Limit Java Heap Space for play framework globaly

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Play does not appear to pick up the jvm.memory settings for dependencies or even test command. One way to force it to use specific JVM settings would be to use _JAVA_OPTIONS.

For example:

export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xms800m -Xmx1500m -XX:PermSize=64m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
play test

or

play deps

and you should see

~        _            _ 
~  _ __ | | __ _ _  _| |
~ | '_ \| |/ _' | || |_|
~ |  __/|_|\____|\__ (_)
~ |_|            |__/   
~
~ play! 1.2.3, http://www.playframework.org
~ framework ID is test
~
~ Running in test mode
~ Ctrl+C to stop
~ 
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xms800m -Xmx1500m -XX:PermSize=64m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 8000

Note that this would apply those settings to all java programs run on that terminal where _JAVA_OPTIONS is set.

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