[MASSEMBLY-620] The dependencySet/includes/include format is documented incorrectly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4
• Assignee: Dennis Lundberg
• Reporter: Laird Nelson
• Created: 02/Aug/12 16:18
• Updated: 08/Apr/15 08:02
• Resolved: 27/Oct/12 14:20

Description

The proper format for <include> elements should be:

groupId:artifactId:type:classifier[:version]

The documentation given by the maven-assembly-plugin says (incorrectly):

Artifact coordinatess may be given in simple groupId:artifactId form, or they may be fully qualified in the form groupId:artifactId:type:version[:classifier].

Additionally, the Sonatype book says (incorrectly? or maybe just confusingly):

groupId:artifactId:type[:classifier]:version - full artifact identity
If you need to get really specific, you can specify all the coordinates.