how to create your own maven repository on github

git-maven-howto.md

How to create a maven repository for your github project step by step

Clone your project in a separate folder

(note: replace ORGANIZATION and PROJECT)

git clone git clone [email protected]:ORGANIZATION/PROJECT.git my-repository

Cd into it

cd my-repository

Create a new branch (here named repository)

git branch repository

Switch to that branch

git checkout repository

Remove all files

rm -rf file1 file2 file3 .. etc

Install your jar in that directory

(note: replace YOUR_GROUP, YOUR_ARTIFACT, YOUR_VERSION and YOUR_JAR_FILE)

mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=YOUR_GROUP -DartifactId=YOUR_ARTIFACT -Dversion=YOUR_VERSION -Dfile=YOUR_JAR_FILE -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true -DlocalRepositoryPath=.  -DcreateChecksum=true

YOUR_JAR_FILE should point to an existent jar file, this is why it's best to create your repository branch in a different folder, so you can reference the existing jar in /your/project/path/target/artifact-x.y.z.jar

Add all generated files, commit and push

git add -A . && git commit -m "released version X.Y.Z"

git push origin repository

Reference your jar from a different project

The repository url you just created is https://raw.github.com/YOUR_ORGANIZATION/YOUR_ARTIFACT/repository/

I m getting 400 for the url. any correctiosn to the url above?

The solution described above doesn't work anymore. There is another simple solution to use the GitHub Actions:
If you're looking to convert a regular GitHub repository into a functional Maven repository to host .aar, .jar, or other Java artifacts, this guide will walk you through the process using two simple GitHub Actions:

• github-publish-maven-action — handles Maven metadata publishing
• copy-local-file-maven-action — copies and publishes local files (like .aar, .jar, -sources.jar) to your Maven repo

See here for more details.