Directory as Artifact in Nexus/Maven

Question

I'm using Maven2 and Nexus to build my web application project. I managed to upload some 3rd party jars in Nexus as described in the user manual.

I tried to do the same with Ext GWT (http://extjs.com/products/gxt/). I succeeded to upload the included gxt.jar as an artefact, but Ext GWT also has an "resources" folder that contains images, CSS files, etc. which belongs in the WAR's root directory.

I have this folder currently check in to my project, but I'd much prefer to keep 3rd party stuff in my repository and not as part of the project itself. Is there a way to upload this directory as an artefact in Nexus and configure my maven build file in a way that this directory gets downloaded to the web resources folder?

Thx in advance!

Answer 1

Hey there, your answer is here.

I have a bunch of other how-to's for maven here.

Answer 2

Thx a lot, that's exactly what I needed!