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Asked: 2026-05-16T15:47:14+00:00

I have seen this: <classpathentry excluding=** kind=src output=target/classes path=src/main/resources/> In my Eclipse .classpath file

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I have seen this:

<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources"/>

In my Eclipse .classpath file many times when creating a new Maven project, but I can not seem to figure out – what in the heck does excluding=”**” mean?

EDIT: I guess what I am trying to get at here, is that though it seem like excluding=”**” should exclude everything in src/main/resources, yet – it does not. When I create a test project and put in folders (for example: META-INF) they DO in fact show up in target/classes. Why? What is the point of the exclusion then?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Since you are using m2eclipse, the .project file in your project contains

    <buildCommand>
    <name>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</name>
    <arguments>
    </arguments>
</buildCommand>

    This is overriding the Java builder, and copying the folders in /src/main/resources into the /target/classes directory.

    If you were to remove the above build command, and clean your project, the files in /src/main/resources should go away. If you add in the build command, your files should reappear.

    I realize this doesn’t answer the stated question of what excluding=”**” does, but this explains the behavior your are seeing.

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