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title: Apache Maven Help Plugin Version 3.2.0 Released
id: 8ed700bd-715c-4ea3-9d8b-983e46ff34f4
date: '2019-04-23 17:26:21 -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="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/">Apache Maven Help Plugin, version 3.2.0</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>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>3.2.0<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>
<p><!-- more --></p>
<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317522&amp;version=12345382">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Help Plugin &ndash; Version 3.2.0</a></p>
<p>New Feature:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-160">MPH-160</a> &ndash; help:effective-pom -Dverbose: add source location as comments in effective pom.xml</li>
</ul>
<p>Improvement:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-161">MPH-161</a> &ndash; add color to goal or plugin description</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
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