This is a plugin designed for Maven 2.x+ based builds to automate content checkout process. It allows to set up content checkout, and remove some unnecessary properties from .content.xml files.

• downloads content(using vlt) from CQ/AEM instance
• removes .vlt files
• removes properties from .content.xml files

• Maven 2.x, 3.x

Checkout the source code:

cd [folder of your choice]
git clone git://github.com/Cognifide/Maven-Vault-Checkout-Plugin.git
cd Maven-Vault-Checkout-Plugin

Compile and install:

mvn clean install

Set up POM file:

    (...)
    <plugin>
        <groupId>com.cognifide.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>vltco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.2.0</version>
        <configuration>
            <uri>http://localhost:4503</uri>
            <user>author</user>
            <password>author</password>
            <localPath>src/main/content/jcr_root</localPath>
            <filter>src/main/content/jcr_root</filter>
            <!-- custom content properties that will be removed from .content.xml during clean goal -->
            <contentProperties>
                <contentProperty>my:contentProperty</contentProperty>
            </contentProperties>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
    (...)

Now you can invoke one of the Maven Vault Checkout Plugin goals:

• to checkout content from instance use

    mvn vltco:checkout
  

• to remove .vlt files and cleans content.xml from unnecessary properties use (default properties are: jcr:uuid, jcr:lastModified, jcr:lastModifiedBy, jcr:created, jcr:createdBy, cq:lastModified, cq:lastModifiedBy, cq:lastReplicated, cq:lastReplicatedBy, cq:lastReplicationAction, cq:lastReplicationStatus)

    mvn vltco:clean
  

• to checkout and remove .vlt files and cleans content.xml from unnecessary properties use

    mvn vltco:clean-checkout
  

Maven Vault Checkout Plugin can be configured using element (see Usage sample above) with following tags:

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