Configure Gradle to publish sources and javadoc

Question

How do I configure Gradle to publish sources and javadoc jars to a repository?

Answer 1

Solution as of Gradle 6.0

Here’s the somewhat minimal configuration you can use if you’re on Gradle 6.0 or later; note the newly introduced withSourcesJar() and withJavadocJar() methods:

plugins {     id 'java'     id 'maven-publish' }  group = 'com.example'  java {     withSourcesJar()     withJavadocJar() }  publishing {     repositories {         maven {             url = 'file:///tmp/my-repo'         }     }     publications {         myJava(MavenPublication) {            from components.java        }     } } 

Of course, you can also use the ivy-publish plugin instead of maven-publish.

See also the Gradle docs:

• on the two new methods
• on the maven-publish plugin
• on the ivy-publish plugin