Flatten Maven Plugin

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Similar plugins

• mojohaus/flatten-maven-plugin

Plugin features

• replaces published identity
• resolves dependency version ranges
• excludes dependencies based on scope
• optionally includes transitive dependencies
• removes pom.xml members based on xml tag names
• switches project pom.xml with generated pom.xml.flatten

Maven goals

• flatten:flatten

Plugin demo

Compare results

• original pom.xml
• generated pom.xml.flatten

Usage examples

Test projects

• basic project it/test-1
• scala identity it/test-2

flatten:flatten - produce deployment pom.xml.flatten

mvn clean package -P flatten

        <profile>
            <id>flatten</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>com.carrotgarden.maven</groupId>
                        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                        <configuration>

                            <!-- Control dependency resolution. -->
                            <performDependencyResolve>true</performDependencyResolve>
                            <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
                            <excludeTransitive>false</excludeTransitive>

                            <!-- Remove these pom.xml members. -->
                            <performRemoveMembers>true</performRemoveMembers>
                            <memberRemoveList>
                                <member>parent</member>
                                <member>properties</member>
                                <member>distributionManagement</member>
                                <member>dependencyManagement</member>
                                <member>repositories</member>
                                <member>pluginRepositories</member>
                                <member>build</member>
                                <member>profiles</member>
                                <member>reporting</member>
                            </memberRemoveList>

                            <!-- Change published artifact identity. -->
                            <performOverrideIdentity>true</performOverrideIdentity>
                            <overrideArtifactId>${project.artifactId}</overrideArtifactId>

                            <!-- Switch project from pom.xml to pom.xml.flatten. -->
                            <performSwitchPomXml>true</performSwitchPomXml>
                            <packagingSwitchList>
                                <packaging>jar</packaging>
                            </packagingSwitchList>

                        </configuration>
                        <executions>
                            <!-- Activate "flatten:flatten" during "prepare-package" -->
                            <execution>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>flatten</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>

Build yourself

cd /tmp
git clone git@github.com:random-maven/flatten-maven-plugin.git
cd flatten-maven-plugin
./mvnw.sh clean install -B -P skip-test