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Christoph Burmeister edited comment on MASSEMBLY-108 at 2/20/13 3:06 AM: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- the lineEnding param seems to let the assembly-plugin ignore empty directories. For example you can use following workaround: {code:xml} <fileSets> <fileSet> <directory> ${dir.with.empty.dirs} </directory> <outputDirectory> ${output.dir} </outputDirectory> <excludes> <exclude> ${dir.with.special.lineEndings} </exclude> </excludes> </fileSet> <fileSet> <directory> ${dir.with.empty.dirs} </directory> <outputDirectory> ${output.dir} </outputDirectory> <includes> <include> ${dir.with.special.lineEndings} </include> </includes> <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding> </fileSet> </fileSets> {code} was (Author: chburmeister): the lineEnding param seems to let the assembly-plugin ignore empty directories. For example you can use following workaround: <fileSets> <fileSet> <directory> ${dir.with.empty.dirs} </directory> <outputDirectory> ${output.dir} </outputDirectory> <excludes> <exclude> ${dir.with.special.lineEndings} </exclude> </excludes> </fileSet> <fileSet> <directory> ${dir.with.empty.dirs} </directory> <outputDirectory> ${output.dir} </outputDirectory> <includes> <include> ${dir.with.special.lineEndings} </include> </includes> <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding> </fileSet> </fileSets> > Assembly Plugin Implicitly Excludes Empty Directory > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MASSEMBLY-108 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-108 > Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin > Issue Type: New Feature > Affects Versions: 2.1 > Reporter: Sharmarke Aden > > It seems that the inclusion of an empty directory isn't currently possible > with the assembly plugin. This is a problem because I would like to have an > empty "logs" directory included with my zip file assembly. It would be nice > if the assembly plugin gave you the option to add empty directories to an > assembly. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira