[MNG-5230] Command line option to exclude modules from reactor

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.1
• Component/s: Command Line
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Falko Modler
• Created: 20/Jan/12 07:01
• Updated: 21/Mar/14 10:27
• Resolved: 08/Jan/14 17:14

Description

Every now and then I want to exclude one or more modules from a rather large reactor build.
One reason for this can be: The respective module has tests that take long time to execute and I know that I don't need to execute them.

Introducing yet another profile for this is not desirable for various reasons.

So, something like an opposite to -pl would come in handy. Let's say "-el" for "exclude list".

Example:

root
  + module a
    + module a1
    + module a2
  + module b
    + module b1
  + module c

Calling mvn -el a1,c would build all modules execpt a1 and c.

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-5085 Add a CLI option to ignore missing modules