SBT Assembly remove classes from another JAR - scala

Question

This is the package structure of my repo:
src
|-- main
|-- scala
|-- me.sparker0i.spark
|-- runner
|-- Runner.scala
|-- utils
|-- Constants.scala
|-- DatabaseUtils.scala
|-- service
|-- Service.scala
|-- Transform.scala [extends Service]
|-- Fetch.scala [extends Service]
|-- <32 more>
|-- Test.scala
I want to split this application into two such that one application remains the core, while the other uses the core jar as a libraryDependencies:
Core Repo structure:
src
|-- main
|-- scala
|-- me.sparker0i.spark
|-- runner
|-- Runner.scala
|-- utils
|-- Constants.scala
|-- DatabaseUtils.scala
|-- service
|-- Service.scala
|-- Test.scala
Independent Repo:
src
|-- main
|-- scala
|-- me.sparker0i.spark
|-- service
|-- Transform.scala [extends Service from Core Repo JAR]
|-- Fetch.scala [extends Service from Core Repo JAR]
|-- <32 more>
Now inside the Independent Repo, I've referenced the Core Repo JAR inside libraryDependencies. I need that Core JAR to run the test cases of the Independent Repo inside our Jenkins CICD, but not when I need to package the Independent Repo.
When I do sbt assembly, how do I ensure that I don't get the contents of the Core JAR inside the Independent JAR? The reason being I will be running the Main class inside the Core JAR, but will also be supplying the Independent JAR as a class path.
Is there some way the above requirement can be achieved using sbt?

Answer 1

You could declare the dependency with scope Provided. This is exactly meant for this use case, i.e. a dependency is provided somehow at runtime but not part of the package.
groupId % core % version % Provided