Using the maven-remote-resources-plugin and specifying the resourcesDirectory

Question

I\'m trying to override the default resources directory (src/main/resources) when using the maven-remote-resources-plugin. However the specified value in the sample

Answer 1

Why do you need maven-remote-resources-plugin?

If your goal is to override the default resources directory ,then you can use mvn resources:copy-resources, since it's more flexible. An example here.

Alternative

You can also use the resources goal provided by resources plugin, and specify the resources in pom file's block. Example here.

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Edit

About maven-remote-resources-plugin, see the usage page:

This will trigger the scanning of that project's $basedir/src/main/resources directory and create the $basedir/target/classes/META-INF/maven/remote-resources.xml manifest file.

That means this plugin will create the remote-resources.xml file, but it doesn't mean that it will copy the resources for you.

I created an empty maven project using your plugin configuration, and it actually did create an remote-resources.xml file. Also, it did not copy the files under ${basedir}/common

To do that, just specify the resources in build section. Example:

        
            
                ${basedir}/common
            
            
                ${basedir}/src/main/resources
            
        
        
            
                org.apache.maven.plugins
                maven-remote-resources-plugin
                1.5
                
                    
                        
                            bundle
                        
                    
                
                
                    ${basedir}/common
                    
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