Hi, I think I faced something similar, some time ago, but not absolutely sure, here is what I remember:
<skipIfEmpty> works by testing if directory is present, so if src/test/java is present (no matter if empty or not) jar will be created. hope it helps tonio On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Nick Stolwijk <nick.stolw...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I found a little curiosity in the maven jar plugin. > > if you specify includes and the skipIfEmpty property a jar is still > created and attached while it only has a pom file in it. I would have > expected that the creation of the jar was skipped if no files where > selected by my includes property. > > My usecase: I only want to generate the tests jar when there are > builders in the module, so other modules can use those builders in > their tests. I don't want to package all tests, to prevent developers > to create dependencies on these tests. > > My configuration: > > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> > <executions> > <execution> > <goals> > <goal>test-jar</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty> > <includes> > <include>**/*Builder.class</include> > </includes> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > > With regards, > > Nick Stolwijk > > ~~~ Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, > when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any > rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best ~~~ > > Lord Baden-Powell > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
