Can I use a GitHub project directly in Maven?
JavaMavenGithubJava Problem Overview
I am interested in using a https://github.com/toelen/spymemcached-jcache">project on GitHub as a dependency in my project. The GitHub project has a pom
file. Can I modify my pom
file to use this project? If so, how? If not, what is my best course of action?
Java Solutions
Solution 1 - Java
Try jitpack, you just need to add the dependency, jitpack will build others for you.
From home page:
>jitpack
>Easy to use package repository for Gradle and Maven projects
>JitPack builds GitHub projects on demand and provides ready-to-use packages
HOW
- Add repository first
<repository>
<id>jitpack.io</id>
<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>
2. Add dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.User</groupId>
<artifactId>Repo name</artifactId>
<version>Release tag</version>
</dependency>
TIPS:
You can see its build log too https://jitpack.io/com/github/NanoHttpd/nanohttpd/Release-2.1.0/build.log
Solution 2 - Java
Not in the way I think you mean, AFAIK.
You can use github as a Maven repository--this is not the same thing as directly referencing a project, and that it has a pom file means only that it's a Maven project.
If the project is not available in the central, or other, repository, your best bet may be to clone it, build it, and install it locally. You should confirm that it's truly not available elsewhere.