Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.0.RELEASE:repackage failed: Unable to rename

Question

I am trying to build a JAR file out of a spring project. When I try to do a maven install, it throws me the following error

Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.0.RELEASE:repackage (default) on project ABC: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.0.RELEASE:repackage failed: Unable to rename 'ABC-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar' to 'ABC-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar.original' ->

The 'pom' file is as shown below

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>ABC</groupId> <artifactId>ABC</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>1.4.0.RELEASE</version> </parent> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId> <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId> <version>5.0.0.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId> <version>5.0.2.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId> <version>1.5.9.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> <version>1.5.9.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.springfox</groupId> <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId> <version>2.7.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.springfox</groupId> <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId> <version>2.7.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId> <version>3.1.0</version> < --$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$--> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> </dependencies>

The build part of the pom file is as shown below

 <build> <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory> <plugins> <.-- Set a compiler level --> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.3</version> <.--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$--> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> <encoding>UTF-8</encoding> </configuration> </plugin> < -- For Generating the Jar File --> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>single</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> <mainClass>ABCapp</mainClass> </manifest> </archive> <descriptorRefs> <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef> </descriptorRefs> </configuration> </plugin> < -- Generating jar file which has Spring boot application --> <plugin> <groupId>org springframework boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <fork>true</fork> <mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass> <layout>JAR</layout> <includeSystemScope>true</includeSystemScope> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>repackage</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>

I tried to look in SO and other forums for a possible solution. But none of them worked. Any pointers as to where the problem might be?

Answer 1

While the problem did not completely disappear, what solved the problem for now is by using the answer from SO

<plugin> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <classifier>boot</classifier> </configuration> </plugin>

It now creates an additional *.jar file (ABC-boot.jar).

Answer 2

TL;DR: check for special characters in the Jar name

In my case, the problem was related to these lines in the pom.xml:

 <version>1.0.0-${maven.build.timestamp}</version> <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd-HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>

Interestingly, this is OS specific - I got the same error as the asker when doing a mvn clean install . It worked on Linux.