Maven command to exclude nothing despite exclude entry in pom

Question

Which maven command can be used to execute all tests despite there is <exclude> entry under surefire plugin configuration in pom.xml file?

For example - Following is section from pom.xml but i do not want to exclude TestA.java. Which maven command can be used?

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <excludes>
        <exclude>**/TestA.java</exclude>
    </excludes>
 </configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 1

Add a profile to your pom.xml

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>all-tests</id>
        <build>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                    <configuration>
                        <excludes>
                            <exclude></exclude>
                        </excludes>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </build>
    </profile>
</profiles>

This profile overwrites the excludes section for surefire plugin. Simply activate the profile via:

mvn clean install -Pall-tests