title: Increase heap size in m2e Eclipse plugin
body: <p>How does one increase the heap size of the m2e Eclipse plugin? Basically, I'm trying to run an automated integration test using Cargo and Selenium under STS (SpringSource's version of Eclipse) with pre-installed m2e (the popular Maven plugin for Eclipse).</p>
  
  <p>Whenever I run</p>
  
  <pre><code>mvn verify
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the infamous <strong>java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space... 63M/63M</strong>. So I made some research first. Increase the memory via MAVEN_OPTS, Eclipse.ini / STS.ini, Run Configurations, and even via the Maven plugins thru the pom.xml. Nothing changed. Same error and same amount of memory 63M/63M.</p>
  
  <p>I know my project works. The POM is correct. Why? Because when I run the same command using a stand-alone Maven. The integration test with Selenium and Cargo works. In fact here's the latest output (3 minutes ago):</p>
  
  <pre><code>[INFO] [beddedLocalContainer] Jetty 8.x Embedded is stopped
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Total time: 4 minutes 24 seconds
  [INFO] Finished at: Wed Oct 26 14:08:16 CST 2011
  [INFO] Final Memory: 70M/149M
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm not asking how to increase the memory in stand-alone Maven command. I'm specifically asking how to increase the heap size for m2e. </p>
  
  <p>Note: By default the m2e Eclipse plugin does not have shortcut to the "verify" goal. You have to create a new one via Run Configuration (which does not have an Args tab, fyi).</p>