How do I copy a file into my WAR's META-INF directory?

Question

I’m using Gradle 2.7. I would like to copy an environment-specific file (context.xml) into my WAR’s META-INF directory (which is at the same level as WEB-INF). I have this task set up in my build.gradle file

// Copy context.xml into the appropropriate directory.
war {
   def env = project.hasProperty('env') ? project.env : 'dev'
   from("${project.rootDir}/src/main/environment/$env") {
      include('context.xml')
      into('META-INF')
   }
}

However, when I run “gradle build”, nothing gets copied. I have verified the file exists. What else do I need to do to get this file to copy properly?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '15 at 17:04

It seems that your script is configured correctly. It's stupid question (it should've failed at the very beginning) but have you applied war plugin?

Here you have a demo to compare the configurations.

Run:

jar -tvf <lib>.war

to verify if war contains appropriate file.

How do I copy a file into my WAR's META-INF directory?

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