This snippet automatically installs / deploys a source jar from any install / deploy:
<project>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>[whatever version is current]</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-sources</id>
<phase>verify</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
...
</project>
Use this link to check for the current version of the maven-source-plugin
Or from command line:
mvn clean source:jar install