I am not able to follow: 88 LoC with ad-hoc exclusions <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/blob/8803d5676da0191402068cc04a0578f40db223c4/src/assembly/source-release.xml> .
> Maven Assembly Plugin has reproducible builds. :-) You got me there. `git ls-tree | zip` requires an extra line to make it reproducible. bash two-liner vs. 88 LoC On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:06 PM Piotr P. Karwasz <piotr.karw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Volkan, > > On Tue, 2 May 2023 at 22:22, Volkan Yazıcı <vol...@yazi.ci> wrote: > > Regarding `maven-assembly-plugin`... I simply don't get the motivation > > behind replacing `git ls-files | zip` with hundreds of lines of XML > > containing ad-hoc include/exclude statements in a module that needs to be > > excluded in various other `pom.xml` files of the project. > > Now I have the exact line count: 55 lines (comments included) in the > main pom.xml of `l-l-transform`. 30 lines of assembly descriptor. > No inclusions and exclusions are needed. > > > Not to mention > > its configuration needs to be maintained manually and there have been > > occasions in the past where certain modules were forgotten to be added > and > > got noticed at the last minute. Mind sharing advantages of this > > sophistication over a bash one-liner? > > Maven Assembly Plugin has reproducible builds. :-) > > Piotr >
