Exclude all dependencies

[Phillip Hellewell]

Is there any syntax for excluding all (transitive) dependencies?

For example, I would like to be able to write something like this:

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>mygroup</groupId>
      <artifactId>mycomp</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
      <exclusions>*</exclusions>
    </dependency>

Thanks,
Phillip