Elliotte Rusty Harold created MPMD-391:
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Summary: Log what developers care about and not what they don't
Key: MPMD-391
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPMD-391
Project: Maven PMD Plugin
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Elliotte Rusty Harold
Here's output from a recent PMD plugin run that failed:
[INFO] >>> maven-pmd-plugin:3.21.2:check (default-cli) > :pmd @ commons-io >>>
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-pmd-plugin:3.21.2:pmd (pmd) @ commons-io ---
[INFO] PMD version: 6.55.0
[INFO] Rendering content with org.apache.maven.skins:maven-default-skin:jar:1.3
skin.
[INFO]
[INFO] <<< maven-pmd-plugin:3.21.2:check (default-cli) < :pmd @ commons-io <<<
[INFO]
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-pmd-plugin:3.21.2:check (default-cli) @ commons-io ---
[INFO] PMD version: 6.55.0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 05:22 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2024-01-14T14:11:30Z
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin:3.21.2:check (default-cli) on project
commons-io: You have 1 PMD violation. For more details see:
/home/runner/work/commons-io/commons-io/target/pmd.xml -> [Help 1]
Error:
Error: To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e
switch.
Error: Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
Error:
Error: For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please
read the following articles:
Error: [Help 1]
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
Things I don't care about that are printed:
* PMD version
* Doxia skin
* Blank lines
* Total time
* Timestamp when it finished
* Generic information about Mojo failures
* Exit code from Mojo
The one thing I care about:
* The actual error that caused the failure
Everything in the first list can be hidden in some random log file no one will
ever look at. Everything in the second list should be front and center. Instead
Maven gets this exactly backwards,
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