Mule copies Maven dependencies into env.M2_REPO folder

Question

I am using Anypoint Studio 6.2 with Mule 3.8.1 runtime and Maven 3.3.9 and when I build my project, the Maven dependencies are written to a project folder called ${env.M2_REPO} instead of my usual Maven repository c:/users/my.name/.m2.

How can I change it back to c:/users/my.name/.m2 and stop this folder from being created?

It is causing errors to show in the Mule Problems tab saying "missing libraries" but when I move them from the ${env.M2_REPO} folder to c:/users/my.name/.m2 the problems go away.

Answer 1

The issue was that in the settings.xml file in the Maven application folder, the default repository was set to env.M2_REPO instead of the .m2 location. Changed it to .m2 and all working correctly.