Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file

Question

This is my first project using Spring (and I\'m not too experienced with Maven either) and I get the error in the title when running mvn package.

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Answer 1

Just adding my experience :

After none of the suggested solutions worked. I figured out there was some issue with the downloaded spring-boot-maven-plugin in the .m2 folder. Deleting the plugin and allowing the "mvn clean install" to re-download and build worked.