The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Source Plugin, version 2.3.
The Source Plugin creates a jar archive of the source files of the current project. The jar file is, by default, created in the project's target directory. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-source-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Source Plugin - Version 2.3 Bugs: * [MSOURCES-63] - Non-working links on doc site * [MSOURCES-64] - forceCreation=true doesn't create test source package when src/test missing Improvements: * [MSOURCES-68] - Add Maven version used to Created-By entry in manifest * [MSOURCES-69] - Update version of plexus-archiver to 2.4.4 * [MSOURCES-70] - Update of maven-invoker-plugin to 1.9 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team