updated POM URLs

README.md

@@ -58,52 +58,59 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `copy-file`          | A convenience goal that copies all files/folders specified in a source path to a target path. |
 | `move-file`          | A convenience goal that moves all files/folders specified in a source path to a target path. |
 
+### Common Configuration Properties
+
+| Configuration Property | Data Type   | Required | Default | Description |
+| ---------------------- |:-----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
+| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`   |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  This takes substantially more memory/time to process. |
+| `charset`              | `string`    |          | `utf-8` | |
+| `skip`                 | `boolean`   |          | `false` | |
+| `verbose`              | `boolean`   |          | `false` | |
+
 ### Goal: `replace-file`
 
+Manipulates all the contents in the specified files based the specified regular expression replacements.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type   | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:-----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `chunkSize`            | `int`       |          | `1024`  | The streaming buffer/chunk size in bytes, while evaluating the regular expressions.  Adjust for classic speed/memory trade-off.  Be aware that files are processed line-by-line, unless `allowMultiLineMatch` is set to `true`. |
 | `filesets`             | `FileSet[]` | Yes      |         | Executes against these files. |
 | `regexes`              | `Regex[]`   | Yes      |         | Applies these regular expressions and replacement text against those files. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`   |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  This takes substantially more memory/time to process. |
-| `charset`              | `string`    |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`   |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `replace-properties`
 
+Copies and replaces the values of the specified properties based on the specified regular expression replacements; storing the changed values in new properties.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type  | Required | Default  | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| -------- | ----------- |
 | `properties`           | `String[]` | Yes      |          | Executes against these properties. |
 | `newPropertySuffix`    | `String`   |          | `-regex` | All evaluated properties will be copied to new properties with the same property name plus this suffix. |
 | `regexes`              | `Regex[]`  | Yes      |          | Applies these regular expressions and replacement text against those files. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`  |          | `false`  | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  This takes substantially more memory/time to process. |
-| `charset`              | `string`   |          | `utf-8`  | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`  |          | `false`  | |
 
 ### Goal: `replace-property`
 
+Copies and replaces the value of the specified property based on the specified regular expression replacements; storing the changed value in a new property.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type  | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `property`             | `String`   | Yes      |         | Executes against this property. |
 | `newProperty`          | `String`   |          |         | The evaluated property will be copied to this property name.  If not specified, it will be the same name as the `property` with a `-regex` suffix. |
 | `regexes`              | `Regex[]`  | Yes      |         | Applies these regular expressions and replacement text against those files. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`  |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  This takes substantially more memory/time to process. |
-| `charset`              | `string`   |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`  |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `replace-text`
 
+Replaces the specified text based on the specified regular expression replacements; storing the result in a property.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type  | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `text`                 | `String`   | Yes      |         | Execute against this text. |
 | `newProperty`          | `String`   | Yes      |         | The evaluated text will be copied to this property name. |
 | `regexes`              | `Regex[]`  | Yes      |         | Applies these regular expressions and replacement text against those files. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`  |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  This takes substantially more memory/time to process. |
-| `charset`              | `string`   |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`  |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `match-file`
 
+Searches the contents of the specified files based using the specified regular expressions; storing the result of the search in a property.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type   | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:-----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `chunkSize`            | `int`       |          | `1024`  | The streaming buffer/chunk size in bytes, while evaluating the regular expressions.  Adjust for classic speed/memory trade-off.  Be aware that files are processed line-by-line, unless `allowMultiLineMatch` is set to `true`. |
@@ -112,12 +119,11 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `patterns`             | `String[]`  | Yes      |         | Evaluates these regular expressions against those files. |
 | `allowPartialMatch`    | `boolean`   |          | `true`  | A value of `true` allows for partial matching, rather than exact line-by-line matching. |
 | `negate`               | `boolean`   |          | `false` | A value of `true` will reverse the `true`/`false` on the resultant property value. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`   |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  This takes substantially more memory/time to process. |
-| `charset`              | `string`    |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`   |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `match-filename`
 
