Creating a tar.gz archive with Maven
I have a Maven project, where under src/main directory there is a sub dir called output. this folder needs to be packaged into tar.gz. when using the assembly plugin as follows: From the pom.xml: <build> <finalName>front</finalName> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2-beta-5</version> <configuration> <descriptors> <descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor> </descriptors> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> the assembly.xml: <assembly> <id>bundle</id> <formats> <format>tar.gz</format> </formats> <fileSets> <fileSet> <directory