Why does the Maven assembly plugin append the descriptor ref to the finalName value?

Question

This is plugin configuration I am using:

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <archive>
            <manifest>
                <mainClass>com.mycompany.changepasswd</mainClass>
            </manifest>
        </archive>
        <finalName>changepasswd</finalName>
        <descriptorRefs>
            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
        </descriptorRefs>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

When I run mvn clean install assembly:single what I get is changepasswd-jar-with-dependencies.jar. How do I tell the assembly plugin to just name it changepasswd.jar? Or is that something which is handled outside of the assembly plugin?

Also see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38482839/maven-assembly-plugin-how-to-use-appendassemblyid/38484021 — Christophe Roussy, May 15 '18 at 08:12

score 50 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '11 at 14:23

50

In your configuration element, try adding <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>. I believe this did the trick for me.

answered Oct 25 '11 at 14:23

G_H

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Why does the Maven assembly plugin append the descriptor ref to the finalName value?

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