Why does the Maven assembly plugin append the descriptor ref to the finalName value?

Question

This is plugin configuration I am using:

<plugin>     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>     <configuration>         <archive>             <manifest>                 <mainClass>com.mycompany.changepasswd</mainClass>             </manifest>         </archive>         <finalName>changepasswd</finalName>         <descriptorRefs>             <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>         </descriptorRefs>     </configuration> </plugin> 

When I run mvn clean install assembly:single what I get is changepasswd-jar-with-dependencies.jar. How do I tell the assembly plugin to just name it changepasswd.jar? Or is that something which is handled outside of the assembly plugin?

Answer 1

In your configuration element, try adding <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>. I believe this did the trick for me.