import maven archetypes from GitHub

Question

I want to start a new Drop-Wizard project. There is a maven archetype specified in the DW github (here) . But i don't know how to import it into my Intellij Idea's add Archtype option. Being specific, which link i have to provide in the Repository field. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Since the dropwizard archetypes are not available in maven central repository you have to:

• Clone the dropwizard github forked project by niktelford:
  $ git clone [email protected]:nicktelford/dropwizard.git
• Checkout the feature branch:
  $ git checkout feature/maven-archetypes
• Move to dropwizard-archetypes module folder:
  $ cd dropwizard/dropwizard-archetypes
• Install the dropwizard archetypes to your local repository:
  $ mvn install (The archetype samples are then added to local repository under $LOCAL_REPO/io/dropwizard/archetypes/)
• Make the dropwizard-create script executable:
  $ cd target/classes
$ chmod +x dropwizard-create
• Create your project sample:
  $ ./dropwizard-create com.sample sample

Here you have your project generated then you can import it into Intellij IDEA as a maven project.