Added an option to control if output directory is added as resource d…

…irectory (#580)

* Added an option to control if output directory is added as resource directory

* Bump project to 2.5.0

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Co-authored-by: Slawomir Jaranowski <s.jaranowski@gmail.com>

pom.xml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
   <name>License Maven Plugin</name>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 
     <!-- the same version as in Maven core -->
     <maven-resolver.version>1.4.1</maven-resolver.version>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-23T22:42:18Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-09-13T18:50:14Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>

src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/AddThirdPartyMojo.java

@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ public class AddThirdPartyMojo extends AbstractAddThirdPartyMojo implements Mave
     @Parameter(property = "license.skipAddThirdParty", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean skipAddThirdParty;
 
+    /**
+     * Add the output directory as resource directory.
+     * <p>
+     * If this is set to <code>false</code> the generated files are no longer added automatically to the final artifact.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @since 2.5.0
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "license.addOutputDirectoryAsResourceDir", defaultValue = "true")
+    private boolean addOutputDirectoryAsResourceDir;
+
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Private Fields
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -184,7 +195,9 @@ protected void doAction() throws Exception {
             getHelper().attachThirdPartyDescriptor(missingFile);
         }
 
-        addResourceDir(outputDirectory, "**/*.txt");
+        if (addOutputDirectoryAsResourceDir) {
+            addResourceDir(outputDirectory, "**/*.txt");
+        }
     }
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------