title: Maven - Include dependent libs in jar without unpacking dependencies?
body: <p>We're trying to build a client jar that includes <em>unpacked</em> dependent jar's.  And the manifest should have <code>class-path</code> entries to the dependent jars.  The snippet below works but the jars are unpacked - how can we stop the jars from being unpacked?</p>
  
  <pre><code>       &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-assembly-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
  
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;descriptorRefs&gt;
                      &lt;descriptorRef&gt;jar-with-dependencies&lt;/descriptorRef&gt;
                  &lt;/descriptorRefs&gt;
  
                  &lt;archive&gt;
                    &lt;manifest&gt;
                      &lt;addClasspath&gt;true&lt;/addClasspath&gt;
                    &lt;/manifest&gt;
                  &lt;/archive&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
  
              &lt;executions&gt;
                  &lt;execution&gt;
                      &lt;id&gt;make-assembly&lt;/id&gt;
                      &lt;phase&gt;package&lt;/phase&gt;
                      &lt;goals&gt;
                          &lt;goal&gt;single&lt;/goal&gt;
                      &lt;/goals&gt;
                  &lt;/execution&gt;
              &lt;/executions&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  </code></pre>