In Maven, can a profile override the modules (to not include any)

Question

In maven, once you define your modules in you pom.xml all profiles aggregate the modules defined in them: (relevant part only)

Answer 1

While the question is old, Google still ranks it highly, so it makes sense to add a new answer.

You can use the activation by absence of a property trick to achieve what you want.

        
        
            full-build
            
                
                
                    !skip-modules
                
            
            
                module1
                module2
                module3
            
        

        
        
            no-modules
            
                
                
                    skip-modules