gradle-maven-publish-plugin
Gradle plugin that creates a publish task to automatically upload all of your Java, Kotlin or Android
libraries to any Maven instance. This plugin is based on Chris Banes initial implementation
and has been enhanced to add Kotlin support and keep up with the latest changes.
Setup
Advantages over maven-publish
Gradle ships with the maven-publish and many other plugins like the Android Gradle Plugin or the Kotlin Multiplatform
plugin directly integrate with, so why should you use this plugin?
- No need to know how publishing works for different project types. AGP provides an API to configure publishing,
java-librarytoo, Kotlin Multiplatform does most things automatically but not everything. This plugin configures as much as possible on its own. - A unified for all kinds of projects. Some parts require manual configuration and for those we provide an API that works regardless of whether this is a Gradle plugin, an Android library or a Kotlin Multiplatform project. This is especially useful for projects that combine multiple of these.
- Maven central integration. The plugin makes it easy to configure publishing to Maven Central with dedicated APIs to set it up and configure everything that is required. It also avoids issues like having multiple staging repositories on Sonatype OSS and supports automatic releasing without requiring any interaction with the web interface.
- In memory GPG signing keys. Easily sign artifacts on CI by simply setting the required environment variables, no extra setup required.
- Gradle property based config. Easily configure the plugin with Gradle properties that will apply to all subprojects
There is also a base plugin which removes any automatic configuration and allows for a more manual configuration of what should be published.
License
Copyright (C) 2018 Vanniktech - Niklas Baudy
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0