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How to prevent 'Error creating assembly archive distribution: A zip file cannot include itself'


I have a multi module project and I want to make a zip with all sources (and other files). I use maven-assemble-plugin.

I found a way with dependencySet, but I do not want add all my module sources (and later javadoc, too) as dependencies. I tried to use moduleSet, but I get an error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single (make-zip) on project test-distribution: Failed to create assembly: Error creating assembly archive distribution: A zip file cannot include itself -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single (make-zip) on project test-distribution: Failed to create assembly: Error creating assembly archive distribution: A zip file cannot include itself

My pom.xml:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>make-zip</id>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>single</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <descriptors>
                    <descriptor>src/assemble/distribution.xml</descriptor>
                </descriptors>
                <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                <finalName>test</finalName> 
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

My assembly descriptor:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">

    <id>distribution</id>
    <formats>
        <format>zip</format>
    </formats>
    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>

    <moduleSets>
        <moduleSet>
            <useAllReactorProjects>true</useAllReactorProjects>
             <sources>
                 <outputDirectory>/Sources</outputDirectory>
             </sources>
        </moduleSet>
    </moduleSets>
</assembly>

With dependencySet I could fix that problem with option useProjectArtifact, but I found no option for moduleSet. Is there any way to exclude the current project's build?


Solution

  • I find a way to exclude current project's build:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">
    
        <id>distribution</id>
        <formats>
            <format>zip</format>
        </formats>
        <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
    
        <moduleSets>
            <moduleSet>
                <useAllReactorProjects>true</useAllReactorProjects>
                <excludes>
                    <exclude>*:test-distribution</exclude>
                </excludes>
                <sources>
                    <outputDirectory>/Sources</outputDirectory>
                </sources>
            </moduleSet>
        </moduleSets>
    </assembly>