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Asked: 2026-06-12T02:21:45+00:00

Many maven plugins have a configuration option skip that should skip the execution of

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Many maven plugins have a configuration option “skip” that should skip the execution of the plugin. It seems as if setting those options on the command line has no effect:

[james@JAMES-PC ~/er]$ mvn clean test -Dpmd.skip=true -Dlicense.skip=true
[INFO] Scanning for projects...

... etc.etc.

[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-license-plugin:1.4.0:check (check-headers) @ eranger ---
[INFO] Checking licenses...
[INFO]
[INFO] >>> maven-pmd-plugin:2.7.1:check (pmd-check) @ eranger >>>
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-pmd-plugin:2.7.1:pmd (pmd) @ eranger ---
[INFO]
[INFO] <<< maven-pmd-plugin:2.7.1:check (pmd-check) @ eranger <<<
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-pmd-plugin:2.7.1:check (pmd-check) @ eranger ---

... etc.etc.

The pmd and the license plugins still get executed. Any ideas how to really skip them?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The plugin is loaded but not fully executed; otherwise, you’d see a lot of output of PMD analyzing your code.

    The reason why this happens is that the option pmd.skip is evaluated by the PMD plugin itself, so Maven has to load it. The plugin will check the option and exit immediately.

    If that is still too much for you, move the plugin into a profile.

    [EDIT] Since the maven-license-plugin should support skip (see the docs), you have probably found a bug.

    I suggest to:

    1. File a bug report
    2. Move the plugin into a profile (see above)
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