Preserve sub-directory structure when only minifying

[AFaust]

As stated in an after-fix comment on #17 a minification without merging (skipMerge = true) currently removes any subdirectory structure captured by jsSourceIncludes / cssSourceIncludes which can be very problematic for projects relying on that sub-directory structure.

From the after-fix comment:

For example, when jsSourceDir="js and jsSourceInclude="*/.js
minifying: /src/main/webapp/js/some/path/a.js
creates: /target//webapp/js/a.min.js
I think it could have been more convenient if the result were created at: /target//webapp/js/some/path/a.min.js

[timothystone]

I seriously need this for my Stripes project in the Java 1.6 compatible builds. Vote +1. Find me on the Stripes IRC channel.

[samaxes]

@AFaust Can you please test the branch preserve-subdirs and check if it is working for you?

[samaxes]

@timothystone I've merge this fix into the branch v1.6.X. Please update the plugin version in your POM file to 1.6.1.

[timothystone]

@samaxes thanks! I'll test it today!

[samaxes]

Merged into master.

[pankaj3-s]

Hi,

I want to use this preserve sub directory feature, but could not find the example how to enable it.

Can you please let me know how to use this feature in Release 1.6.1? What attribute do I need to include in my pom.xml inside this plugin tag?

[pankaj3-s]

I downloaded the demo example from the Release 1.6.1 https://github.com/samaxes/minify-maven-plugin/releases/download/minify-maven-plugin-1.6.1/minify-maven-plugin-demo-1.6.1-src.zip

When I ran the command mvn clean install, it merges all js (from subfolders also) into single one. I don't want to merge and maintain the original folder structure.

[timothystone]

<nomunge>true</nomunge>
<skipMerge>true</skipMerge>

This is what I'm using and it works. Admittedly I'm using a custom spin of this plugin, but it's based on 1.6.1 and only adds a feature from 1.7 (nosuffix).

[pankaj3-s]

Thanks Timothystone...it works !! :)

[timothystone]

BTW, if you want "my custom spin" which ports the "nosuffix" feature from 1.7 to 1.6, pick up my pull request: #39

[samaxes]

Hi guys,

nomunge is optional here. It's only used by YUI Compressor for JavaScript compression.
The option skipMerge should be enough.

Cheers