archetype:generate and the `goals` optional parameter

[Pascal Thivent <pa...@thivent.name>]

I'm wondering why `mvn archetype:generate` has an optional `-Dgoals`
parameter. I understand how to use this parameter but... do you have any
idea of a real use case for it ?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Pascal

Re: archetype:generate and the `goals` optional parameter

[Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com>]

On 2009-10-11, at 12:51 PM, Pascal Thivent wrote:

> I'm wondering why `mvn archetype:generate` has an optional `-Dgoals`
> parameter. I understand how to use this parameter but... do you have  
> any
> idea of a real use case for it ?
>

The case at the time was a user asking to perform some one time  
operations like eclipse:eclipse. Whether this is actually useful is  
another story, but really to account for one time operations that  
could be taken care of as part of the generation so that it didn't  
have to be documented.

> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- 
> Pascal

Thanks,

Jason

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