Skip maven plugin with property from parent pom?

Question

I like to skip a maven plugin by setting the skip-docker-build property via a profile.

<profiles>
  <profile>
    <id>skip-docker-build</id>
    <activation>
      <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
    </activation>
    <properties>
      <skip-docker-build>true</skip-docker-build>
    </properties>
  </profile>
</profiles>

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
      <artifactId>dockerfile-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <configuration>
        <skip>${skip-docker-build}</skip>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

This all works well, when I activate the profile, the docker build is skipped. However, when I put the profiles section in the parent pom it's no longer working. How to make this work when the profile is defined in the parent pom?

Answer 1

I solved the problem by swapping the logic. I don't have a skip-docker-build, but a docker-build profile. The plugin is wrapped in this profile and if I don't want to run it then I disable it as follows

mvn clean install -P !docker-build

---

<profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>docker-build</id>
      <activation>
        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
            <artifactId>dockerfile-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>