title: Can maven-assembly-plugin use the manifest from a dependency?
body: <p>Is there a way to make <code>maven-assembly-plugin</code> use the manifest from a particular dependency as the manifest for an assembled jar?</p>
  
  <p>I'm packaging my app as executable jars with different sets of dependencies, so I'm building the assemblies in separate modules. I've duplicated this configuration in the <code>maven-assembly-plugin</code> of each assembly module:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;archive&gt;
      &lt;manifestEntries&gt;
          &lt;Main-Class&gt;mypackage.MyApp&lt;/Main-Class&gt;
          &lt;SplashScreen-Image&gt;images/splash.jpg&lt;/SplashScreen-Image&gt;
      &lt;/manifestEntries&gt;
  &lt;/archive&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'd like to only define this once in the <code>maven-jar-plugin</code> of my main module, and use the main module's manifest in all the assembled jars.</p>