I am evaluating the usage the maven-assembly-plugin for building
Geronimo's distribution jars and have some questions regarding it's
usage. I'd appreciate help from maven developers and users familiar
with this plugin.
assembly:assembly goal
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1) Can I use variables like ${project.build.directory} in the descriptor xml ?
2) When copying files in a <fileSet> is it possible to copy them
flattened ? Into one single directory without the path ? This would be
really useful.
3) When I unpack jars using <dependencySet> is it possible to exclude
certain files or extract only certain files (like the patternset in
ant) ? The current workaround is to unpack them in a temp junk
directory and then use <fileset> to selectively include/exclude files
to the correct dir. This kinda works but it also zips up the temp junk
dir too. It would be nice if the <dependencySet> had a <temp> flag.
Setting this boolean would copy/unpack the jars to some temp dir of
the plugin's choosing. The plugin would never include this temp dir
into the final zip.
It would also be nice if the <fileset> also supported the <unpack> feature.
Thanx in advance
Prasad
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