Configuration of .travis.yml for maven github release

.travis.yml

language: java

#caching directory
cache:
    directories:
     - /home/travis/build/YOUR_USERNAME/REPO_NAME/target/
     - $HOME/.m2

jdk: oraclejdk8

sudo: false # faster builds

script: "mvn install"

before_deploy:
  - "mvn -DskipTests package"
  
deploy:
  # GitHub - Add zip to release
  - provider: releases
    api_key: ${key} #create a key environmental variable in travis and give the Oauth2 key
    file: /home/travis/build/USERNAME/REPONAME/target/YOURFILENAME
    skip_cleanup: true
    on:
      tags:
    all_branches: true
    on_success: always
    on_failure: never