In this blog post, I will show a way to very quickly rebuild a Maven repository without having to set up a project.
Step 1: Delete all artifacts
Cleanse your Maven repository by deleting the contents of the /.m2/repository directory. Ensure to delete the settings.xml file if so required.
Step 2: Create a dummy POM file
Create the simplest POM file that defines only groupId, artifactId, and version. This is just a basic dummy POM file that you will delete later. Maven needs it to run the purging local repository dependencies command.
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<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.example</groupId> <artifactId>most-basic-projet</artifactId> <version>0.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version></project> |
Step 3: Repopulate the local Maven repository
Run the purge repository Maven command:
mvn dependency:purge-local-repository
The objective of this Maven goal is to remove artifacts from your local maven repository. It will delete and re-resolve artifacts.
Finally, delete the POM file. Now you have a nice clean Maven repo with freshly repopulate artifacts.
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Published on Java Code Geeks with permission by Alex Theedom, partner at our JCG program. See the original article here: Rebuild a Maven repository in 3 steps Opinions expressed by Java Code Geeks contributors are their own. |
