Use maven-flatten-plugin and maven-shade-plugin at the same time
I experienced this same issue today and I found no real solution on the web. While PaulT's suggestion might work for some, I found this unacceptable since the transitive dependencies were still not being included in the generated pom despite the setting of <promoteTransitiveDependencies> to true.
I was able to fix this by simply changing the order of execution between flatten and shade. You just need to make sure that flatten runs AFTER shade. If you have defined the flatten plugin in your parent pom, simply add the same plugin definition on your aggregator project with the same execution id.
Before (Original order):
After (Revised order):
Example:
Parent Project (POM)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.ibasco.test</groupId> <artifactId>ucgd-parent</artifactId> <packaging>pom</packaging> <version>${revision}</version> <properties> <revision>2.0.0-alpha</revision> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> </properties> <modules> <module>module-one</module> <module>module-two</module> <module>module-three</module> <module>assembly</module> </modules> <build> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.2.1</version> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.1.0</version> <configuration> <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile> <flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </pluginManagement> <plugins> <!-- Flatten --> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>flatten</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>flatten</goal> </goals> </execution> <execution> <id>flatten.clean</id> <phase>clean</phase> <goals> <goal>clean</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>Aggregator Project (POM)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <parent> <artifactId>ucgd-parent</artifactId> <groupId>com.ibasco.test</groupId> <version>${revision}</version> </parent> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <artifactId>ucg-display</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.ibasco.test</groupId> <artifactId>module-two</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.ibasco.test</groupId> <artifactId>module-one</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <!-- A little workaround to disable the jar warning --> <classesDirectory>src</classesDirectory> <excludes> <exclude>**</exclude> </excludes> </configuration> </plugin> <!-- Javadoc --> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>aggregate-javadocs</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>aggregate-jar</goal> </goals> <configuration> <includeDependencySources>true</includeDependencySources> <dependencySourceIncludes> <dependencySourceInclude>com.ibasco.test:*</dependencySourceInclude> </dependencySourceIncludes> <dependencySourceExcludes> <dependencySourceExclude>com.ibasco.test:module-three</dependencySourceExclude> </dependencySourceExcludes> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <!-- Shade plugin --> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>shade</goal> </goals> <configuration> <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar> <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached> <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom> <!-- Make sure the transitive dependencies are written to the generated pom under <dependencies> --> <promoteTransitiveDependencies>true</promoteTransitiveDependencies> <artifactSet> <includes> <include>com.ibasco.test:module-one</include> <include>com.ibasco.test:module-two</include> </includes> </artifactSet> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <!-- Flatten --> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>flatten</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>flatten</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>com.ibasco.test</groupId>
<artifactId>ucgd-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-alpha</version>
</parent>
<groupId>com.ibasco.test</groupId>
<artifactId>ucg-display</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-alpha</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.9</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<classesDirectory>src</classesDirectory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>aggregate-javadocs</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>aggregate-jar</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<includeDependencySources>true</includeDependencySources>
<dependencySourceIncludes>
<dependencySourceInclude>com.ibasco.test:*</dependencySourceInclude>
</dependencySourceIncludes>
<dependencySourceExcludes>
<dependencySourceExclude>com.ibasco.test:module-three</dependencySourceExclude>
</dependencySourceExcludes>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
<shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
<createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
<promoteTransitiveDependencies>true</promoteTransitiveDependencies>
<artifactSet>
<includes>
<include>com.ibasco.test:module-one</include>
<include>com.ibasco.test:module-two</include>
</includes>
</artifactSet>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>flatten</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>flatten</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I faced the same issue with the ${revision} property but using the option
<createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
solved my issue. This solution is not working if you need the dependency-reduced pom.
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/shade-mojo.html