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Maven build/plugins section inheritance behavior w.r.t to plugin version

I am trying to understand the inheritance behavior of plugins declared in the build/plugins section of a parent POM.

Specifically, if on POM A i declare a plugin in the build plugins section with a certain version & then on POM B which has POM A as parent i override the same plugin by declaring it again (with some configurations/executions, etc) in its own build plugins section BUT without specifying the plugin version.

In this case will POM B inherit the plugin version alone from the one declared in POM A or will it default to the latest version?

Also just to note again i am referring to the build/plugins NOT the pluginManagement section.

Thanks

Solution

  • The configuration of the plugins in POMs A and B will be merged.

    You will inherit the version.