[SUREFIRE-766] Regression in excludes feature between surefire 2.6 and 2.7.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.8, 2.8.1, 2.9
• Fix Version/s: 2.10
• Component/s: Junit 4.x support
• Assignee: Paul Gier
• Reporter: Jonathan Hsieh
• Created: 05/Sep/11 19:27
• Updated: 23/Sep/11 23:24
• Resolved: 23/Sep/11 23:24

Description

I have a build that excludes certain JUnit 4 test cases by allowing users to specify a -Dtest.exclude.pattern=*/TestA.java,*/TestB.java style command line argument. This worked for surefire 2.5, 2.6 but fails to work in 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.8, 2.8.1, and 2.9 releases.

Here's how I pass in the excludes from the command line:

...
<plugins> <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <forkMode>always</forkMode>
          <includes>
            <include>**/Test*.java</include>
          </includes>
          <excludes>
            <exclude>**/*$*</exclude>
            <exclude>${test.exclude.pattern}</exclude>
          </excludes>
...

and

...
<properties>
   ...
   <!-- For flaky tests exclusion -->
    <test.exclude />
    <test.exclude.pattern>**/${test.exclude}.java</test.exclude.pattern>
  </properties>
...