How do you create a maven assembly that includes shell scripts and properrties file not in jar?
build, java, maven
Solution
I found this blog post to be a good tutorial on how to do this.
Also, I think the name of the folder in which you place your files is relevant. Maven obviously does different things with files in `src/main/java` than with files in `src/main/resources`. I'm not 100% sure, but the name of this folder might mean the difference between a file ending up inside the jar or not.
Here is a list of Maven directory name properties.
Problem
Im trying to use Maven to build a standalone application Using the assembly plugin described at How do you create a standalone application with dependencies intact using Maven? This creates widget distribution zip containing ``` widget-1.0 widget-1.0/lib/widget.jar widget-1.0/lib/3rdpartyjar1.jar widget-1.0/lib/3rdpartyjar2.jar ``` ... but in my src tree I have: ``` src/main/bin/widget.sh ``` and this doesnt make into the final distribution zip, I would like it to go here ``` widget-1.0/widget.sh ``` Also in my src tree i have a properties file in ``` src/main/properties/widget.properties ``` that currently make its way into ``` widget-1.0/lib/widget.jar ``` but because I want it to be editable I want it to be in ``` widget-1.0/widget.properties ``` Is it possible to do this within maven ? EDIT Using information in blog got working as follows: - Renamed bin folder to scripts folder because this is standard Maven name - Moved widget.properties into script folder - Modifed my assembly.xml to contain a fileset Here is the new xml ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd"> <id>distribution</id> <formats> <format>zip</format> </formats> <dependencySets> <dependencySet> <scope>runtime</scope> <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory> <unpack>false</unpack> </dependencySet> </dependencySets> <fileSets> <fileSet> <directory>${project.build.scriptSourceDirectory}</directory> <outputDirectory></outputDirectory> <includes> <include>widget.sh</include> <include>widget.properties</include> </includes> </fileSet> </fileSets> </assembly> ``` However minor point but unable to find a list of maven standard folder variables anywhere , i.e is there an equivalent to ${project.build.scriptSourceDirectory} for the properties folder