I'm not sure why you're replying to threads from three years ago, but I've used the <packagingExcludes> directive to successfully exclude unwanted files and directories from our war files. The <excludes>/<exclude> mechanism seems spotty at best at the moment, see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-198 for the write-up.
<build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}</warSourceDirectory> <!-- This is hacky but <excludes>/<exclude> directives seem to be somewhat broken in recent versions of maven-war-plugin: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-198 - DTS 5/28/09 --> <packagingExcludes>**/*.bat,.classpath,**/*.java,pom.xml,.project,.settings/ **,**/*.sh,target/**</packagingExcludes> ... </plugin> </plugins> ... </build> - Damon -----Original Message----- From: Allan Wojcik [mailto:allanwsi...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:00 AM To: users@maven.apache.org Subject: RE: Exclude subversion files in war I'm still experiencing the same problem. Any hints? Jim Mack-2 wrote: > > Juergen, > Ran into this today when a developer accidentally checked in the > target directory. Other than that mishap, we have not seen this > behavior, in our war's. We are using maven 2.0.4, hope that helps. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: schumhan [mailto:hans-juergen.schumac...@dlh.de] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:58 AM > To: users@maven.apache.org > Subject: Re: Exclude subversion files in war > > > Hi, > No, I dont have any inclusions. Just using the defaults from the > war-plugin. > > Juergen > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Exclude-subversion-files-in-war-tf1930919.html#a52 > 89146 > Sent from the Maven - Users forum at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Exclude-subversion-files-in-war-tp5288845p24440962.htm l Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org