<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<webResources>
<resource>
<!-- this is relative to the pom.xml directory -->
<directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
<!-- there's no default value for this -->
<excludes>
<exclude>META-INF/context.xml</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</webResources>
</configuration>
</plugin>
I have File src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
I want to exclude it from war file. I refered to official documentation and add plugin to pom. But it appears under demo.war/META-INF/context.xml
this works