assembly.xml

<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0" 
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
    <id>src</id>
    <formats>
        <format>tar.gz</format>
        <format>tar.bz2</format>
        <format>zip</format>
    </formats>
    <fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <includes>
                <include>README*</include>
            </includes>
            <filtered>true</filtered>
        </fileSet>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
                <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
                <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
                <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
</assembly>