Jenkins - How to only archive latest version

Question

I just want to archive the latest jar, while keeping version on the jar.

In my pom I have the

<finalName>${project.name}-${project.version}</finalName>

Which dynamically changes version. But when I have Jenkins archive target/**.jar, it archives every old build. Is there a way to only archive the latest version? I tried to see if I could use the POM's maven variables, but it didn't look like I could.

Answer 1

Solution 1 : cleaning

You may just the following command

mvn clean package

instead of

mvn package

It will remove all artifacts and previous compiled classes. So, Jenkins won't upload all jars in you repo.

Solution 2 : deploy

You could also rune the following command, that only require maven configuration (Jenkins independant)

mvn clean deploy

This will indeed push your maven artifacts into your local repo (like install) and then into you main / corporate repo. It require more configuration (pom.xml > repositories, distribution management, settings.xml > accounts / credentials.

Take a lool here :

• http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/
• http://books.sonatype.com/mvnref-book/reference/lifecycle-sect-common-goals.html#lifecycle-sect-deploy-phase

This is the right way to do what you want to achieve.