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[[publish_binary_plugins_advanced]]
= Binary Plugin Publishing

Once your plugin is complete and tested, you may want to publish it so it can be reused across multiple builds or even shared with others.

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There are a number of plugins available to publish your plugin.
For now, we will use the core `maven-publish` plugin.
The `maven-publish` plugin lets you publish artifacts (like JARs, libraries, or plugins) to a Maven repository.

== Apply the Maven Publish Plugin

In your `plugin/build.gradle(.kts)`, apply the `maven-publish` plugin:

[source,kotlin]
----
plugins {
  `java-gradle-plugin`
  `maven-publish`
}
----

A lot of the information needed to publish the plugin - `group`, `version`, and `id` - is already in your build file:

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`group = "org.example"` sets the *group* ID of the plugin.

`version = "1.0.0"` sets the *version* of the plugin artifact.

The `gradlePlugin {}` block is part of the `java-gradle-plugin` and declares a binary plugin.
It registers the full plugin *name* `org.example.filesizediff`, backed by a class called `FileDiffPlugin`.
This is the class that implements `Plugin<Project>` and defines what happens when the plugin is applied.

== Configure the Publishing Block

In your `plugin/build.gradle(.kts)` file, configure the plugin for publication by defining where to publish it.
Inside the `publishing {}` block, you specify the repository to publish to:

[source,kotlin]
----
publishing {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url = uri("${layout.projectDirectory}/publish")
        }
    }
}
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== Publish the Plugin

To publish, run:

[source,bash]
----
$ ./gradlew publish
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This will generate and install the plugin JAR and associated metadata (like `pom.xml`) into the specified Maven repository.

Ready to build something? Start with the <<part1_gradle_init_plugin.adoc#part1_begin,Advanced Tutorial>>.

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