Maven Assembly Plugin - install the created assembly

Question

I have a project that simply consists of files. I want to package those files into a zip and store them in a maven repository. I have the assembly plugin configured to build t

Answer 1

I think assemblies are supposed to be automatically attached to the build, but if that doesn't work, the Maven Build Helper "attach-artifact" goal attaches a specified file to be installed in the repository. I've used this plugin for installing files created by an external process like Ant or NSIS.