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title: Apache Maven Help Plugin, version 3.1.0
id: c81fa155-0942-47cc-8f7b-a23139b84afe
date: '2018-06-09 13:49:29 -0400'
categories: maven
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- maven-plugin
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<p>The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the<br />
<a href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/">Apache Maven Help Plugin, version 3.1.0</a></p>
<p>The Maven Help Plugin is used to get relative information about a project or<br />
the system. It can be used to get a description of a particular plugin,<br />
including the plugin&rsquo;s goals with their parameters and component requirements,<br />
the effective POM and effective settings of the current build, and the profiles<br />
applied to the current project being built.</p>
<p>Important Notes since Version 3.0.0</p>
<ul>
<li>Maven 3+ only</li>
<li>JDK 7 minimum requirement</li>
</ul>
<p>You should specify the version in your project&rsquo;s plugin configuration:</p>
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<pre><code class='xml'><span class='line'><span class="nt"><plugin></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><groupId></span>org.apache.maven.plugins<span class="nt"></groupId></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><artifactId></span>maven-help-plugin<span class="nt"></artifactId></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><version></span>3.1.0<span class="nt"></version></span>
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<p>You can download the appropriate <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/download.cgi">sources etc. from the download page</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317522&amp;version=12343004">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Help Plugin &ndash; Version 3.1.0</a></p>
<p>New Feature:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-144">MPH-144</a> &ndash; Add ability to print mvn help:evaluate output to stdout in quiet mode</li>
</ul>
<p>Improvement:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-151">MPH-151</a> &ndash; Add documentation information for GitHub</li>
</ul>
<p>Tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-145">MPH-145</a> &ndash; Upgrade mave-surefire/failsafe-plugin 2.21.0</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-146">MPH-146</a> &ndash; JavaDoc Issues / Code cleanups</li>
</ul>
<p>Dependency upgrades:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-147">MPH-147</a> &ndash; plexus-interactivity-api to 1.0-alpha-6</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-148">MPH-148</a> &ndash; Upgrade xstream to 1.4.10</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-149">MPH-149</a> &ndash; Upgrade jdom-legacy to jdom2 2.0.6</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
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