Exclude file from classpath runtime does not have desired effect

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#1

In my project, there is a build-info.properties which is generated every build. I am following the example of using classpath filtering (see this link) to exclude it from the runtime classpath as it affects the caching of the test task. I added the following to the allprojects{} block in my build.gradle file.

normalization {
        runtimeClasspath {
            ignore "build-info.properties"
        }
}

However, my test task keeps getting executed every build even though I make no changes to the project. Looking at the build scan, this is what the message displayed on the test task

The task was not up-to-date because of the following reasons:
Input property ‘classpath’ file titles-api-app/build/resources/main/META-INF/build-info.properties has changed.

Did I do something wrong?

#2

Hi,

The ignore is relative to the root of the classpath entry. So you probably want to use

normalization {
        runtimeClasspath {
            ignore "**/build-info.properties"
        }
}

Or ignore a specific path if you know about it.

Cheers,
Stefan

#3

Thanks, it is indeed the solution.