[jira] [Created] (MPH-192) need option for evaluate goal

["Garret Wilson (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Garret Wilson created MPH-192:
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             Summary: need <skip> option for evaluate goal
                 Key: MPH-192
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-192
             Project: Maven Help Plugin
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: evaluate
    Affects Versions: 3.3.0
            Reporter: Garret Wilson


It is typical and even expected for Maven plugins to have a {{<skip>}} option, so that we can provide (via properties, profiles, etc.) a way to skip the plugin execution. See for example the [Antrun Plugin {{<skip>}} option|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/run-mojo.html#skip] and the [Maven Assembly Plugin {{<skipAssembly>}} option|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/single-mojo.html#skipAssembly]. (I could provide a long list of similar plugins.)

Please provide a Maven configuration option to skip execution for the {{evaluate}} goal.

This is particularly important because the Maven Help Plugin provides the only means to generate output to a file which is recognized across many development environments. (For example, Antrun {{<echo>}} can generate a file, but it is not supported by Eclipse.)

It is important to be able to able to configure in the POM to evaluate an expression and output to a file _only_ under certain conditions. Currently the lack of this functionality is blocking my use of the Maven Help Plugin {{evaluate}} goal and I am forced to look for other options, or limp along with Antrun not working in Eclipse.

Thank you.



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