Is it possible to exclude .gitignore file from source package?

[Imesh Gunaratne]

Hi All,

I'm trying to exclude the .gitignore file from the source package generated
with Maven source plugin while executing mvn release:perform, but it did
not work.

<plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>attach-sources</id>
                            <phase>verify</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <excludes>

<exclude>${project.build.directory}/**/*</exclude>
                                    <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude>
                                    <exclude>**/.git/**/*</exclude>
                                </excludes>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>

The pom.xml file could be found here:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-stratos/blob/4.0.0-incubating/pom.xml

Really appreciate any thoughts on this.

Thanks

-- 
Imesh Gunaratne

Technical Lead, WSO2
Committer & PPMC Member, Apache Stratos