Plugin Documentation

This report describes goals, parameters details, requirements and sample usage of this plugin.

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
artifact:buildinfo Creates a buildinfo file recording build environment and output (from package), 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 (from package) against reference either previously install-ed or downloaded from a remote repository: comparison results go to .buildcompare file.
artifact:describe-build-output Describe build output (experimental). It is expected to be used aggregator used from CLI, ie run at root after everything has run, but not bound to any build phase, where it would be run at root before modules.
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 3.6.3
JDK 1.8

System Requirements History

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

Plugin Version Maven JDK
from 3.5.2 to 3.5.3 3.6.3 8
from 3.4.0 to 3.5.1 3.2.5 8
from 3.0.0 to 3.3.0 3.1.1 7

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>3.5.3</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"