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

["Sylwester Lachiewicz (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6060?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Sylwester Lachiewicz closed MNG-6060.
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    Resolution: Not A Problem

> better and precise error reporting when project is not found e.g. with -rf option
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>                 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
>              Labels: maven
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> 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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