Apache Maven - Command Line Cheat Sheet

Apache Maven is a project management and automation tool for Java software projects. It is used to automate continuous integration during software development. The goal is to produce software from its sources by optimizing the tasks performed for this purpose and ensuring the correct build order.

In this guide, we will cover some useful Maven commands.

Clean and install the application locally

mvn clean install

Update snapshot: Force the check of missing versions and updated snapshots on remote repositories

mvn clean install -U

Skip tests during installation

mvn install -DskipTests

Do not compile tests

mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Run a test class

mvn clean test -Dtest=ClassDeTest
mvn clean test -Dtest=ClassDe*

Run a single test

mvn clean test -Dtest=ClassDeTest#monTest

Install local libraries

mvn validate

Clean builds

mvn clean

Compile + Test + Build WAR/JAR

mvn package

Deploy the application (example: Nexus)

mvn deploy

Generate the website (Documentation)

mvn site

Prepare a release (commit git and tag)

mvn release:prepare

Perform the release (example: deploy to Nexus)

mvn release:perform

Show dependencies with updates available

mvn versions:display-dependency-updates

Show the dependency tree of the POM

mvn dependency:tree

Use one or more profiles

mvn -P profil-1
mvn -P profil-1,profil-2

Get a status report of vulnerabilities in dependencies used

Add the following plugin to the pom.xml file:

<plugin>
	<groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
	<artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
	<version>7.1.0</version>
</plugin>

Then, execute the following command to get the status report (the created file containing the information will be in target/dependency-check-report.html):

mvn dependency-check:check

For more information: https://www.baeldung.com/maven