How do I include an empty directory in a maven assembly?

Question

In what must be a common occurence, I need to include an empty directory in an assembly. In my case it is logs/.

I\'ve tried different variations in the assembly des

Answer 1

Courtesy, this SO answer and with some trial and error, the following one seems to work for me...

  src/main/assembly
  /logs
  
    *
  

The key seems to be to ensure that tag specifies a valid/existing folder, which does not have any subfolders.