Plugin Documentation

This report describes goals, parameters details, requirements and sample usage of this plugin.

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Description
tidy:check	Checks that the `pom.xml` is tidy. Fails the build if `mvn tidy:pom` would create a different `pom.xml` than the current one.
tidy:help	Display help information on tidy-maven-plugin. Call `mvn tidy:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.
tidy:pom	Tidy up the `pom.xml` into the canonical order.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven	3.6.3
JDK	1.8

System Requirements History

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin for historical versions:

Plugin Version	Maven	JDK
from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0	3.6.3	8
1.2.0	3.2.5	8
from 1.0-beta-1 to 1.1.0	2.2.1	6
from 1.0-alpha-1 to 1.0-alpha-2	2.2.1	5

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
          <artifactId>tidy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.4.0</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>tidy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"