Does Ant offer a way to bypass dependency?

Question

The build.xml has a test and a build target. The test target obviously depends on the build target.

How can I run the test target on

Answer 1

Just "remove" the dependency temporarily?`If the code is built already all your files should be available, no? - oops, just saw that you cannot alter the file, hmm, why don´t you run the same job locally first?