Apache Maven Artifact Plugin – Plugin Documentation

Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Description
artifact:buildinfo	Creates a buildinfo file recording build environment and output, as specified in Reproducible Builds for the JVM for mono-module build, and extended for multi-module build.
artifact:check-buildplan	Check from buildplan that plugins used don't have known reproducible builds issues.
artifact:compare	Compare current build output with reference either previously installed or downloaded from a remote repository: results go to `.buildcompare` file.
artifact:help	Display help information on maven-artifact-plugin. Call `mvn artifact:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven	3.2.5
JDK	1.8

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-artifact-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.4.1</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-artifact-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"