+Checks the filenames of the specified files based using the specified regular expressions; storing the result in a property.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type   | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:-----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `sourceDirectory`      | `File`      | Yes      |         | Executes against this file. |
@@ -125,11 +131,11 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `patterns`             | `String[]`  | Yes      |         | Evaluates these regular expressions the file. |
 | `allowPartialMatch`    | `boolean`   |          | `true`  | A value of `true` allows for partial matching, rather than exact filename matching. |
 | `negate`               | `boolean`   |          | `false` | A value of `true` will reverse the `true`/`false` on the resultant property value. |
-| `charset`              | `string`    |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`   |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `match-properties`
 
+Checks the values of the specified properties based on the specified regular expressions; storing the results in new properties.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type  | Required | Default  | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| -------- | ----------- |
 | `properties`           | `String[]` | Yes      |          | Executes against these properties. |
@@ -137,12 +143,11 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `patterns`             | `String[]` | Yes      |          | Evaluates these regular expressions against those properties' values. |
 | `allowPartialMatch`    | `boolean`  |          | `true`   | A value of `true` allows for partial matching, rather than exact matching. |
 | `negate`               | `boolean`  |          | `false`  | A value of `true` will reverse the `true`/`false` on the resultant property value. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`  |          | `false`  | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  Very rare for property evaluation. |
-| `charset`              | `string`   |          | `utf-8`  | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`  |          | `false`  | |
 
 ### Goal: `match-property`
 
+Checks the value of the specified property based on the specified regular expressions; storing the result in a new property.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type  | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `property`             | `String`   | Yes      |         | Executes against this property. |
@@ -150,12 +155,11 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `patterns`             | `String[]` | Yes      |         | Evaluates these regular expressions against the property value. |
 | `allowPartialMatch`    | `boolean`  |          | `true`  | A value of `true` allows for partial matching, rather than exact matching. |
 | `negate`               | `boolean`  |          | `false` | A value of `true` will reverse the `true`/`false` on the resultant property value. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`  |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  Very rare for property evaluation. |
-| `charset`              | `string`   |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`  |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `match-text`
 
+Checks the specified text based on the specified regular expressions; storing the result in a property.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type  | Required | Default | Description |
 | ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `text`                 | `String`   | Yes      |         | Execute against this text. |
@@ -163,24 +167,27 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `patterns`             | `String[]` | Yes      |         | Evaluates these regular expressions against the property value. |
 | `allowPartialMatch`    | `boolean`  |          | `true`  | A value of `true` allows for partial matching, rather than exact matching. |
 | `negate`               | `boolean`  |          | `false` | A value of `true` will reverse the `true`/`false` on the resultant property value. |
-| `allowMultiLineMatch`  | `boolean`  |          | `false` | A value of `true` allows for multi-line matching.  Very rare for property evaluation. |
-| `charset`              | `string`   |          | `utf-8` | |
-| `skip`                 | `boolean`  |          | `false` | |
 
 ### Goal: `copy-file`
 
+Copies all the files in the specified source directory while applying the specified regular expression replacements to their contents; storing the files in the specified target directory.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type | Required | Default    | Description |
-| ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| --------- | ----------- |
+| ---------------------- |:---------:|:--------:| ---------- | ----------- |
 | `sourceDirectory`      | `File`    |          | ${basedir} | Copy all files from this directory. |
 | `targetDirectory`      | `File`    |          | ${basedir} | Copy all files to this directory. |
+| `regexes`              | `Regex[]` | Yes      |            | Applies these regular expressions and replacement text against those files. |
 | `overwrite`            | `boolean` |          | `true`     | |
 
 ### Goal: `move-file`
 
+Moves all the files from the specified source directory while applying the specified regular expression replacements to their contents; storing the files in the specified target directory.
+
 | Configuration Property | Data Type | Required | Default    | Description |
-| ---------------------- |:----------:|:--------:| --------- | ----------- |
+| ---------------------- |:---------:|:--------:| ---------- | ----------- |
 | `sourceDirectory`      | `File`    |          | ${basedir} | Move all files from this directory. |
 | `targetDirectory`      | `File`    |          | ${basedir} | Move all files to this directory. |
+| `regexes`              | `Regex[]` | Yes      |            | Applies these regular expressions and replacement text against those files. |
 | `overwrite`            | `boolean` |          | `true`     | |
 
