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Add support for the Maven 4 shell

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by locating the wrapper command dispatch and Maven version selection entry points. Verify how the selected Maven 4+ installation exposes mvnsh, then make ./mvnw shell start that shell and confirm the command works for supported Maven versions.

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Description

enhancement
New feature, improvement proposal

Maven 4 has the maven shell (mvnsh) as a packaged feature.

Proposal: Start the mvnsh of the selected maven 4+ version using the command ./mvnw shell

Dominant language
Java
Stars
254
Forks
78
Avg merge
23h 36m
Merged PRs (30d)
8

Getting set up

  • No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • Has a pull request template
  • No contributing guide

First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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