Maven FAQ

Maven FAQ

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Debug tests
mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug test

Debug tests with jvm settings
mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000 -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE" test

Dependencies:
mvn dependency:resolve
mvn dependency:tree

Do Not Run Other Phases, just test only:
mvn -Dtest=NameOfTest surefire:test

Effective pom, how to show it:
mvn help:effective-pom

Multiple tests, Run only a limited set of tests:
mvn -Dtest=TestSquare,TestCi*le test

Repo: Search for things in the 'official' repo
https://repository.sonatype.org/#welcome

Single test, Run only a Single test
mvn -Dtest=TestCircle test

References:
http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/debugging.html
http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/single-test.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14881730/run-junit-tests-in-maven-without-building-and-copying-files