 ## Model
@@ -193,4 +200,4 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides various regular expression based goals to M
 | `replacement`     | `String`  |          | ``      | A regular expression replacement string. |
 | `previousPattern` | `String`  |          |         | A regular expression pattern to look back against, removing everything down to and including the pattern. |
 
-The `previousPattern` allows for you to match some text and remove everything before the match, up to the `prevoiusPattern.  This is useful when matching a method and removing it and all its annotations.
+The `previousPattern` allows for you to match some text and remove everything before the match, up to the `prevoiusPattern`.  This is useful when matching a method and removing it and all its annotations.  If the `previousPattern` has no match, it will not remove any text before the primary match.

pom.xml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 	<name>Regular Expression Maven Plugin</name>
 	<description>A Maven plugin for regular expression operations</description>
-	<url>https://bitbucket.org/inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin</url>
+	<url>https://git.inteligr8.com/inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin</url>
 
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 	</licenses>
 
 	<scm>
-		<connection>scm:git:https://bitbucket.org/inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin.git</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@bitbucket.org:inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin.git</developerConnection>
-		<url>https://bitbucket.org/inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin</url>
+		<connection>scm:git:https://git.inteligr8.com/inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@git.inteligr8.com:inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin.git</developerConnection>
+		<url>https://git.inteligr8.com/inteligr8/regex-maven-plugin</url>
 	</scm>
 	<organization>
 		<name>Inteligr8</name>
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-		<maven.version>3.9.0</maven.version>
+		<maven.version>3.9.11</maven.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4</version>
+			<version>3.20.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
 			<artifactId>file-management</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.0</version>
+			<version>3.2.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>3.7.1</version>
+			<version>3.15.1</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -90,16 +90,32 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
+			<version>4.13.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>3.15.2</version>
+				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>3.9.1</version>
+				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+					<artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+					<version>2.2.0</version>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.6.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<goalPrefix>regex</goalPrefix>
 				</configuration>
@@ -121,7 +137,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
 				<artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
@@ -132,7 +147,6 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<projectsDirectory>${basedir}/src/it</projectsDirectory>
 					<cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
@@ -168,7 +182,6 @@
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.2.2</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>run-its</id>
@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@
 			</build>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
-			<id>ossrh-release</id>
+			<id>central-publish</id>
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
@@ -225,14 +238,13 @@
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6.13</version>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>0.8.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
-							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-							<nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-							<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+							<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+							<autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>

src/it/replace-file-content/folder1/file12.txt

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ this is a multi line test file.
 
 it is supposed to emulate larger files and multiline pattern matching.
 
+sometimes this doesn՚t work with unicode characters.
+
 good luck!

src/it/replace-file-content/pom.xml

@@ -160,17 +160,17 @@
 								</requireFileChecksum>
 								<requireFileChecksum>
 									<file>${project.build.directory}/noreplace-one/folder1/file12.txt</file>
-									<checksum>925a6e3bd25cdd61695aa55d008ab4d2</checksum>
+									<checksum>725d3a15f631dda5b058357129fd17fd</checksum>
 									<type>md5</type>
 								</requireFileChecksum>
 								<requireFileChecksum>
 									<file>${project.build.directory}/replace-linestart/file12.txt</file>
-									<checksum>fb1f2b040970526fc99b1339f22465f1</checksum>
+									<checksum>791882a340c18da89b524d7735cc085c</checksum>
 									<type>md5</type>
 								</requireFileChecksum>
 								<requireFileChecksum>
 									<file>${basedir}/folder1/file12.txt</file>
-									<checksum>a7f509275e16ff57cd7756cdca70822a</checksum>
+									<checksum>6fb82d67ec64b04df220a11adfba81a3</checksum>
 									<type>md5</type>
 								</requireFileChecksum>
 							</rules>

