From 52900ba70ad9122576a03b4d4af3ab8c02a6349b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: r4fterman <r4fterman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 07:20:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Extended documentation by pointing out the allowed project
 types

Signed-off-by: r4fterman <r4fterman@gmail.com>
---
 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1df44bd4..aa9ebf0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ Default Values
 </plugins>
 ```
 
+Project Type
+------------
+In the configuration a `<projectType>` can be set. The default value is `library` but there are more choices:
+
+* application
+* container
+* device
+* file
+* firmware
+* framework
+* library (default)
+* operating-system
+
+Using an unsupported project type will result in applying the default value `library`.
+
 Excluding Projects
 -------------------
 With `makeAggregateBom` goal, it is possible to exclude certain Maven reactor projects (aka modules) from getting included in the aggregate BOM: