I cant seem to find the local .m2 folder on Mac OS X mavericks. Ideally it should be at {user.home}/.m2 but I cant seem to find it.
{user.home}/.m2
Should I create it?
If you search directly it won't appear so please follow as below steps to see .M2 repository path.
Go-> Find folder -> type this "~/.m2" and click go
If Maven is already installed and used, the .m2 will be listed.
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