My MVN Notes

1. To view dependency tree:

mvn dependency:tree

1. To skip running test:

mvn install -DskipTests
mvn install -DskipTests=true  //to override skipTests property in pom

1. To skip compiling and runing tests:

mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip=true

1. To run maven in offline mode, to avoid downloading:

mvn -o install
mvn --offline install

1. To force check for updates of snapshots and releases from remote repositories:

mvn -U install
mvn --update-snapshots install

1. To list all maven profiles, and see which is the active profile:

mvn help:all-profiles

1. To override maven surefire plugin forkMode:

mvn test -DforkMode=never
mvn test -DforkMode=always

source: http://javahowto.blogspot.com/search/label/Tools