[maven] 01/05: [MNG-6511] Describe prefixes for --projects/-pl

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commit 3d4f81583cd3c1951ffa8d409c536cfec5b8003f
Author: Martin Kanters <ma...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 2 10:47:52 2021 +0200

    [MNG-6511] Describe prefixes for --projects/-pl
---
 maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
index d194180..8b0d74e 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class CLIManager
         options.addOption( Option.builder( FAIL_NEVER ).longOpt( "fail-never" ).desc( "NEVER fail the build, regardless of project result" ).build() );
         options.addOption( Option.builder( RESUME ).longOpt( "resume" ).desc( "Resume reactor from the last failed project, using the resume.properties file in the build directory " ).build() );
         options.addOption( Option.builder( RESUME_FROM ).longOpt( "resume-from" ).hasArg().desc( "Resume reactor from specified project" ).build() );
-        options.addOption( Option.builder( PROJECT_LIST ).longOpt( "projects" ).desc( "Comma-delimited list of specified reactor projects to build instead of all projects. A project can be specified by [groupId]:artifactId or by its relative path" ).hasArg().build() );
+        options.addOption( Option.builder( PROJECT_LIST ).longOpt( "projects" ).desc( "Comma-delimited list of specified reactor projects to build instead of all projects. A project can be specified by [groupId]:artifactId or by its relative path. Prefixing a project with ! excludes it, and ? marks it as optional" ).hasArg().build() );
         options.addOption( Option.builder( ALSO_MAKE ).longOpt( "also-make" ).desc( "If project list is specified, also build projects required by the list" ).build() );
         options.addOption( Option.builder( ALSO_MAKE_DEPENDENTS ).longOpt( "also-make-dependents" ).desc( "If project list is specified, also build projects that depend on projects on the list" ).build() );
         options.addOption( Option.builder( LOG_FILE ).longOpt( "log-file" ).hasArg().desc( "Log file where all build output will go (disables output color)" ).build() );