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John Casey commented on MCLEAN-10: ---------------------------------- this option is currently available via the file-management API, which the clean plugin uses as of release 2.1, though I'm not sure whether it's wired up. Need to experiment by configuring: <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks> > Option to "mvn clean" task not to follow soft links > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MCLEAN-10 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCLEAN-10 > Project: Maven 2.x Clean Plugin > Type: New Feature > Environment: UNIX > Reporter: Roar Lauritzsen > Priority: Minor > > > Our project builds an executable into our "install" subproject under > "install/target". To do a test-run of this executable, I usually symlink a > directory containing about 1 million test-data files into the directory tree > below "target". I much prefer symlinking this test-data directory instead of > copying it, because of the time it takes to copy. > However, if I inadvertently do "mvn clean" without removing this link, maven > will follow the symlink and recursively remove my whole input document > directory. > An option to "mvn clean", like "dontFollowSymlinks", could do the trick -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
