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diff --git a/docs/building-spark.md b/docs/building-spark.md index 4922e877e9..70165eabca 100644 --- a/docs/building-spark.md +++ b/docs/building-spark.md @@ -124,7 +124,21 @@ We use the scala-maven-plugin which supports incremental and continuous compilat mvn scala:cc -should run continuous compilation (i.e. wait for changes). However, this has not been tested extensively. +should run continuous compilation (i.e. wait for changes). However, this has not been tested +extensively. A couple of gotchas to note: +* it only scans the paths `src/main` and `src/test` (see +[docs](http://scala-tools.org/mvnsites/maven-scala-plugin/usage_cc.html)), so it will only work +from within certain submodules that have that structure. +* you'll typically need to run `mvn install` from the project root for compilation within +specific submodules to work; this is because submodules that depend on other submodules do so via +the `spark-parent` module). + +Thus, the full flow for running continuous-compilation of the `core` submodule may look more like: + ``` + $ mvn install + $ cd core + $ mvn scala:cc +``` # Using With IntelliJ IDEA |