I'm trying to copy a folder or following structure with maven-resources-plugin:
root
|- .metadata
|- Project
\- .gitignore
Project directory and .gitignore files are copied, but .metadata directory is left out for some reason.
How do I copy all contents of root folder?
Here is configuration I tried:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-resources</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/aut-ws</outputDirectory>
<useBuildFilters>false</useBuildFilters>
<nonFilteredFileExtensions>
<nonFilteredFileExtension>metadata</nonFilteredFileExtension>
</nonFilteredFileExtensions>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>H:\rcptt\workspaces\root</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
You're looking for the configuration parameter addDefaultExcludes
. See the documentation page.
So your configuration section should look like the following:
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/aut-ws</outputDirectory>
<addDefaultExcludes>false</addDefaultExcludes>
...
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>H:\rcptt\workspaces\root</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
If this was relating to the maven-assembly-plugin then I had this problem, and had to use the useDefaultExcludes
property (recent versions of the plugin only); by default it is true
and it needs to be set to false
to include directories like .metadata. This doesn't seem to be applicable to maven-resources-plugin though, or it might just not be a documented property.
My first fix attempt would be trying modifying the resources element.
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>H:\rcptt\workspaces\root</directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*</include>
<include>**/.*</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
Also, if you comment out the <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
element, does it work?
Edit to show full plugin configuration that works with Maven 3.2.2, Resources plugin 2.7, on both Windows 7 and RedHat Linux. Command for testing is mvn validate
.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals><goal>copy-resources</goal></goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/testing123</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*</include>
<include>**/.*</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Just add addDefaultExcludes
as @Matthew Wise said.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<addDefaultExcludes>false</addDefaultExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
By default files like .gitignore, .cvsignore etc. are excluded which
means they will not being copied. If you need them for a particular
reason you can do that by settings this to false.
Documentation: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/copy-resources-mojo.html#addDefaultExcludes