Index: src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyBuildList.java
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--- src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyBuildList.java	(revision 537744)
+++ src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyBuildList.java	(working copy)
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
     private boolean _excludeRoot = false;
     private String _leaf = "*";
     private boolean _excludeLeaf = false;
+    private boolean _transitive = true;
+    
 
 
     public void addFileset(FileSet buildFiles) {
@@ -93,7 +95,15 @@
 		_excludeLeaf = excludeLeaf;
 	}
 
-    public void execute() throws BuildException {
+    public boolean isTransitive() {
+		return _transitive;
+	}
+
+	public void setTransitive(boolean transitive) {
+		this._transitive = transitive;
+	}
+
+	public void execute() throws BuildException {
         if (_reference == null) {
             throw new BuildException("reference should be provided in ivy build list");
         }
@@ -210,14 +220,18 @@
 
         // recursively process the nodes
         Set toKeep = new HashSet();
-        processFilterNodeFromRoot(rootmd, toKeep, moduleIdMap);
 
-        // With the excluderoot attribute set to true, take the rootmd out of the toKeep set.
+        // Only add the rootmd to the toKeep set if the excluderoot attribute set to false
         if (_excludeRoot) {
-            Message.verbose("Excluded module " + rootmd.getModuleRevisionId().getModuleId().getName());
-            toKeep.remove(rootmd);
+        	//Only for logging purposes 
+        	Message.verbose("Excluded module " + rootmd.getModuleRevisionId().getModuleId().getName());
+        } else {
+        	toKeep.add(rootmd);
         }
+        
+        processFilterNodeFromRoot(rootmd, toKeep, moduleIdMap);
 
+
         // just for logging
         for (Iterator iter = toKeep.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
             ModuleDescriptor md = ((ModuleDescriptor) iter.next());
@@ -236,13 +250,14 @@
      * @param moduleIdMap reference mapping of moduleId to ModuleDescriptor that are part of the BuildList
      */
     private void processFilterNodeFromRoot(ModuleDescriptor node, Set toKeep, Map moduleIdMap) {
-        toKeep.add(node);
-
         DependencyDescriptor[] deps = node.getDependencies();
         for (int i=0; i<deps.length; i++) {
             ModuleId id = deps[i].getDependencyId();
             if (moduleIdMap.get(id) != null) {
-                processFilterNodeFromRoot((ModuleDescriptor) moduleIdMap.get(id), toKeep, moduleIdMap);
+                toKeep.add(moduleIdMap.get(id));
+                if (_transitive) {
+                	processFilterNodeFromRoot((ModuleDescriptor) moduleIdMap.get(id), toKeep, moduleIdMap);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -299,7 +314,9 @@
 	            ModuleId id = deps[i].getDependencyId();
 	            if (node.getModuleRevisionId().getModuleId().equals(id) && !toKeep.contains(md)) {
 	            	toKeep.add(md);
-	            	processFilterNodeFromLeaf(md, toKeep, moduleIdMap);
+	            	if (_transitive) {
+	            		processFilterNodeFromLeaf(md, toKeep, moduleIdMap);
+	            	}
 	            }
 	        }
 		}