code: public static void load(File file)
      {
          try(FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file))
          {
              LineIterator it = IOUtils.lineIterator(inputStream, "UTF-8");
              while (it.hasNext())
              {
                  String line = it.next();
                  if (!line.startsWith("#") && !line.trim().isEmpty())
                  {
                      add(line);
                  }
              }
          }
          catch (Exception e)
          {
              throw new WindupException("Failed loading archive ignore patterns from [" + file.toString() + "]", e);
          }
      }
docs: Load the given configuration file.