Wrapper script for Maven that sends a notification to the Mac OS X notification center when execution completes.

gmvn.sh

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                                      
#                                                                                                                                
# USAGE: gmvn <parameters and goals>                                                                                             
#                                                                                                                                
# Invoke maven with the supplied parameters and goals.                                                                           
#                                                                                                                                
# When the build is complete, send a message to the notification center indicating if the build was successful, and              
# the directory in which it was run (in case there are multiple builds running concurrently).                                    
#                                                                                                                                

function notify {
    local TITLE=$1
    local MESSAGE=$2
    osascript -e "display notification \"$MESSAGE\" with title \"$TITLE\""
}

PROJECT=${PWD##*/}

mvn $*

EXIT_STATUS=$?

if [ $EXIT_STATUS -eq 0 ]; then
    notify "Success" $PROJECT
else
    notify "FAILED" $PROJECT
fi

exit $EXIT_STATUS

Inspired by https://github.com/geoffreywiseman/maven-growl/blob/master/gmvn