Maven understands .svn and CVS directories and most plugins (for example, the assembly plugin) won't copy these into build targets from source directories.
Is there any simple way to extend the range of patterns that Maven plugins implicitly exclude to exclude artefacts from other SCM systems (such as the harvest .harvest.sig file)? I know that I can explicitly add exclude rules in a thousand places, but that is an explicit exclusion. What I am seeking is to extend the implict mechanism which is used to exclude .svn and CVS directories. Regards, jon seymour.
