settings.xml.md

Settings.xml.md

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Location

• The Maven install: ${maven.home}/conf/settings.xml

$ mvn -v
Apache Maven 3.9.6
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.6/libexec
Java version: 21.0.2, vendor: Homebrew, runtime: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk/21.0.2/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home

$ ls /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.6/libexec/conf             
logging        settings.xml   toolchains.xml

• A user's install: ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml

$ ls ~/.m2           
repository settings.xml

Copy from global location to .m2 folder

# You can have a look at this default settings.xml file as it has comments as well
$ cp -rfp /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.6/libexec/conf/settings.xml .m2/