Remove file from dependency jar using maven

Question

I am trying to remove a file from a dependency jar that I am including in my war file in maven. I am deploying the war to JBoss 5.1 and the jar in question contains a persis

Answer 1

You can achieve this with the TrueZIP Maven Plugin.

This should work for your use case:

    org.codehaus.mojo
    truezip-maven-plugin
    1.1
    
        
            remove-a-file-in-sub-archive
            
                remove
            
            package
            
                
                    target/my-webapp.war/WEB-INF/lib/dependency.jar/META-INF
                    
                        persistence.xml
                    
                
            
        
    

Also see the examples.