Apache Maven Archetype Plugin 3.2.1 Released

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Archetype Plugin, version 3.2.1

The Archetype Plugin allows the user to create a Maven project from an existing template called an archetype.
It also allows the user to create an archetype from an existing project.

https://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/

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

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.2.1</version>
</plugin>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/archetype/download.cgi

Release Notes - Maven Archetype - Version 3.2.1

** Bug
    * [ARCHETYPE-308] - Should ask input for requiredProperty with defaultValue
    * [ARCHETYPE-406] - Support of velocity expressions for user-defined properties
    * [ARCHETYPE-531] - NullPointerException when module not specified or config empty in EAR plugin
    * [ARCHETYPE-565] - Unable to resolve groovy.json classes when planting
    * [ARCHETYPE-605] - Allow .gitignore file in archetype resources
    * [ARCHETYPE-606] - There is no way to include .gitignore files for the jar goal
    * [ARCHETYPE-618] - Some complex default value expressions trigger NullPointerException
    * [ARCHETYPE-620] - plexus-interactivity-1.0 bug is triggered since maven 3.8.2
    * [ARCHETYPE-622] - maven-archetype-plugin integration-test doesn't use Maven settings from the main build

** New Feature
    * [ARCHETYPE-558] - Allow transitive requiredProperty from non default ones

** Improvement
    * [ARCHETYPE-624] - scope = provided for artifacts provided by Maven Core

** Dependency upgrade
    * [ARCHETYPE-601] - Upgrade to commons-lang 3.8.1
    * [ARCHETYPE-615] - Upgrade maven-artifact-transfer to 0.13.1

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team