apache / apache/maven-archetype
[ARCHETYPE-561] Plugin picks 1.0 version of archetype when versionId not specified
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Description
**[Bruno Borges](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=bruno.borges)** opened **[ARCHETYPE-561](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-561?redirect=false)** and commented
When creating a project out of an archetype without specifying -DarchetypeVersion, the generator will use version 1.0, even though the maven-metadata.xml points to a later version.
The command is the following, for a clean user local repository Maven setup:
```java
mvn archetype:generate \
-DarchetypeGroupId='com.microsoft.azure' \
-DarchetypeArtifactId='azure-functions-archetype' \
-DgroupId='com.function.hello' \
-DartifactId='helloworld' \
-Dversion='1.0-SNAPSHOT' \
-Dpackage='com.function.hello' \
-DappName='helloworld-1554551180252' \
-B -DarchetypeCatalog=internal
```
Now, even though -DarchetypeCatalog=internal is provided, and because the archetype does not exist in the local repository, Maven does download version 1.0 of this archetype's groupId/artifactId by default, ignoring the \ version specified in Maven Central's maven-metadata.xml
As one can see in the maven-metadata.xml [1], the latest version is 1.21 (or higher).
[1] https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/microsoft/azure/azure-functions-archetype/maven-metadata.xml
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**Affects:** 3.0.1
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Start with the provided mvn archetype:generate command and inspect how the archetype plugin resolves a missing -DarchetypeVersion when -DarchetypeCatalog=internal is used. Compare the selected version with the latest value in Maven Central's maven-metadata.xml. Done means the reproducer selects the current metadata version instead of version 1.0.
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