Can't override POM property on the command line while executing release:perform - command-line

Question

Given this complete Maven POM file that is meant to be used as a root POM for packaged (JAR, WAR, etc) projects or non packaged projects (for example web pages) that still should be tagged with a new release tag ...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<name>Common Maven parent POM</name>
<description>Maven parent POM for common POM properties for any type of project</description>
<url>http://my.site.com</url>
<groupId>com.my.site</groupId>
<artifactId>mvn-common</artifactId>
<version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<properties>
<eclipse.projectName>${project.name} ${project.version}</eclipse.projectName>
<mvn.local.repo.root>file:///C:/.m2</mvn.local.repo.root>
<scm.url.root>https://localhost/svn</scm.url.root>
<scm.url.project>workspace/tools/maven/pom/mvn-common</scm.url.project>
<scm.url.trunk>scm:svn:${scm.url.root}/${scm.url.project}/trunk</scm.url.trunk>
<scm.url.tag>${scm.url.root}/${scm.url.project}/tags</scm.url.tag>
<!-- Deploy makes only sense to packaged artifacts -->
<skip.deploy>true</skip.deploy>
</properties>
<scm><developerConnection>${scm.url.trunk}</developerConnection></scm>
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>mvn.repo.releases</id>
<url>${mvn.local.repo.root}/releases</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<id>mvn.repo.snapshots</id>
<url>${mvn.local.repo.root}/snapshots</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>
<repositories>
<!-- These must also be defined in the local settings as <servers> -->
<repository>
<id>mvn.repo</id>
<url>${mvn.local.repo.root}/repo</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>mvn.repo.releases</id>
<url>${mvn.local.repo.root}/releases</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>mvn.repo.snapshots</id>
<url>${mvn.local.repo.root}/snapshots</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<skip>${skip.deploy}</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<projectNameTemplate>${eclipse.projectName}</projectNameTemplate>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.2</version>
<configuration>
<tagBase>${scm.url.tag}</tagBase>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<extensions>
<extension>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
<artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</extension>
</extensions>
</build>
</project>
... can I not get the property true overridden on the command line when I execute
mvn release:prepare && mvn -Dskip.deploy=false release:perform
The property is used to set the configuration value for the maven-deploy-plugin to skip deploy as default (which should be overridden in a sub POM for packaged projects) and I believe that it should be possible to override a user defined property like this but not a Maven property which would be maven.deploy.skip in this case.
The release works fine in that it properly creates a new tagged version of the POM in the SVN repository but I can't get the maven-deploy-plugin to recognise the value for the property set on the command line
[INFO] [INFO] --- maven-deploy-plugin:2.8.1:deploy (default-deploy) # mvn-common ---
[INFO] [INFO] Skipping artifact deployment
[INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am I overlooking something here? A bug somewhere here could be an explanation but I have not found any reported that applies when I have searched around. It would be great if someone could see anything that looks incorrect or give me at tip on what to try next.

Answer 1

I eventually found the answer myself in Properties lost during Maven release:perform where the answer explained that there is a forked process for release so to get the command line property recognised and have it to override the property set in the POM must it be passed through as
-Darguments=-D...
and the command I must use then looks like this
mvn release:prepare && mvn release:perform -Darguments=-Dskip.deploy=false
Thanks to myself for answering this question and thanks Stephen Connolly that answered the other thread. It is just sad that I didn't find that answer until know in all the noise that come up when I try to google for it.