maven pom.xml perform task during goal

Question

We have a primary project that is java, as a part of it we need to pull into the final package some custom js files that are contained within a separate git repo (and tagged with versions). What would the best way be to download and place these files in the correct location during the build process? Should I just use antrun scripts?

Answer 1

It deppends how your files are organized, but it seems, that git submodules could be good idea. Posisible issues

• I do not know how it work with tags, it seems it works only with branches.
• You can only pull whole submodule repository to empty dir.