I've got a multiple project setup, using Maven and the Findbugs plugin. I need to exclude some files in one of the child projects, so I added it to findbugs-exclude.xml. That works when I build in the subproject.
My issue comes when I try to build at top level. Maven is not finding the findbugs-exclude.xml in the subproject. So it doesn't ignore my errors and fails because of them. I can put my findbugs-exclude.xml in the top level directory, and the exclusion works. But that's polluting the top level, and would not be looked upon favorably.
Is there a way to get the Maven plugin to use the findbugs-exclude.xml file from a subdirectory? Preferably with little to no change at the top level?