git update-index --assume-unchanged path/to/file.ext

for properties files that shouldnt be commited so that they dont turn up as changed

Build using maven command line tool (or build from within Eclipse IDE using maven plugin)

• mvn package - Packages the application and compiles into binary (war)
• mvn integration-test - Run integration tests (mostly db interface tests)
• mvn test - Run unit tests

Acceptance testing is enabled with Selenium. Selenium uses PhantomJS as WebDriver. To be able to run the mvn integration-test you need to install the PhantomJS driver and set the PHANTOM system path to /path/to/phantomjs/driver.

Default profile is "dev", invoke other profile by adding flag to maven build command

e.g. mvn -Pdevwin package

Add a build profile in the pom if needed, also add a resource folder (conveniently copy folder from similar profile) Each profile folder contains JDBC, logging, secure file area and other specific configurations for each build profile