How to copy unversioned test resources during release:perform?

Question

My Question is very similar to \"Maven doesn't copy untracked resources while releasing\". I have test resources which are not under version control. As tes

Answer 1

There seems to be many ways to achieve this. One way is with the maven-resources-plugin and a profile. The release-plugin sets during release:perform the profile release-plugin. You simply have add the maven-resources-plugin into that profile (or a custom profile which is activated by ).

    maven-resources-plugin
    2.6
    
        
            copy-resources
            validate
            
                copy-resources
            
            
                ${project.build.directory}/test-classes
                
                    
                        ${basedir}/../../src/test/resources/
                    
                
            
        
    

With org.sonatype.oss:oss-parent it's a bit different, as that parent disables but uses sonatype-oss-release.