mvnd assumes an .m2 folder in home directory

[JSamir]

Hi,

since I like to keep my home folder clean, I have changed the maven config according to this site: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory

This way, I've got my settings.xml file in ~/.config/maven/settings.xml. Within my settings.xml file I've got this:

<localRepository>${env.XDG_CACHE_HOME}/maven/repository</localRepository>

With this aliases this works fine:

alias mvn="mvn -gs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/maven/settings.xml"
alias mvnd="mvnd -gs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/maven/settings.xml"

Except for the fact that mvnd is still creating some files in the .m2 folder:

❯ ls -l ~/.m2/mvnd/registry/0.4.1/
total 8784
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir 6292122 Feb 15 17:32 daemon-244f1c67.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir       0 Feb 15 16:12 daemon-244f1c67.out.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir 2682989 Feb 12 19:56 daemon-6db22e38.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir       0 Feb 12 16:53 daemon-6db22e38.out.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir    2498 Feb 12 16:53 purge-2021-02-12.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir     266 Feb 15 16:12 purge-2021-02-15.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 samir samir   32768 Feb 15 17:24 registry.bin

[gnodet]

Try with

alias mvnd="mvnd -Dmvnd.daemonStorage=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mvnd -gs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/maven/settings.xml"

See mvnd --help for a list of all options.

[JSamir]

Thanks, works.

Although I am not exactly sure if this should go in .config or rather .cache directory.

Maybe you could consider adapting the defaults to the XDG standards?