Best way to handle old snapshots in local repository?
On Linux, you can use this command:
find $HOME/.m2/repository/ \ -name "*-SNAPSHOT" \ -type d \ -mtime +60 \ -print \ -prune \ -exec rm -r "{}" \;Explanation:
- Find anything named
*-SNAPSHOTin the folder$HOME/.m2/repository/ - AND it must be a directory
- AND it must not have been modified in the last 60 days
- Print what you found. If you want to test the command, stop here
- The
-execwill delete the folder,-prunetells find not to try to enter the folder afterwards. - The
-execwill delete the folder and files inside.
We use a similar setup here. We have nexus automatically delete snapshots once the artifact is released (for some repositories). Then on our continuous server, we just have a cron job that once a day deletes the local repository folder. This works well for us.