Execute Maven plugin goal on parent module, but not on children

Question

We have a multi-module maven project that uses a profile that defines a buildnumber-maven-plugin to increment a build number and then check it into source control.

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Answer 1

You can add false to the plugin configuration to avoid inheritance in children POMs:

      
        org.codehaus.mojo
        buildnumber-maven-plugin
        1.0-beta-3
        false
        ...
      

Or, if your plugin has multiple executions, you can control which executions are inherited and which are not by adding the inherited tag to the execution body:

  org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-antrun-plugin
    
      
        parent-only
        initialize
        false
        
          
            
          
        
        
          run
        
      
      
        all-modules
        initialize
        true 
        
          
            
          
        
        
          run