Defining common localRepository that will work on both Windows and linux

[Ri...@barclayscapital.com]

Hi,

My settings file in the .m2 folder begins like this-
<localRepository>C:\maven-repo\</localRepository>

I want to make this generic and define a common localRepository which will work both on Windows and on Linux. Please help.

Thanks,

Ritika Goel
Equities Connectivity and Futures
Barclays Capital
(212) 320-7356




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Re: Defining common localRepository that will work on both Windows and linux

[Baptiste MATHUS <ml...@batmat.net>]

Another simple solution we use: define environment variable, and set value
accordingly.
<localRepository>${env.M2_REPO}</localRepository>

Then just set this env variable correctly, depending on the system it's
running on. But the settings.xml can always be the same.

We use this technique to be able to have the same settings.xml between
developers using Windows and the CI server under Unix.

Cheers

2011/3/22 Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>

> > My settings file in the .m2 folder begins like this-
> > <localRepository>C:\maven-repo\</localRepository>
> >
> > I want to make this generic and define a common localRepository which
> will
> > work both on Windows and on Linux. Please help.
>
> If you drop the C:\ and just specify a path, it will be common to both
> Windows and Linux. I am pretty sure Windows uses the SystemDrive
> property (type "set" in MSDOS to see the value) to decide which drive
> the path is located on, so hopefully all your Windows users have that
> value the same.
>
> For example:
> <localRepository>/maven-repo/</localRepository>
>
> Wayne
>
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Re: Defining common localRepository that will work on both Windows and linux

[Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>]

> My settings file in the .m2 folder begins like this-
> <localRepository>C:\maven-repo\</localRepository>
>
> I want to make this generic and define a common localRepository which will
> work both on Windows and on Linux. Please help.

If you drop the C:\ and just specify a path, it will be common to both
Windows and Linux. I am pretty sure Windows uses the SystemDrive
property (type "set" in MSDOS to see the value) to decide which drive
the path is located on, so hopefully all your Windows users have that
value the same.

For example:
<localRepository>/maven-repo/</localRepository>

Wayne

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Re: Defining common localRepository that will work on both Windows and linux

[Marc Rohlfs <po...@googlemail.com>]

As Windows und Unix have a different file system structures, I'd say 
you'll need to work with properties. Call 'mvn help:system' on both 
systems and try to find a common property (either system property or 
environment variable) You could use. The Maven Properties Guide [1] 
gives some further information about available properties. You could 
either define a custom environment variable on each workstation and use 
that one.
Some examples how You could define the local repositories using a property:
<localRepository>${user.home}/.m2/repository</localRepository>
<localRepository>${env.HOME}/.m2/repository</localRepository>
<localRepository>${env.CUSTOM_REPO_ENV_VAR}</localRepository>


[1] http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/MavenPropertiesGuide

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