ERt created MASSEMBLY-699: ----------------------------- Summary: Ability to create empty directories in assembly Key: MASSEMBLY-699 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-699 Project: Maven Assembly Plugin Issue Type: New Feature Components: manifest Affects Versions: 2.4 Reporter: ERt Priority: Minor
It is common scenario to create empty directories in output assembly. Right now user have to prepare it manually using maven-antrun-plugin and later copy it to output structure using <fileSet> element. It could be a good idea to have this feature directly in assembly pluign. Below is sample change to assembly description: {code} <assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd"> (...) <emptyDirectories> <emptyDirectory>dirA</emptyDirectory> <emptyDirectory>dirB</emptyDirectory> </emptyDirectories> (...) </assembly> {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.6#6162)