title: Is dependency-reduced-pom.xml automatically used instead of pom.xml?
body: <p>Is <code>dependency-reduced-pom.xml</code> created by <a href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/" rel="noreferrer">Maven shade plugin</a> <strong>automatically</strong> used in projects that depends on the uberjar (instead of the ordinary <code>pom.xml</code>)?</p>
  <p>Asking this after reading a number of dependency-reduced-pom.xml related questions and haven't found the answer yet:</p>
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11314182/maven-shade-plugin-adding-dependency-reduced-pom-xml-to-base-directory">Maven shade plugin adding dependency-reduced-pom.xml to base directory</a></p>
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22904573/what-is-the-purpose-of-dependency-reduced-pom-xml-generated-by-the-shade-plugin">What is the purpose of dependency-reduced-pom.xml generated by the shade plugin?</a></p>
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26500735/what-is-dependency-reduced-pom-xml-file-which-created-when-calling-maven-packa">What is `dependency-reduced-pom.xml` file which created when calling maven package command?</a></p>