Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

GoalDescription
help:active-profilesDisplays a list of the profiles which are currently active for this build.
help:all-profilesDisplays a list of available profiles under the current project.
Note: it will list all profiles for a project. If a profile comes up with a status inactive then there might be a need to set profile activation switches/property.
help:describeDisplays a list of the attributes for a Maven Plugin and/or goals (aka Mojo - Maven plain Old Java Object).
help:effective-pomDisplays the effective POM as an XML for this build, with the active profiles factored in.
help:effective-settingsDisplays the calculated settings as XML for this project, given any profile enhancement and the inheritance of the global settings into the user-level settings.
help:evaluateEvaluates Maven expressions given by the user in an interactive mode.
help:expressionsDisplays the supported Plugin expressions used by Maven.
help:helpDisplay help information on maven-help-plugin.
Call mvn help:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details.
help:systemDisplays a list of the platform details like system properties and environment variables.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven2.2.1
JDK1.5
MemoryNo minimum requirement.
Disk SpaceNo minimum requirement.

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-help-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.2</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-help-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"