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/StandardProjectPropertyResolver.java

@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 
-@Component(role = ProjectPropertyResolver.class)
-public class StandardProjectPropertyResolver implements ProjectPropertyResolver {
+@Component(role = ProjectPropertyResolver.class, instantiationStrategy = "per-lookup")
+public class StandardProjectPropertyResolver extends AbstractLogEnabled implements ProjectPropertyResolver {
 	
 	@Requirement
 	private MavenSession session;
@@ -51,34 +52,38 @@ public class StandardProjectPropertyResolver implements ProjectPropertyResolver
     private Properties findPropertiesObject(String key) {
     	// search the user/cli properties first
     	Properties props = this.session.getUserProperties();
-    	if (props.containsKey(key))
-    		return props;
-    	
-    	// search the profiles next; in order (FIXME maybe we should go backwards?)
-    	for (Profile profile : this.project.getActiveProfiles()) {
-    		props = profile.getProperties();
-    		if (props.containsKey(key))
+    	if (props.containsKey(key)) {
+    	    this.getLogger().debug("Found in session user properties: " + key);
     		return props;
     	}
     	
-    	// now look at the project props
-    	props = this.project.getProperties();
-		if (props.containsKey(key))
-			return props;
-		
-		// now recursively look up the parent project props
-		MavenProject ancestor = this.project.getParent();
+    	MavenProject ancestor = this.project;
         while (ancestor != null) {
-			props = ancestor.getProperties();
-			if (props.containsKey(key))
+        	// search the profiles next; in order (FIXME maybe we should go backwards?)
+        	for (Profile profile : ancestor.getActiveProfiles()) {
+        		props = profile.getProperties();
+        		if (props.containsKey(key)) {
+                    this.getLogger().debug("Found in project profile properties: " + ancestor.getArtifact() + ": " + profile.getId() + ": " + key);
         			return props;
+        		}
+        	}
+        	
+        	// now look at the project props
+        	props = ancestor.getProperties();
+    		if (props.containsKey(key)) {
+                this.getLogger().debug("Found in project properties: " + ancestor.getArtifact() + ": " + key);
+    			return props;
+    		}
+
             ancestor = ancestor.getParent();
         }
 
     	// search the system properties last (FIXME is this right?)
     	props = this.session.getSystemProperties();
-    	if (props.containsKey(key))
+    	if (props.containsKey(key)) {
+            this.getLogger().debug("Found in system properties: " + key);
     		return props;
+    	}
 		
 		return null;
     }

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractMatchMojo.java

@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatchMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	@Override
 	protected void executeOnText(Properties props, String text, String newPropertyName) {
 		boolean matches = this.matches(text);
-		if (matches)
-        	this.getLog().debug("Matches!");
+        if (this.verbose)
+            this.getLog().info("Setting property: " + newPropertyName + ": " + matches);
+        else if (matches)
+        	this.getLog().info("Matches!");
 		if (props == null)
 			props = this.project.getProperties();
 		props.setProperty(newPropertyName, String.valueOf(matches));
@@ -97,13 +99,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatchMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
         	
     		Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
     		if (this.allowPartialMatch) {
-    			if (matcher.find())
+    			if (matcher.find()) {
+                    if (this.verbose)
+                        this.getLog().info("Pattern '" + pattern + "' matches text: " + text);
     				return !this.negate;
+    			}
     		} else {
-    			if (matcher.matches())
+    			if (matcher.matches()) {
+                    if (this.verbose)
+                        this.getLog().info("Pattern '" + pattern + "' matches text: " + text);
     				return !this.negate;
     			}
     		}
+    	}
 
     	return this.negate;
     }

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractRegexMojo.java

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractRegexMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 	@Parameter( property = "skip", required = true, defaultValue = "false" )
 	protected boolean skip = false;
     
+    @Parameter( property = "verbose", required = true, defaultValue = "false" )
+    protected boolean verbose = false;
+
     public final void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
     	if (this.skip) {
         	this.getLog().debug("Skipped execution");

