Ability to add a directories and their content recursively to java application

[ivanfrain]

As I described in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21551854/add-specific-directory-and-its-content-to-universal-target, it would be great to allow a user to add directories and their respective contents in the installation directory of what was defined as java application.

One could write the following:

import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtNativePackager.Universal

mappings in Universal += {
  file("my/local/conffile") -> "conf/my.conf"
  file("my/local/dir") -> "dir"
}

the first entry corresponds to a file and the second entry to a directory with content (files and directories). Both of them are copied into the installation directory generated by the universal:stage task.

[muuki88]

Thanks for the pull request. Can you first try if this works for you?

linuxPackageMappings <+= target map { target =>
    packageMapping(
       (target / "scala-2.10" / "api") -> "docs"
    ) withContents()
} 

Related to #92 , #6, #107

Update

This doesn't seem to work with mappings in Universal.

[muuki88]

Well this works kind of

mappings in Universal <++= target map { target =>
    packageMapping(
       (target / "scala-2.10" / "api") -> "docs"
    ).withContents().mappings.map {
        case (f,p) => (f.asInstanceOf[java.io.File], p)
    }.toSeq
} 

but is a bit weird, as you have to call universal:packageBin, remove the universal folder and then call universal:packageBin again.

[jsuereth]

The sbt way is a bit wierder, but works:

mappings in Universal ++= {
  val dir = target.value / "scala-2.10" / "api"
  (dir.*** --- dir) x relativeTo(dir)
}

[muuki88]

(dir.*** --- dir) pair relativeTo(dir)
What happens here?

[ivanfrain]

I saw that before doing my pull request and if I understand well it does
not apply to universal scope, doesn't it ?
For my own usage, I really need a java application bundle as the one you
build using universal:stage or universal:packageBin. I mean
linuxPackageMappings is declared in LinuxPlugin which is not used (unless I
am wrong) in the universal context ?

Another option I was thinking about is to move some part of the
linuxPackageMappings you wrote and the withContents() method in a more
generic part of the package. To be discussed.

(I am a kind of newbee in sbt and sbt-native-manager some my apologize if I
do not understand all the details but I will learn.)

2014-02-07 Muki notifications@github.com:

Thanks for the pull request. Can you first try if this works for you?

linuxPackageMappings += packageMapping(
(target.value / "file.jar") -> "") withContents()

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[ivanfrain]

I would close that one, replaced by #161 which is more comprehensive.