[MDEP-390] org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:unpack to support remoteRepositories

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Auto Closed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.1
• Component/s: unpack
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mickael Istria
• Created: 23/Nov/12 06:05
• Updated: 26/Oct/22 21:46
• Resolved: 12/Jan/16 20:12

Description

As a user, I'd like to download a Maven artifact from command-line and get it unzipped.

In order to use the maven-depdenceny-plugin:goal as the ultimate command-line client to download a maven artifact (not necessarly in the context of a project), it would be useful to add to it an "unpack" parameter that would allow to unpack the just-downloaded stuff.

When in comes to automating download+unzip of an artifact in CI:
Currently, one has to add a Shell or Ant or Groovy script to unzip, after using "mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.5.1:get -Dartifact=blah:blah:1.0 -DremoteRepositories=http://somewhere". It's not very convenient as this requires usage of another Ant or Groovy file, or usage of a platform-specific interpreter.

Also note that the unpack-mojo can't fit this use-case since it's not configurable via command-line (can't set artifactItems nor remoteRepositories).

Issue Links

• duplicates: MDEP-381 Unpack an artifact from commandline