maven copy bat file close to the jar - maven

Question

I am currently developing an maven based application. I want to make a bat file to run final jar. I've wrote bat file with call to java -jar... and put it into src/main/resources/runners folder. I also do not want to add this file to jar, so i excluded it from resources plugin. The problem is that bat is not copied. I've copypasted maven-resources-plugin configuration from their site, it does not work. However, i want copy bat only while calling jar:jar.
Application is hosted here, so you can see details there. I tried to bind copying as such:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-resources</id>
<!-- here the phase you need -->
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${basedir}/target</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/runners</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Also tried <phase>package</phase> and <goal>jar</goal> (and <goal>jar:jar</goal>). No effect.
By the way: where can i read about maven phases and goals more detailed, then in official documentation (understood nothing from it)?

Answer 1

You could use the pre-integration-test phase, which will only be run if your jar was succesfully created by the build. You will then need to run a build through integration-test, verify, install, or deploy to ensure that the copy-resources is run.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-builders</id>
<!-- here the phase you need -->
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/runners</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
You can read more about the lifecycle at: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html.