maven :: run only single test in multi-module project

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jdevelop picture jdevelop · Aug 8, 2012 · Viewed 45.7k times · Source

Is there any way to provide some command-line argument in order to skip all tests but one on some module? So I will not need to change pom.xml every time I will need to run another test?

For example, I want to create build configuration on TeamCity, and provide command-line arguments to run only single test in some module. Next time I will need to change it and run another test, and so on.

Perhaps it is not how CI is intended to be used, but still.

Answer

Nick Gerner picture Nick Gerner · May 3, 2013

I assume you've read the docs about running a single test under surefire? What they don't tell you is how to do that in a sub-module:

mvn test -Dtest=testname -pl subproject

Where subproject is the project containing that test. From the mvn man page:

-pl,--projects arg Comma-delimited list of specified reactor projects to build instead of all projects. A project can be specified by [groupId]:artifactId or by its relative path.

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