I have a project that contains a single module, and some dependencies.
I'd like to create a JAR file, in a separate directory, that contains the compiled module. In addition, I would like to have the dependencies present beside my module.
No matter how I twist IntelliJ IDEA's "build JAR" file process, the output of my module appears empty (besides a META-INF file).
File → Project Structure → Project Settings → Artifacts → Click + (plus sign) → Jar → From modules with dependencies...
Select a Main Class (the one with main() method) if you need to make the JAR file runnable.
Select Extract to the target Jar
Click OK
Click Apply/OK
The above sets the "skeleton" to where the JAR file will be saved to. To actually build and save it do the following:
Build → Build Artifact → Build
Try Extracting the .jar file from:
ProjectName
┗ out
┗ artifacts
┗ ProjectName_jar
┗ ProjectName.jar