Resolving Izpack artifacts using maven dependency

I have Izpack installer which packs a pre-configured server and installs in target directory. This server is around 500Mb. Currently I have checked in this src/main/resources folder of installer maven project.But having this big server in git is making the git pulls very slow. So i am planning to keep this server as maven artifact in nexus and add its dependency to installer maven project. This way i can create a maven profile to pull this server from nexus on demand. I am yet to figure out how to copy this dependency to staging folder using a maven plugin(any help would be greatly appreciated). My question here, is it a right approach? or is there any better way to do this. Thanks in advance.

You can use the maven dependency plugin to copy a dependeny to a specific folder.

You can use it to either copy all dependencies or even unpack those dependencies.

<plugins>
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.10</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>unpack</id>
        <phase>package</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>unpack</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
            <outputDirectory>${izpack.staging}/content/ninjolibs</outputDirectory>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>
</plugins>