I read Michaels message the way like option 6: > Since we have only two files: installation and user, I'd expect that first the installation settings are parsed followed by user settings (generic to specific).
Installation is more generic (global) than user. Same for git: it will first parse the installation settings (/etc), then any user settings, then any project settings. Or are we mixing up terms here? NPM does the same, too. On Mon, 9 Aug 2021, 16:35 Robert Scholte, <rfscho...@apache.org> wrote: > I'll add it, but it doesn't match the order of GIT[1] as mentioned by > Michael. > Maybe there should be a list of other comparable tools with their order > > > Robert > > > [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#FILES > On 9-8-2021 15:09:30, Benjamin Marwell <bmarw...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I would like to propose another solution. > According to the wiki page and to the documentation, we have > > user > > where " > > From what I understand from other build systems, a more common approach > would be > > installation (aka global) > > This would fix the naming issue (global becomes global). > Of course this is a breaking change, but for maven 4, this seems > reasonable to me. > > Am So., 8. Aug. 2021 um 11:48 Uhr schrieb Robert Scholte : > > > > During a discussion with Michael we noticed there's something odd about > the names of some flags and the order of inheritance. > > > > I've tried to explain it on a separate wiki page[1] together with the > first 3 options how we could fix it. > > Please have a look at it and share your thoughts. > > > > thanks, > > Robert > > > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Commandline+inheritance > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
