assembly/src/main/descriptor/release.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<assembly>
  <id>all</id>
  <formats>
    <format>tar.gz</format>
    <format>tar.bz2</format>
    <format>zip</format>
  </formats>
  <fileSets>
    <!-- Source Code -->
    <fileSet>
      <directory>..</directory>
      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
      <includes>
        <include>**/README*</include>
        <include>**/LICENSE*</include>
        <include>**/NOTICE*</include>
        <include>**/*.txt</include>
        <include>**/*.xml</include>
        <include>**/src/**</include>
        <include>**/lib/**</include> <!-- 3rd party libs -->
      </includes>
      <excludes>
        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
        <exclude>**/.*/**</exclude>
      </excludes>
    </fileSet>
    <fileSet>
      <directory>target</directory>
      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
      <includes>
        <include>*withdeps.jar</include>
      </includes>
    </fileSet>
  </fileSets>

  <!-- JARs -->
  <dependencySets>
    <dependencySet>
      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
      <unpack>false</unpack>
      <scope>compile</scope>
      <excludes>
        <exclude>${pom.groupId}:${pom.artifactId}</exclude>
      </excludes>
    </dependencySet>
  </dependencySets>
</assembly>