GitAsMaven

Gradle script to use Git as a private Maven repository.

Currently only BitBucket is supported, as the offer free private repositories. GitHub support easily be added in a similar script.

Please find more details in this blogpost and a full example in this repository.

Prerequisites

BitBucket repository with a releases as its main branch, as described in this blogpost.

Usage

1. Add the following plugin to the top of the build.gradle file in your library folder

apply from: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JeroenMols/GitAsMaven/master/publish-bitbucket.gradle'

2. Create a gradle.properties file within your library folder with the following parameters:

ARTIFACT_VERSION=<version_here>
ARTIFACT_NAME=<libraryname_here>
ARTIFACT_PACKAGE=<packagename_here>
ARTIFACT_PACKAGING=aar //You could also use jar

COMPANY=<bitbucket_team/company_here> //Simply your username if you're not part of a team
REPOSITORY_NAME=<bitbucket_reponame_here>

3. Create a gradle.properties file in the root of your project (or better in the global .gradle folder on your system) with the following parameters

USERNAME=<username_here>
PASSWORD=<password_here>

Note: Do not check this file into version control!

Check this blogpost password to securely provide your username and password.

4. Run the following command to upload a version to your Maven repository.

./gradlew uploadArchives

Questions

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