Set plugin's property on the command line in maven 2

Question

In maven 2.x, how would one set a plugin\'s property on the command line instead of in the of that plugin in the pom or in settings.xml?

For exampl

Answer 1

Define the properties as arbitrary properties ... not the standard maven props such as version. In my case I defined a new property build.version:

 build.version=unknown 

I use the property:

${build.version}

I define the property:

mvn -P prod -Dbuild.version=app_name-branch_name-build_number package