How to get the Maven local repo location?
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Is there a way to get the Maven local repo location?
Using the following command you can force Maven to use a specific setting file:
mvn -s < path to settings file >
I know you can edit settings.xml file to set a repository location, but can I get the current default value with some Maven command?
Maven 2 Solutions
Solution 1 - Maven 2
If you want just the local repo, try this:
mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=settings.localRepository | grep -v '\[INFO\]'
EDIT
I'm revisiting this after years because recent versions of the Maven help plugin introduced a useful parameter for the evaluate goal called forceStdout that allows us to remove the need to grep the output:
mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=settings.localRepository -q -DforceStdout
Solution 2 - Maven 2
Yes, you can get it with the -X or --debug option, e.g. mvn -X
...
[DEBUG] Reading global settings from C:\Maven\conf\settings.xml
[DEBUG] Reading user settings from C:\segphault\.m2\settings.xml
[DEBUG] Using local repository at C:\Repo
...
Solution 3 - Maven 2
The Maven Help plugin will show local settings, including the local repository path.
You want the command:
mvn help:effective-settings
Output will show settings in XML format. Look for the localRepository element:
<localRepository xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0">/home/jrs/.mavenRepo</localRepository>
Solution 4 - Maven 2
In the meantime you can do that in a simpler way:
mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=settings.localRepository -q -DforceStdout
You can also directly use that to assign that a shell variable like this:
RESULT=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=settings.localRepository -q -DforceStdout)
Important note: Use most recent version of Maven and of course most recent vesion of maven-help-plugin...
This will contain the result without a new line etc.
Solution 5 - Maven 2
It should be in the /home/.m2 directory, the folder is probably hidden. So, you'll need to Ctrl+H to see hidden folders.
Solution 6 - Maven 2
For windows users
Usually it's in: C:\Users\USER_NAME\.m2\repository.
However the mvn help:effective-settings command will surely show the local path in response xml.