Maven Repository

[thomas jacob]

I have a maven eclipse project. I also have a maven repository sitting on .m2/repository folder. I want to add some project dependant jar files from a folder C:/external folders in my eclipse maven project. Should I copy the jars into my maven repository or just make a reference to the jar files on C:/external not in the maven repository. I just want to know whether this is the correct approach for a Maven project. Should I copy the jars of C:/external into my maven repository. Please suggest.


Regards
Thomas

[Tim Holloway]

The proper way to get jars into a maven repository is to have maven do it. You need to set up a POM to describe the item(s) you want deployed to the repository. This includes the version IDs, since one of maven's selling points is managing multiple versions of resources.

If you don't have the appropriate maven infrastructure, maven won't be able to locate and retrieve the jars in question.