How to include dependency with 'provided' scope with maven-assembly-plugin

Question

I am fighting with maven to include a managed dependency with \'provided\' scope into tar file by using the maven-assembly-plugin.

I use super parent pom file as a base

Answer 1

You can override a managed dependency by declaring it inside a tag in the POM where you want it to be overridden.

In your case, you should add the following to your child pom:

    
        log4j
        log4j
        ${log4j.version}
        provided
    

Note that this overrides everything declared in the parent POM's dependency management, i.e. you cannot leave version or scope undeclared and expect it to be inherited.