To exclude any file from a jar / target directory you can use the <excludes>
tag in your pom.xml file.
In the next example, all files with .properties
extension will not be included:
<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>*.properties</exclude>
</excludes>
<filtering>false</filtering>
</resource>
</resources>
</build>