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Brian Fox commented on MNG-2166:
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It is possible to set a default goal in the pom such that "mvn" is a valid
invocation, however if no goals are found even after processing the pom, it
would make sense to display some info.
> Provide the help listing as default when no arguments are provided
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> Key: MNG-2166
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2166
> Project: Maven 2
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Command Line
> Affects Versions: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
> Environment: Any
> Reporter: Andre Ranvik
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.2.x
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> When just writing "mvn" with no arguments on the command line I get a message
> such as this:
> >mvn
> [INFO] Scanning for projects...
> [INFO]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
> [INFO]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] You must specify at least one goal. Try 'install'
> [INFO]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
> [INFO]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Total time: < 1 second
> [INFO] Finished at: Wed Mar 22 09:15:04 CET 2006
> [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M
> [INFO]
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> Many new users to maven or any other such tools are used to getting at least
> some basic info of what is expected. How about just displaying the listing
> that shows up when a user writes "mvn -h" as default when no arguments are
> privided? This is also a feature that most other similar products have. I
> also would suggest printing a URL for where they can get basic information
> for how to use maven.
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