Renaming resources in Maven

Question

I am trying to find a way to copy a resource file to a new name in the target directory in a Maven build. Pretty much everything I have found while searching suggests workar

Answer 1

I see 2 options to solve your problem:

• Use the Maven-Ant-Plugin, and define an Ant rename task that will rename your file only at the packaging phase, in the build directory.
• Use this dedicated Maven plugin (I didn't test it): http://code.google.com/p/maven-file-rename-plugin/