Sonar Maven Plugin: How do I exclude test source directories?

Question

I have a Maven project with Java sources and Scala test sources. I generate code coverage using Jacoco during the verify stage. When I try to run the s

Answer 1

Either add a step to remove the folder before running the SonarQube analysis. Or set exclusions on test files. See http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/Narrowing+the+Focus#NarrowingtheFocus-IgnoreFiles

Answer 2

sonar.test.exclusions should be used instead of sonar.exclusions

<sonar.test.exclusions>
   **/test/*
</sonar.test.exclusions>