configure Maven Shade minimizeJar to include class files

Question

I am trying to minimize the UberJar\'s size by using Maven Shade Plugin\'s minimizeJar. It looks like minimizeJar only includes class

Answer 1

This functionality has been added to version 1.6 of the maven-shade-plugin (just released). minimizeJar will now not remove classes that have been specifically included with filters. Note that including some of an artifact's classes in a filter will exclude non-specified classes for that artifact, so be sure to include all the classes that you need.

Here's an example plugin config:

    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-shade-plugin
    1.6    
    
        
            package
            
                shade
                                    
            
                true    
                 
                    
                       log4j:log4j
                       
                           **
                       
                     
                    
                       commons-logging:commons-logging
                       
                           **