Copy a folder from one module to other module in Maven

Question

Project structure

-MyProject
    |_ project1
            |_ dist
            |_ app
            |_ config
            |_ pom.xml
    |_ project2
            |_ pom.xml

I tried another way as below, but didn't work.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>install-jar</id>
            <phase>install</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>copy</goal>
                <goal>unpack</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <artifactItems>
                    <artifactItem>
                        <groupId>MyProject</groupId>
                        <artifactId>project1</artifactId>
                        <version>1.0.0</version>
                    </artifactItem>
                </artifactItems>
                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/assets/</outputDirectory>
                <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

I want to copy dist from project1 to project2 using maven. Could anyone tell me how to do this. Thanks.

What does dist contain? If it's need in project2 which isn't it there? — khmarbaise, Oct 26 '18 at 11:53
dist folder contains webapp files and above pom file is from project2 — Bhargav Teja, Oct 26 '18 at 11:59
Than my question: Why not moving those files into project2 which I suppose is a WAR packaging module? — khmarbaise, Oct 26 '18 at 12:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '18 at 13:14

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>copy-dist</id>
            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>copy-resources</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/assets</outputDirectory>
                <overwrite>true</overwrite>
                <resources>
                    <resource>
                        <directory>../project1/dist/</directory>
                        <includes>
                            <include>**/*.*</include>
                        </includes>
                    </resource>
                </resources>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '18 at 04:59

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I always use the Wagon Maven Plugin for such:

Use this plugin to view and transfer resources between repositories using Maven Wagon.

See also this answer to Best practices for copying files with Maven.

answered Oct 27 '18 at 04:59

Gerold Broser

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