> They are intended primarily as a reference thing. That's the answer I was hoping for. Thanks!
On 3/18/13, Tim Kettler <tim.kett...@udo.edu> wrote: > Am 18.03.2013 06:56, schrieb Kevin Krumwiede: >> Are the jars produced by maven-source-plugin intended primarily as a >> reference for IDEs and other automated tools, as opposed to being >> something you would actually build from? > > They are intended primarily as a reference thing. > >> I ask because I have a project in which a non-Java source is used to >> generate Java sources and non-Java resources. This happens during the >> generate-sources phase. So when maven-sources-plugin runs, the >> sources and resources have already been generated and they get >> included in the -sources jar. >> >> If the -sources jar is only intended as a reference, then I want to >> exclude the generated sources and resources. I found that I can >> exclude the generated sources by binding maven-sources-plugin to the >> validate phase, using the jar-no-fork goal, and setting >> excludeResources to true. Binding to the validate phase seems like a >> hack, and I don't understand why the generated resources still end up >> in the source jar if I don't use excludeResources. > > There is a <excludes> config option [1] that should do what you want: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.2.1</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <id>attach-sources</id> > <goals> > <goal>jar</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <excludes> > <exclude>**/exclude/*.java</exclude> > <exclude>second/exclude/*.png</exclude> > ... > </excludes> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > >> On the other hand, if the -sources jar is meant to be something you >> would build from, then I would want to exclude the generated sources >> and resources but include the non-Java source from which they are >> generated. But the only way I know to do that is to add it as a >> resource, which causes it to be included in the binary jar as well. >> >> So... which is it, and how do I do it right? > > You would use the assembly plugin to generate a full source distribution > to build your project from. > >> Thanks, >> K > > -Tim > > [1] > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-source-plugin/jar-no-fork-mojo.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org