Upload sources to nexus repository with gradle

Question

I successfully uploaded my jars to a nexus repository using the maven plugin for gradle but it didn't upload the sources. This is my configuration:

uploadArchives {     repositories{         mavenDeployer {             repository(url: "http://...") {                  authentication(userName: "user", password: "myPassword")             }         }     } } 

I searched and found that I can add the sources by adding a new task.

task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn:classes) {      classifier = 'sources'      from sourceSets.main.allSource }  artifacts {      archives sourcesJar } 

This works fine but I think there must be a better solution by configuring the maven plugin, something like uploadSource = true like this:

uploadArchives {     repositories{         mavenDeployer {             repository(url: "http://...") {                  authentication(userName: "user", password: "myPassword")             }             uploadSources = true         }     } } 

Answer 1

There is no better solution than what you described yourself. The gradle maven plugin is uploading all artifacts generated in the current project. That's why you have to explicitly create a "sources" artifact.

The situation also doesn't change when using the new maven-publish plugin. Here, you also need to explicitly define additional artifacts:

task sourceJar(type: Jar) {     from sourceSets.main.allJava }  publishing {     publications {         mavenJava(MavenPublication) {             from components.java              artifact sourceJar {                 classifier "sources"             }         }     } } 

The reason is that gradle is more about being a general build tool and not bound to pure Java projects.