Try this: <excludes>.gitignore,**/.gitignore</excludes> If you don't see the property as a List<String> in the source, it must be a comma-separated or space-separated value.
Paul On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Dmitry Sklyut <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have following configuration in war plugin: > (parent pom) > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.1</version> > <configuration> > <excludes> > <exclude>.gitignore</exclude> > <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude> > </excludes> > </configuration> > </plugin> > (child pom) > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> > <configuration> > <packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/*.jar</packagingExcludes> > </configuration> > </plugin> > > > This is the error I am getting: > > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:2.1:war (default-war) > on project com.ptc.insight.runtime.theme: > Unable to parse configuration of mojo > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:2.1-beta-1:war: > When configuring a basic element the configuration cannot contain > any child elements. > Configuration element 'warSourceExcludes'. -> [Help 1] > > I debugged through the maven-core and it looks like type converter is > picked up based on the target type of the property. > > In maven-war-plugin "warSourceExcludes" is a String with an alias to > "excludes" > > /** > * The comma separated list of tokens to exclude when copying the content > * of the warSourceDirectory. > * > * @parameter alias="excludes" > */ > private String warSourceExcludes; > > The question that I have is that a oversight on the part of maven core > or a issue with plugins that alias simple properties with complex > properties? > > Regards, > > Dmitry > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
