How to Deploy only the sub-modules using maven deploy?

Question

How do i deploy only the sub-modules of the project? i have a project as;

ProjectA
 -  Submodule B
 - Submodlue C
 - Submodule D 

The submodule

Answer 1

You can configure the maven-deploy-plugin in the POM of a module to exclude it from the deploy:

  
     org.apache.maven.plugins
     maven-deploy-plugin
     2.4
     
       true
     
   
   ...