[SUREFIRE-861] Overriding excludes in profile does not achieve desired result

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 2.12
• Component/s: Maven Surefire Plugin
• Environment: Win 7 Java 6 u 30 64bit Mvn 3.0.4
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: tinne
• Created: 18/Apr/12 10:01
• Updated: 01/Jan/15 08:43
• Resolved: 01/Jan/15 08:43

Description

Overriding excludes in a profile does not work, the override is simply ignored. This configuration should prevent surefire from running certain tests except when the profile run-integration-tests is set:

<project ...>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.12</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>

<profiles>
<profile>
<id>run-integration-tests</id>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<excludes />
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>

As a work-around, this ugly syntax can be applied:

<project ...>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>run-integration-tests</id>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>NONE</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>

However, I consider this a bug.