Maven Versions Plugin - Skip running maven versions plugin during mvn build install

Question

Whenever I run mvn clean install I want mvn versions plugin to run, which is how my project currently operates. This is perfect, but sometimes I may want to NOT run maven versions plugin to speed up build time (this case is more the exception that the rule).

But I can't find anyway to skip it... (there's no -DskipVersions=true AFAIK).

Does anyone know how can I skip the execution of only this plugin?

maven-versions-plugin: https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/

Answer 1

Use a maven profile for executing the version maven plugin. When activeByDefault you do not need to add the profile for maven build.

<profiles>
  <profile>
    <id>useVersion</id>
    <activation>
      <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
    </activation>
    <plugins>
         <plugin>
             ...
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>        
              ...
          </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </profile>
</profiles>

You could disable the profile by using !

mvn clean install -P !useVersion

For further information Llook at https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html