Dependency

Links

Analyse

Optimizing with the Maven Dependency Plugin

mvn dependency:analyze

Add -X to get verbose output.

Copy

To copy project dependencies:

mvn dependency:copy-dependencies

Will copy project dependencies to:

target\dependency\

Classpath

Output the path of the dependencies from the local repository in a classpath format to be used in java -cp:

mvn dependency:build-classpath

Offline

Downloads all project dependencies and plugins, transitively:

dependency:go-offline

Resolve

Tells Maven to resolve test scope dependencies and displays the version:

mvn dependency:resolve

…looks for mismatches in your dependencyManagement section:

mvn dependency:analyze-dep-mgt

POM

If you want this to run every time you run a package (or install) goal. Add the following to your pom.xml file:

<build>
   <plugins>
     <plugin>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
       <artifactId>dependency-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       <executions>
         <execution>
           <id>copy-dependencies</id>
           <phase>package</phase>
           <goals>
             <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
           </goals>
         </execution>
       </executions>
     </plugin>
     ...

Tree

Note: See note below…

mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose

To check the tree for a specific dependency:

mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose -Dincludes=log4j:log4j:jar

Note: The tree is built using the pom.xml file in the local .m2 repository. To update the report, remember to run mvn install on any modules you update!