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractReplaceMojo.java

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.ListIterator;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import com.inteligr8.nio.DelimitedReadableByteChannel;
 public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	
 	@Parameter( property = "regexes", required = true )
-	protected List<Regex> regexes;
+	protected Regex[] regexes;
 
 	// Pattern does not implement hashCode, so not using a Map
 	private List<Triple<Pattern, String, Pattern>> compiledRegexes;
@@ -54,8 +53,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
     	String originalText = text;
     	text = this.replaceAll(text);
 
-		if (this.getLog().isDebugEnabled() && !text.equals(originalText))
+    	if (!text.equals(originalText)) {
+            if (this.verbose)
+                this.getLog().info("Setting property: " + newPropertyName + ": " + text);
+            else if (this.getLog().isDebugEnabled())
             	this.getLog().debug("Manipulated value: " + text);
+    	}
 		if (props == null)
 			props = this.project.getProperties();
 		props.setProperty(newPropertyName, text);
@@ -205,8 +208,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	protected String replaceAll(String text) {
 		if (text == null)
 			text = "";
-		if (this.getLog().isDebugEnabled())
-			this.getLog().debug("replace all: " + text.length());
 		
     	for (Triple<Pattern, String, Pattern> regex : this.compiledRegexes) {
         	this.getLog().debug("Applying regex pattern: " + regex.getLeft());
@@ -214,13 +215,27 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
         	
     		Matcher matcher = regex.getLeft().matcher(text);
     		if (regex.getRight() == null) {
-    		    text = matcher.replaceAll(regex.getMiddle());
+    		    String newtext = matcher.replaceAll(regex.getMiddle());
+    		    if (this.verbose)
+    		        this.getLog().info("Pattern '" + regex.getLeft() + "' matches text: " + text + "; replaced with: " + newtext);
+    		    text = newtext;
             } else while (matcher.find()) {
                 Integer previousMatchStart = this.findLastMatchIndex(regex.getRight(), text.substring(0, matcher.start()));
-                text = text.substring(0, previousMatchStart) + text.substring(matcher.start());
+                if (previousMatchStart == null) {
+                    // the previous pattern matches nothing; ignore
+                } else {
+                    String newtext = text.substring(0, previousMatchStart) + text.substring(matcher.start());
+                    if (this.verbose)
+                        this.getLog().info("Pattern '" + regex.getRight() + "' matches text: " + text + "; chopped until next pattern: " + text);
+                    text = newtext;
     
                     matcher = regex.getLeft().matcher(text);
-                text = matcher.replaceFirst(regex.getMiddle());
+                }
+
+                String newtext = matcher.replaceFirst(regex.getMiddle());
+                if (this.verbose)
+                    this.getLog().info("Pattern '" + regex.getLeft() + "' matches text: " + text + "; replaced with: " + newtext);
+                text = newtext;
             }
     	}
     	
@@ -240,7 +255,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	protected void validateParamsPreNormalization() throws MojoFailureException {
 		super.validateParamsPreNormalization();
     	
-    	if (this.regexes == null)
+    	if (this.regexes == null || this.regexes.length == 0)
     		throw new MojoFailureException("A 'regexes' element is required");
     }
     
@@ -248,22 +263,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	protected void normalizeParameters() throws MojoFailureException {
 		super.normalizeParameters();
     	
-		ListIterator<Regex> r = this.regexes.listIterator();
-    	while (r.hasNext()) {
-    		Regex regex = r.next();
-    		if (regex == null) {
-    			r.remove();
-    		} else {
+    	for (Regex regex : this.regexes)
     		regex.normalize();
     }
-    	}
-    }
 	
 	@Override
 	protected void validateParamsPostNormalization() throws MojoFailureException {
 		super.validateParamsPostNormalization();
 
-		if (this.regexes.isEmpty())
+		if (this.regexes == null || this.regexes.length == 0)
 			throw new MojoFailureException("At least one 'regexes' element is required");
     	
     	this.compiledRegexes = new LinkedList<>();

