Maven deploy jar with dependencies to repo

Question

I can deploy a jar by using the following in my pom.xml and running mvn deploy:

    <distributionManagement>
    <repository>
        <id>releases</id>
        <url>http://${host}:8081/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
    </repository>
    <snapshotRepository>
        <id>snapshots</id>
        <name>Internal Snapshots</name>
        <url>http://${host}:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
    </snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>

And I can build an executable jar-with-dependencies using the following:

        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>create-executable-jar</id>
                    <phase>deploy</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>single</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <descriptorRefs>
                            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                        </descriptorRefs>
                        <archive>
                            <manifest>
                                <mainClass>my.company.app.Main</mainClass>
                            </manifest>
                        </archive>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

Problem is I don't know how to stitch these together to deploy the executable jar to my Maven repo. I don't really know if this is accomplished by a new plugin or by adding a goal or other step to the existing assembly plugin.

Answer 1

If you bind the assembly to the packaging phase, it will install in your repository both the "regular" jar and the with-dependencies jar when you do a build:

    <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
            <archive>
                <manifest>
                    <mainClass>my.company.app.Main</mainClass>
                </manifest>
            </archive>
            <descriptorRefs>
                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
            </descriptorRefs>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
                <phase>package</phase> <!--  bind to the packaging phase -->
                <goals>
                    <goal>single</goal>
                </goals>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>

Then simply run mvn clean install deploy to upload both jars to your repository.