These files are from Maven wrapper. It works similarly to the Gradle wrapper. This allows you to run the Maven project without having Maven installed and present on the path. It downloads the correct Maven version if it’s not found (as far as I know by default in your user home directory). The mvnw file … Read more
I used to solve this issue by deleting the corresponding failed to download artifact directory in my local repo. Next time I run the maven command the artifact download is triggered again. Therefore I’d say it’s a client side setting. Nexus side (server repo side), this issue is solved configuring a scheduled task. Client side, … Read more
mvn clean install -U -U means force update of snapshot dependencies. Release dependencies will be updated this way if they have never been previously successfully downloaded. ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29020990/32453
I’m fashionably late to this question, but I think it’s worth a clearer response than the accepted one (which is correct, but doesn’t emphasize the actual important part, which you need to deduce yourself). In the parent POM, the main difference between the <dependencies> and <dependencyManagement> is this: Artifacts specified in the <dependencies> section will … Read more