War plugin: replace files inside src/main/webapp with other files with same name but in another path

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Hi there,
I’ve seen many answer to similar questions, but none address exactly my need, so I’m asking for advice.

Here is the question: I need to create a war file for my app.
I need to build two different versions of the war: a “debug” and a “release”. The two archives must have a different skin, and I can accomplish this task replacing some files with copies of the file contained in a “themes” folder.

So I have inside my build.gradle the following tasks:

// This is the war task that comes from the war plugin
war {
 	appendix "debug"
}

// This is the war task that is used to create the release
task warRelease (type: War) {
	from( THEMES_FOLDER)
 	appendix "release"
}

So far, so good.

The project contains the file “courtesy.html” (in the ‘src/main/webapp’ folder), which is included in both the wars.

Now, I have a “THEMES_FOLDER” folder, outside my project. I need to replace the “courtesy.html” file that is in the src/main/webapp folder, with the one included in the themes folder, so I would like to exlude from the warRelease the “courtesy.html” file that is contained inside the web app.

These are my (failed) attempts:

task warRelease (type: War) {
    // exclude('courtesy.html') //1: not working, will exclude ALSO the file contained inside the themes folder

// exclude('src/main/webapp/courtesy.html') // 2 not working, seems to be ignored

//from( new File('src/main/webapp'), {  // 3 not working, seems to be ignored like attempt 2
//	exclude('courtesy.html')
//})

// rootSpec.exclude("coutesy.html") // 4 not working, will exclude ALSO the file contained inside the themes folder

    from( THEMES_FOLDER)
    appendix "release"
}

I know that, including both files, the last one will be server by the appserver, so I will anyway reach my goal, but I would like to exclude redundant files to reduce war size and for the sake of clarity.

Can someone help me?

Thanks in advance!

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You can ignore a original file with a code like this:

war {
    .... // more things here
    exclude { FileTreeElement fileElement -> fileElement.file.name == 'index.html' && fileElement.file.text.contains('$STRING-ON-FILE-TO-REMOVE') }
}