src/assembly/package.xml

<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
    <!-- Assembles a packaged version targeting OS installation. -->
    <id>package</id>
    <formats>
        <format>dir</format>
    </formats>
    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
    <fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
            <outputDirectory>share/doc/kafka-connect-geode/</outputDirectory>
            <includes>
                <include>README*</include>
                <include>LICENSE*</include>
                <include>NOTICE*</include>
            </includes>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
    <dependencySets>
        <dependencySet>
            <outputDirectory>share/java/kafka-connect-geode</outputDirectory>
            <useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
            <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
            <excludes>
                <!-- Exclude these jars during packaging.-->
                <exclude>org.apache.kafka:connect-api</exclude>
                <exclude>org.apache.kafka:connect-json</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </dependencySet>
    </dependencySets>
</assembly>