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Jon Peterson commented on MASSEMBLY-620: ---------------------------------------- Was pulling my hair out due to this incorrect online documentation. Found this with Google. Thanks Laird! > The dependencySet/includes/include format is documented incorrectly > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MASSEMBLY-620 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-620 > Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.3 > Reporter: Laird Nelson > > The proper format for {{<include>}} elements should be: > {code} > groupId:artifactId:type:classifier[:version] > {code} > The > [documentation|http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly.html#class_dependencySet] > given by the {{maven-assembly-plugin}} says (incorrectly): > {quote} > Artifact coordinatess may be given in simple groupId:artifactId form, or they > may be fully qualified in the form > groupId:artifactId:type:version[:classifier]. > {quote} > Additionally, the Sonatype book > [says|http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/assemblies-sect-controlling-contents.html#assemblies-sect-fine-tune] > (incorrectly? or maybe just confusingly): > {quote} > groupId:artifactId:type[:classifier]:version - full artifact identity > If you need to get really specific, you can specify all the coordinates. > {quote} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira