mojohaus / mojohaus/exec-maven-plugin
Shell script execution using "basedir" as argument has problems in Windows
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Description
When using the exec-maven-plugin within a pom.xml to run a bash script located in the basedir (Windows) as follows:
<configuration>
<executable>bash</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>${basedir}/scripts/script.sh</argument>
<argument>${version}</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
the parsed path when the plugin executes seems to be incorrect, the entire basedir appears without slashes, as follows:
C:UsersUsernameWhateverDirectories/scripts/script.sh
When it should be like
C:Users/Username/Whatever/Directories/scripts/script.sh
This is something that happens also for other people, so seems to be a bug in the plugin for Windows systems.
I would say this has something to be with the parsing of the escaped values (\) in the plugin itself, but I didn't go further on this investigation.
The rest of plugins and values that use the ${basedir} parameter work totally fine.
In Linux/Mac systems there's no problems.
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Research direction
Reproduce the exec-maven-plugin configuration from the issue on Windows with bash and scripts/script.sh, using ${basedir} as the argument. Trace how the pom.xml argument path is parsed and compare it with Linux or macOS behavior; done means the basedir path retains its separators when the script executes on Windows.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, java
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100