What is `dependency-reduced-pom.xml` file which created when calling maven package command?
I'm following maven tutorial from springsource here , and after 1) adding joda-time dependency , and 2) calling mvn package commmand, we get the below file dependency-reduced-pom.xml . My question is, what is the purpose of creating this file besides pom.xml file? Iker Aguayo If you set to true the flag createDependencyReducedPom (by default is true), the dependencies that have been included into the uber JAR will be removed from the <dependencies> section of the generated POM. The reduced POM will be named dependency-reduced-pom.xml and is stored into the same directory as the shaded artifact