prepare goal fails if "localRepoDirectory" doesn't exist, should instead create it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MRELEASE-566 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-566 Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin Issue Type: Bug Reporter: luke w patterson Attachments: maven-release-plugin-local-repo.patch (patch attached, no testcase but it is fairly straightforward) if the directory listed in the "localRepoDirectory" [1] parameter of release:prepare doesn't exist, the build fails e.g. if I set {code} <localRepoDirectory>${project.build.directory}\local-repo-during-release</localRepoDirectory> {code} I get error: {code} java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Local repository location: 'blah\target\local-repo-during-release' is NOT a directory. at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenCommandLineBuilder.setEnvironmentPaths(MavenCommandLineBuilder.java:359) at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.MavenCommandLineBuilder.build(MavenCommandLineBuilder.java:90) at org.apache.maven.shared.invoker.DefaultInvoker.execute(DefaultInvoker.java:91) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.InvokerMavenExecutor.executeGoals(InvokerMavenExecutor.java:387) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.exec.InvokerMavenExecutor.executeGoals(InvokerMavenExecutor.java:413) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.AbstractRunGoalsPhase.execute(AbstractRunGoalsPhase.java:82) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RunPrepareGoalsPhase.execute(RunPrepareGoalsPhase.java:42) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RunPrepareGoalsPhase.simulate(RunPrepareGoalsPhase.java:54) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:199) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:140) at org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManager.prepare(DefaultReleaseManager.java:103) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.prepareRelease(PrepareReleaseMojo.java:211) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.execute(PrepareReleaseMojo.java:181) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:490) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:694) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:569) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:387) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:284) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:180) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362) at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) {code} Ideally, one could avoid the null check in the patch, but then a lot of tests would have to be updated, and I wasn't sure if it was worth it. Thanks [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/prepare-mojo.html#localRepoDirectory -- 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