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/CopyFileMojo.java

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public class CopyFileMojo extends AbstractFileMojo {
 		} else {
 			Files.copy(sourcePath, targetPath);
 		}
+
+		if (this.verbose) {
+		    this.getLog().info("Copied " + sourcePath + " to " + targetPath);
+		} else {
+            this.getLog().info("Copied " + sourcePath.getFileName() + " to " + targetPath);
+		}
 	}
     
 }

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MatchFileContentMojo.java

@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ public class MatchFileContentMojo extends AbstractMatchMojo {
     	this.getLog().debug("Executing file regex match");
     	
     	boolean matches = this.matchesContentInFileSet();
-    	if (matches)
+    	if (this.verbose)
+    	    this.getLog().info("Setting property: " + this.newProperty + ": " + matches);
+    	else if (matches)
     		this.getLog().info("Matches!");
     	this.project.getProperties().setProperty(this.newProperty, String.valueOf(matches));
     }
@@ -64,10 +66,13 @@ public class MatchFileContentMojo extends AbstractMatchMojo {
 	    		for (String filePathAndName : filePathsAndNames) {
 	    			Path file = baseInputPath.resolve(filePathAndName);
 	    			if (!Files.isDirectory(file))
-	    				if (this.matches(file, this.chunkSize))
+	    				if (this.matches(file, this.chunkSize)) {
+	    				    if (this.verbose)
+	    				        this.getLog().info("A pattern matches file: " + file);
 	    					return true;
 	    				}
 	    		}
+	    	}
 		} catch (IOException ie) {
 			throw new MojoExecutionException("Execution failed due to an I/O related issue", ie);
 		}

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MatchFilenameMojo.java

@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ public class MatchFilenameMojo extends AbstractMatchMojo {
 	    			if (!Files.isDirectory(file)) {
 	    	        	getLog().debug("Visiting file: " + file);
 	    	        	
-	    				if (matches(basepath.relativize(file).toString()))
+	    				if (matches(basepath.relativize(file).toString())) {
+                            if (MatchFilenameMojo.this.verbose)
+                                MatchFilenameMojo.this.getLog().info("A pattern matches filename: " + file);
 	    					matches.setTrue();
 	    				}
+	    			}
 	    			return matches.isTrue() ? FileVisitResult.TERMINATE : FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
 	    		}
 	    		
@@ -82,7 +85,9 @@ public class MatchFilenameMojo extends AbstractMatchMojo {
     		throw new MojoExecutionException(ie.getMessage(), ie);
     	}
 
-    	if (matches.booleanValue())
+        if (this.verbose)
+            this.getLog().info("Setting property: " + this.newProperty + ": " + matches);
+        else if (matches.booleanValue())
     		this.getLog().info("Matches!");
     	this.project.getProperties().setProperty(this.newProperty, matches.toString());
     }

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MoveFileMojo.java

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public class MoveFileMojo extends AbstractFileMojo {
 		} else {
 			Files.move(sourcePath, targetPath);
 		}
+
+        if (this.verbose) {
+            this.getLog().info("Moved " + sourcePath + " to " + targetPath);
+        } else {
+            this.getLog().info("Moved " + sourcePath.getFileName() + " to " + targetPath);
+        }
 	}
     
 }

src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/ReplaceFileContentMojo.java

@@ -62,8 +62,13 @@ public class ReplaceFileContentMojo extends AbstractReplaceMojo {
 	    			if (!Files.exists(tofile.getParent()))
 	    				Files.createDirectories(tofile.getParent());
 	    			
-	    			if (!Files.isDirectory(file))
-	    				didReplace = this.replaceAll(file, tofile, this.chunkSize) || didReplace;
+	    			if (!Files.isDirectory(file)) {
+	    			    if (this.replaceAll(file, tofile, this.chunkSize)) {
+                            if (this.verbose)
+                                this.getLog().info("A pattern replaced in file: " + file + " => " + tofile);
+                            didReplace = true;
+	    			    }
+	    			}
 	    		}
 	    	}
 		} catch (IOException ie) {