jira-importer commented on issue #96: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-war-plugin/issues/96#issuecomment-2967842095
**[Paul Benedict](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=ID134349)** commented For posterity, here is the solution. It turns out the trick is not specifying the ${basedir} at all in the excludes: ``` <warSourceExcludes>WEB-INF/classes/**,WEB-INF/lib/**</warSourceExcludes> ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org