How to display which settings.xml file is used by Maven
Just in case, if you need to be sure sure sure that your Maven installation use the right settings.xml file you can use the following methods:
- Execute the Maven goal "help:effective-settings". It will print in the console the content of the settings.xml that Maven is able to find.
- Add the option "-X debug". It will print in the console the paths to the settings.xml that Maven have found.
[DEBUG] Reading global settings from U:\maven\apache-maven-3.2.1\conf\settings.xml
[DEBUG] Reading user settings from U:\maven\apache-maven-3.2.1\conf\settings.xml