does all the 
> checkout and then runs maven to build; not using maven per se to do this 
> initial stuff.  I believe there is also a bootstrap concept for maven 
> install that you might be able to adapt, but have not dealt with this.
> 
> For the script way, check out http://mevenide.sourceforge.net
> 
> jeff
> 
> Svetlin Stanchev wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to enhance/replace our Ant build with Maven. But I am 
>> unable to find the answer or a good practice for a seemingly basic 
>> activity:
>>
>> How can I perform a cvs checkout from scratch of multiple (>20) 
>> projects, including their project.xmls starting from the upper/top 
>> level project.xml?
>>
>> I can't use the reactor as the subordinate directories are not created 
>> and populated at the very beginning.
>> It is my understanding per project only one module could be checked 
>> out with <repository/> (i.e. I can't specify multiple modules to be 
>> checked out). Moreover, after inspection plugin.jelly for 
>> scm:checkout-project seems to first delete the directory with the 
>> checked-out module (if any), so any kind of "bootstrapping" (creating 
>> the directories and then somehow generating or checking-out and 
>> copying the individual project.xmls) would not work either.
>>
>> Is the only way to go to write a pre/postGoal ant task in the 
>> top-level maven.xml or there is something better? Why am I not able to 
>> find an example how to do this, is this considered such a rare task or 
>> I am missing something? I am really confused here.
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
> 
> 



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