@blue-fish-35856 it sounds like you're describing a general jvm language issue for resource files. We provide relief for `jvm_binary`s that compose libraries (and your own code) in the form of

deploy_jar_rules

. The BUILD dictionary has some info on this: https://www.pantsbuild.org/build_dictionary.html Can you confirm that your problem centers around "deploy jars", ie: the product of

./pants binary ...