maven assembly plugin

package.xml

<assembly>
    <!-- this will create an extra resource project-1.1.1-package.zip, you can
         choose jar as well in the format-->
    <id>package</id>
    <formats>
        <format>tar.gz</format>
    </formats>
    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
    <!-- Insert here extra files as configs or, batch files, resources, docs etc-->
    <fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>src/main/assembly/files</directory>
            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
            <includes>
              <include>**/bin/*</include>
                <include>**/conf/*.*</include>
                <include>**/doc/*.*</include>
            </includes>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
    <!-- This will scrub your dependencies and add them to your lib folder, I excluded
         Test stuff as it is not needed, could have declared the resource as a test
         only phase as well would not have had to exclude it here
    -->
    <dependencySets>
        <dependencySet>
            <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>          
            <excludes>
                <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </dependencySet>
    </dependencySets>
</assembly>

pom-part.xml

      <plugin>
  			<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
				<!--I recommend 2.1 as later versions have a bug that may Duplicate files 
					in your archive -->
				<version>2.1</version>
				<!--Executes the packaging along with the mvn package phase -->
				<executions>
					<execution>
						<id>make-assembly</id>
						<phase>package</phase>
						<goals>
							<goal>attached</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
				</executions>
				<configuration>
					<descriptors>
						<!--Relative path to your descriptor -->
						<descriptor>src/main/assembly/package.xml
						</descriptor>
					</descriptors>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>