Usage
Simply add the plugin to the build section of your top-level POM as following.<build> <plugins> ... <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId> <!--<version>1.4.1</version>--> <configuration> </configuration> <executions> <!-- enable flattening --> <execution> <id>flatten</id> <phase>process-resources</phase> <goals> <goal>flatten</goal> </goals> </execution> <!-- ensure proper cleanup --> <execution> <id>flatten.clean</id> <phase>clean</phase> <goals> <goal>clean</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build>
Keep developer information
If you want to keep additional development information in your POM you can configure predefined modes via theflattenMode
parameter.
For typical open-source-projects you can choose "oss". To keep all additional POM elements and flatten only to a bare minimum use "minimum".
Here is an example configuration:
<configuration> <flattenMode>minimum</flattenMode> </configuration>