[MASSEMBLY-856] Ability to overwrite existing files

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.2-beta-5, 2.5.4, 3.0.0
• Labels: features
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kamal Mettananda
• Created: 01/Jun/17 13:54
• Updated: 15/Jul/17 17:27

Description

This is a request to add <overwrite/> element to <fileSet> in assembly file.

Currently, it is not possible to overwrite the already existing files inside the expected archive with new files.

e.g.:
Expectation of below assembly file is to have the conf.properties file in dir2 after the zip file is generated.

<assembly>
    <id>dist</id>
    <formats>
        <format>zip</format>
    </formats>
    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
    <fileSets>
        <!-- copy a directory named dir1 having a conf.properties files -->
        <fileSet>
            <directory>dir1</directory>
            <outputDirectory>release</outputDirectory>
        </fileSet>
        <!-- copy another directory named dir2 having a conf.properties files -->
        <fileSet>
            <directory>dir2</directory>
            <outputDirectory>release</outputDirectory>
            <overwrite>true</overwrite>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
</assembly>