Plugin Documentation

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

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Report?	Description
artifact:buildinfo	No	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	No	Check from buildplan that plugins used don't have known Reproducible Builds issues.
artifact:compare	No	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	No	Describe build output (experimental). It is expected to be used aggregator used from CLI; that is, 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	No	Display help information on maven-artifact-plugin. Call `mvn artifact:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.
artifact:reproducible-central	Yes	Builds a Reproducible Builds report on the project and its dependencies, using Reproducible Central Artifact badges. These badges are based on artifact-level data provided by Reproducible Central, reworked from project-level rebuild results.

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 3.6.1	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>3.6.1</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>
  ...
  <!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-artifact-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.6.1</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </reporting>
  ...
</project>

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