Thanks for that Andrew, looks like what I was thinking I would have to do,
thanks once again for saving me a couple of hours of trying to work it.
Cheers
Paul
Andrew Boyer wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> I used the dependency and assembly plugins. Something like:
>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
> <configuration>
> <descriptors>
> <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
> </descriptors>
> </configuration>
> </plugin>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>copy-dependencies</id>
> <phase>package</phase>
> <goals>
> <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
> <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/dist/lib</outputDirectory>
> <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
> <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
>
> With the following assembly descriptor:
>
> <assembly>
> <id>dist</id>
> <formats>
> <format>zip</format>
> <format>tar.gz</format>
> </formats>
> <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
> <fileSets>
> <fileSet>
> <directory>target/dist</directory>
> <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
> <excludes>
> <exclude>*tests.jar</exclude>
> </excludes>
> </fileSet>
> </fileSets>
> </assembly>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Andrew
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 4:15 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Packaging a release of a jar with dependencies
>>
>>
>> I would like to know the best way to create a release artifact such as
> a
>> zip
>> which contains my jar file along with all it's dependency jars in a
> bin
>> directory of the zip. I have used the assembly plugin to create wars
> with
>> external configs files and docs. But have not found any easy examples
> of
>> how
>> to package a jar. I know you can copy all the dependencies to a
>> destination
>> folder with the dependency plug in, does that mean I am looking at
> using
>> the
>> dependency and assembly plug in together attached to the packaing
> phase to
>> achieve what I want?
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