Ant - Copy without hidden files(e.g. htaccess)

By xngo on June 29, 2019

<target name="CopyExcludingHiddenFiles">
  <copy todir="destination_directory">
    <!-- defaultexcludes="yes" so that hidden/dot files(e.g. .htaccess) are NOT copied. -->
    <fileset dir="source_directory" defaultexcludes="yes"/>
  </copy>
</target>

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