code: public void setIgnoreDependencyPattern(String ignoreDependencyPattern) {
          try {
              Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(ignoreDependencyPattern);
              this.ignoreDependencyPattern = pattern;
          } catch (PatternSyntaxException e) {
              throw new BuildException("invalid ignore dependency pattern: "
                      + e.getMessage());
          }
      }
docs: Dependencies that must be ignored when selecting the profiles to rebuild.
  Value must be a regular expression matching a (namespaced) template name.
  
  NOTE: Use of this option may cause incomplete builds. Use this option
  with extreme caution.
  
  @param ignoreDependencyPattern
  regular expression used to match namespaced template names to
  ignore