Using tasks attributes

Using <target/> Attributes

Since plugin version 1.2 you can specify attributes in the <target/> configuration to execute or not Ant tasks depending some conditions. For example, to skip Ant call, you could add the following:

<project>    ...    <build>      <plugins>        ...        <plugin>          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>          <version>1.7</version>          <executions>            <execution>              <phase> <!-- a lifecycle phase --> </phase>              <configuration>                  <target unless="maven.test.skip">                  <echo message="To skip me, just call mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true"/>                </target>                </configuration>              <goals>                <goal>run</goal>              </goals>            </execution>          </executions>        </plugin>        ...      </plugins>    </build>    ...  </project>

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