Hi, I have the following pom.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<!-- in order to copy the dependencies, run: --> <!-- mvn clean dependency:copy-dependencies --> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.proonto</groupId> <artifactId>platform-common</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> <name>Proonto platform - common</name> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>1.0.2.RELEASE</version> </parent> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId> <version>1.1.4.RELEASE</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on --> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on --> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId> <version>2.3.3</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId> <version>1.6.1.RELEASE</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on --> <groupId>aopalliance</groupId> <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on --> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on --> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId> <version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version> * <exclusions>* * <exclusion>* * <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on -->* * <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>* * <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>* * </exclusion>* * <exclusion>* * <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on -->* * <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>* * <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>* * </exclusion>* * </exclusions>* </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> <version>4.3.5.Final</version> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>redis.clients</groupId> <artifactId>jedis</artifactId> <version>2.6.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId> <version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId> <version>4.0.3.RELEASE</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <!-- We already import it in a project that this project depends on --> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId> <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId> <version>1.4</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <outputDirectory>./WebContent/WEB-INF/lib</outputDirectory> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project> When i run: mvn -X clean dependency:copy-dependencies maven brings the aopalliance and spring-aop jars, though i specifically exclude it. I bolded the section that is being ignored. Thanks Yuval -- *Yuval Zilberstein* *Join me online: **Facebook* <http://www.facebook.com/people/Yuval-Zilberstein/100001194762863> I *Linkdln <http://il.linkedin.com/pub/yuval-zilberstein/13/6b1/773>* I Google+ <https://plus.google.com/s/yuval%20zilberstein> *mailto:yuva...@gmail.com <yuva...@gmail.com>* *Please consider the impact on the environment before printing this e-mail.*