Maven dependency plugin - include files and folders

Question

I have a Maven project with a structure:

Project
|---lib
|   |---<files and folders I want to include>
|
|---src
|   |---<regular files and folders>
|
|---pom.xml

In my pom.xml I have:

<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <id>copy-dependencies-third-party</id>
                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                <goals>
                    <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                    <outputDirectory>target/dist/lib/third-party</outputDirectory>
                    <excludeGroupIds>...</excludeGroupIds>
                </configuration>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>
</plugins>

And it copies all my maven dependencies to target/dist/lib/third-party directory. How can I also include all files/folders from lib (see in structure above) folder to that location?

What would you like to achieve? Looks like a distribution archive? If yes than maven-dependency-plugin is the wrong way... — khmarbaise
– khmarbaise, Commented Aug 26, 2015 at 14:43
what kind of the files that are stored in lib/? is it jar or another binary artifact or is it a source code? — Yuri G.
– Yuri G., Commented Aug 26, 2015 at 14:49
those are some configuration files and property files (required by some other third-party jar) — Kamil Kłys
– Kamil Kłys, Commented Aug 26, 2015 at 14:50

Yuri G. · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-26 15:04:59Z

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Since these files are configuration and properties files i would classify them as resources and would use the maven-resources-plugin to include them.

<resources>
   <!-- The resources in the lib folder -->
   <resource>
      <directory>lib</directory>
      <targetPath>${project.build.directory}/dist/lib/third-party</targetPath>

      <!-- add this if you want to define parameters in these resources -->
      <filtering>true</filtering>
   </resource>

   <!-- We need to redeclare the project resources again -->
   <resource>
      <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
      <filtering>true</filtering>
   </resource>
</resources>

answered Aug 26, 2015 at 15:04

Yuri G.

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Steve Marion · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-26 14:47:14Z

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use maven-assembly-plugin

It answers exactly your question

answered Aug 26, 2015 at 14:47

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