Override Maven plugin configuration defined in the pom pluginManagement from the command line

Question

The POM that my project inherits contains some for the release plugin that specifies some additional arguments.

Answer 1

Found the solution. In my POM I add this which overrides the settings in the parent POM and allows to specify additional arguments on command line, e.g. -Darguments=-Pmock

<pluginManagement>
    <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
            <arguments>${arguments} -Prelease</arguments>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
</pluginManagement>

Answer 2

You cannot override a configuration, which is already set in the POM (see Maven Bug MNG-4979). You may use variables in order to avoid this behaviour. The snippet of your answer makes use of it.