assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/jar-with-dependencies-no-core-no-apis-descriptor.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<assembly>
    <id>jar-with-dependencies</id>
    <formats>
        <format>jar</format>
    </formats>
    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
    <dependencySets>
        <dependencySet>
            <unpack>true</unpack>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-core</exclude>
                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-blobstore</exclude>
                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-compute</exclude>
                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-loadbalancer</exclude>
                <exclude>org.jclouds.api:*</exclude>
                <!-- excluding optional Clojure dependencies -->
                <exclude>org.clojure:clojure*</exclude>
            </excludes>
            <!-- exclude all transitive dependencies of core too -->
            <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
        </dependencySet>
    </dependencySets>
    <fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
            <outputDirectory />
        </fileSet>
        <!-- Hack to get Maven assembly to build even if there are no files to include.
          See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-457. -->
        <fileSet>
            <includes>
                <include>pom.xml</include>
            </includes>
            <outputDirectory>META-INF/maven/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
</assembly>