Exclude files with maven assembly does not work

Question

I have very simple assembly descriptor

Answer 1

You need to filter the dependencySet as well. Try updating your assembly descriptor as

<dependencySet>
    <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
    <useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
    <unpack>true</unpack>
    <scope>runtime</scope>
    <unpackOptions>
        <excludes>
            <exclude>**/dbAccess.*</exclude>
        </excludes>
    </unpackOptions>
</dependencySet>