- Add the following to your pom.xml
<build>
<plugins>
...
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<descriptor>assembly-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
- Create an assembly-descriptor.xml in your project root directory
<assembly>
<id>all</id>
<formats>
<format>tar.gz</format>
<format>tar.bz2</format>
<format>zip</format>
</formats>
<fileSets>
<fileSet>
<includes>
<include>README*</include>
<include>LICENSE*</include>
<include>NOTICE*</include>
<include>pom.xml</include>
<include>.*</include>
</includes>
</fileSet>
<fileSet>
<directory>target</directory>
<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
<includes>
<include>site/**</include>
<include>*.jar</include>
<include>*.war</include>
<include>*.ear</include>
</includes>
</fileSet>
<fileSet>
<directory>src</directory>
</fileSet>
</fileSets>
</assembly>