Exclude does not work at sourceSets

[Neo (C.M.T)]

I am Android Devloper

i know sourceSets can use include & exclude

like Chromium build.gradle use include at sourceSets to join java file

and some example say can use exclude to

like : How can I exclude certain java files from being compiled?

but some answer say "exclude not work "

Gradle exclude file from sourceSet not working

i know the full producetflavor must move class of flavor into flavor`s folder
and del the same name at main folder

but now l am lazy

i want use

sourceSets srcDirs += [’./src/flavor1/java’] and use exclude

exclude “.\main\java\xx\xxx\app\xxxApplication.kt”

but it not work

can help me ?

PS. why use exclude not move ? because i can use dir give file list let main git not change

THX

[Vampire (Björn Kautler)]

Your exclude is most probably simply not correct, it also looks quite fishy to me.
Especially as is starts with . and contains unescaped backslashes.
But from your description it is also - at least to me - unclear what exactly you tried.
Maybe you should provide an MCVE to make clear what you tried and how to fix it.