Creating Maven Archetype: is there a way to specify a default groupId

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I have created a maven archetype using `create-from-project`. Is there a way to specify a default `groupId`? This archetype is for internal use only, default `groupId` would save some keystrokes. Thanks.

Accepted Answer

You can do this by specifying a `propertyFile`

This property file may contains few properties including default groupId. So something like this (in a file named something.properties):

```
groupId=com.company
```

and to create the archetype

```
mvn archetype:create-from-project -Darchetype.properties=../something.properties
```

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Creating Maven Archetype: is there a way to specify a default groupId

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