How to exclude some files and subdirectories from Pipelines cache

Question

I would like to cache the `target` (output) directory of a Maven build in Pipelines but I would like to exclude the `target/failsafe-reports` and `target/surefire-reports` subdirectories. How can I achieve that?

stauvel · Answer

hello

With Maven 3.9+ you should use Maven Build Cache plugin for this : https://maven.apache.org/extensions/maven-build-cache-extension/

Ben · Answer

Hi @Sayo Oladeji

Can you try define multiple folders like this and let me know how it goes? You will need to run it at least twice for the cache to get created:

path: ./folder1 && ./folder2

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)

Sayo Oladeji · Answer

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the answer. Can I do that under a single cache declaration? Something like this:

```
my-cache:
   - path/1

- path/2
```

Right now the recommended way of caching multiple folders is to declare multiple caches but that's slow since the caches are fetched and decompressed sequentially.