[FIXED] Maven shade plugin remove "original"

Issue

Each time I run maven package to produce an updated jar, it creates an "original" jar file, as well as the updated one.

This is particularly an issue for me due to the fact that I'm running the compiled jar automatically, and they're both trying to start.

All I want created is the ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar file produced, and not the "original" one. Is there a way to have it just overwrite without making a backup (I'm assuming that's what it's doing)?

How can I solve this?

Here is my pom:

<groupId>com.spiromarshes</groupId>
<artifactId>LiveDebugTest</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>

<name>LiveDebugTest</name>

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>

<build>
    <defaultGoal>clean package</defaultGoal>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <version>3.6.1</version>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>shade</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
                        <outputDirectory>${dir}</outputDirectory>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
            <filtering>true</filtering>
        </resource>
    </resources>
</build>

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>spigotmc-repo</id>
        <url>https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
    <repository>
        <id>sonatype</id>
        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
        <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.12.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Solution

Solved by using <outputFile>${dir}/${project.artifactId}.jar</outputFile> under the configuration section for maven-shade-plugin.

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Full example, for context:

  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.2.4</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <phase>package</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>shade</goal>
        </goals>
      </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
      <outputFile>${dir}/${project.artifactId}.jar</outputFile>
      <filters>
        <filter>
          <artifact>*:*</artifact>
          <excludes>
            <exclude>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</exclude>
            <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
            <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
            <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </filter>
      </filters>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>

Answered By - trev915
Answer Checked By - Robin (JavaFixing Admin)