public class ATest extends TestCase {
public void testSimple() throws IOException { Properties props = new Properties(); props.load(new FileInputStream(new File("propfile.properties"))); System.out.println("Properties read: "); props.list(System.out); }
}

and the following properties file:
aaa=aaaValue
bbb=bbbValue

Put them into the directory structure as described in the issue description. Created a run configuration, made sure the checkbox "Make before run" was checked and set up a working direcory for a test to point to compiler output directory. The test runs ok, propfile.properties is copied to compiler output witout any problems.

Could you please create a test project that illustrates the bug?

My project follows default Maven 1.1 directory structure (target contains the compiled classes).

I tried the same resource pattern you can see in the screenshot and I tried the one from the help screen ( .+\.(properties|gif|png|jpeg|xml) ).

Attached you will find a zip of a test project folder having the same problem. Here are the steps required to create an identical project :

> mkdir test
> cd test
> maven genapp (maven 1.1)
> maven idea

Using build 7255 of IDEA

After fixing the above issues everything works fine for me.

Did 1 and 2 and everything now works fine for me too.

Thank you very much,

Sébastien

I never include resources with my compiled code; these are always maintained separately and I don't want them included in source trees.