Instead of using the unpack-dependencies goal, try just using the unpack
goal, and specify each individual artifact you require ...
(I have attached my execution to the validate phase since I require the
files I import and unpack as part of later stages of the build).
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>Import and unpack required artifacts</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>unpack</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>group</groupId>
<artifactId>artifact</artifactId>
<version>version</version>
<type>zip</type>
<overWrite>true</overWrite>
<classifier>assembly identifier</classifier>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Setting overwrite to true will always replace the local file.
Add more artifactItem definitions if you want to import multiple
artifacts.
For more information regarding this plugin visit:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/index.html
Regards,
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Chamberlain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 January 2008 10:52
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Downloading artefacts
Hi,
I'd like to write a script that downloads a number of artefacts stored
in a maven repo.
The main artefacts are jar files, but I have attached a zip file
containing all dependencies, start and stop scripts and configuration
files so that i can distribute this to customers. It is the zip that I'm
trying to download and unpack to a test environment.
Each subsequent time it is run, any snapshots that have been updated
would be downloaded and unzipped.
I've tried "mvn dependency:unpack-dependencies" but I've had the
following issues:
- It doesn't delete the old directory when updating (i could do
this myself but i don't want to delete directories that won't be
updated)
- It downloads all transitive dependencies even if they are not
going to be unpacked
What is the best way to do this in maven?
Thanks,
Rich
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