Github as maven repository

Github as maven repository

  July 26, 2013    Suraj Chhetry

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We can use github as personal maven repository so that we can share code/lib among other projects

1. Create new repository in github (say hello-world)
2. clone it ( using ide or using command )
3. create root directory for maven repository in the same cloned local git directory
4. add following lines in pom.xml

    <properties>
        <github.maven.repository>file:///home/suraj/Desktop/workspace/hello-world/hello-world/releases/</github.maven.repository>
        <github.maven.snapshots>file:///home/suraj/Desktop/workspace/hello-world/hello-world/snapshots/</github.maven.snapshots>
     </properties>


  <distributionManagement>
        <repository>
            <id>hello-world</id>
            <url>${github.maven.repository}</url>
        </repository>
        <snapshotRepository>
            <id>hello-world</id>
            <url>${github.maven.snapshots}</url>
        </snapshotRepository>
    </distributionManagement>

5. execute below command 

mvn -DperformRelease=true clean deploy

6. add files to git

git add .

7. Commit the changes

git commit -m "release deploying"

8. push change to remote server

git push origin master

9. Add repository url in another project where you to have dependency of just deployed project

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>hello-world</id>
      <releases>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
      </releases>
      <url>https://github.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/hello-world/raw/master/releases</url>
  </repository>
 </repositories>

10. add dependency as 

<dependency>
  <groupId>net.surajchhetry.hello</groupId>
  <artifactId>hello-world</artifactId>
  <version>0.1</version>            
</dependency>

Happy Sharing....