[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGECLIPSE-13?page=comments#action_72367 ] Jörg Hohwiller commented on MNGECLIPSE-13: ------------------------------------------
It is NOT only the formatting that is changed. Also all comments get stripped out. I use comments to document my dependencies since I am missing an appropriate tag in the POM XML format for that. In my case the m2eclipse plugin is causing information loss! I can see the point that you want to use the maven internal code to parse the POM and using XPP will cause this problem. This is a very common problem when updating handwritten configurations automatically - no matter what format (properties, xml, ...) or project. Anyways from the usability point of view this is a serious problem that should be solved. Even if you need to parse the POM again using DOM or whatever. > adding dependency to pom.xml changes its formating > -------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNGECLIPSE-13 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGECLIPSE-13 > Project: Maven 2.x Extension for Eclipse > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.0.3 > Environment: win xp, eclipse 3.1, plugin 0.0.3 > Reporter: Michal Stochmialek > Priority: Minor > > I use pom.xml as a human-readable file, so I insert empty lines between main > sections of pom etc. But after adding a depedency using maven plugin, those > blank lines have disappeared. > The similar thing happened to indentions. I usually use tabs for indenting, > but plugin changed whole file indenting to spaces. In result CVS diff shows > that whole file have been changed. > Maven plugin should modify only lines that contain new (just added) > dependency. -- 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
