Copying project dependencies
Project dependencies are the dependencies declared in your pom. To copy them with their transitive dependencies, use thedependency:copy-dependencies mojo and configure the plugin like the sample below:
<project> [...] <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.9.0</version> <executions> <execution> <id>copy-dependencies</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>copy-dependencies</goal> </goals> <configuration> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory> <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases> <overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots> <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> [...]</project>Excluding transitive dependencies
As mentioned,transitive dependencies are copied by default. However, they can also be excluded by setting theexcludeTransitive property totrue.
<project> [...] <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.9.0</version> <executions> <execution> <id>copy-dependencies</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>copy-dependencies</goal> </goals> <configuration> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory> <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases> <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots> <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> [...]</project>