maven release plugin with phase and jar-with-dependencies - maven

Question

I have a build set up to run a variety of tasks when I run mvn release:prepare and mvn:release:perform. Specifically, I have a phase set up so that my javadocs and source-plugins are run only when I release. This allows my build to avoid a lot of time for the common case of mvn clean install. I'd like to add to this my maven-assembly-plugin jar-with-dependencies so only when I release the assembly plugin is run.
Here's what my build looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>example</groupId>
<artifactId>example</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Example</name>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.1</version>
<configuration>
<releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
<goals>deploy</goals>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>release</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-sources</id>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-javadocs</id>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<doclet>org.asciidoctor.Asciidoclet</doclet>
<docletArtifact>
<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
<artifactId>asciidoclet</artifactId>
<version>0.1.3</version>
</docletArtifact>
<linksource>true</linksource>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>
the maven-source-plugin and maven-javadoc-plugin both run during the release phase, but the maven-assembly-plugin does not. What do I have to do to make this plugin run during a maven release?

Answer 1

The single isn't bound to a default phase, so you have to specify it in the execution-block.
If you compare it with the javadoc:jar you'll see that this goal is by default bound to the package phase.