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Brian Fox closed MNG-2166. -------------------------- Assignee: Brian Fox Resolution: Fixed Fix Version/s: (was: 2.x) 2.0.8 New output: {noformat} [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] You must specify at least one goal. Try 'mvn install' to build or 'mvn -?' for options See http://maven.apache.org for more information. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 22 20:48:42 EDT 2007 [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ {noformat} > Provide the help listing as default when no arguments are provided > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > Assignee: Brian Fox > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.0.8 > > > 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] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. -- 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