Gradle - Exclude file from being packaged with jar

Question

I want to exclude AMAuthN.properties from the built jar. This file keeps showing up in the root folder of the compiled jar. The file is located at AMAuthN\src\main\resources\AMAuthN.properties relative to the project folder root. Thanks!

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'

version = '1.0'
sourceCompatibility = 1.6
targetCompatibility = 1.6

test {
    testLogging {
        showStandardStreams = true
    }
}

// Create a single Jar with all dependencies
jar {
    manifest {
        attributes 'Implementation-Title': 'Gradle Jar File Example',  
            'Implementation-Version': version,
            'Main-Class': 'com.axa.openam'
    }

    baseName = project.name

    from {
        configurations.compile.collect {
            it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) 
        }
    }
}

// Get dependencies from Maven central repository
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

// Project dependencies
dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.5'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

Answer 1

You can try something like this, which i know works on my end. In your build.gradle under the JAR definition add your exclude. Ex:

jar {     
   exclude('your thing')     
}