JBehave & Maven - how to skip scenario tests

Question

I'm using jbehave and the jbehave maven plugin to run a set of scenario tests.

Have my test class extending JUnitStories, and everything works nicely. Only issue is, I can't stop running the tests...

Every time I run the maven install goal, it runs the tests. I've tried adding a skip scenarios profile, below, but it doesn't stop the tests from running.

<profile>
    <id>skipScenarios</id>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <skip>true</skip>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</profile>

I've also tried using an exclude tag instead of the skip, and excluding my scenario class, but no luck.

I'd really appreciate any insight, or ideas you guys have! Thanks!

Answer 1

You don't need a profile for this. Just add ${skipTests} to the configuration of the execution like this

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.jbehave</groupId>  
   <artifactId>jbehave-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>${jbehave.core.version}</version>
   <executions>
      <execution>
         <id>unpack-view-resources</id>
         <phase>process-resources</phase>
         <goals>
            <goal>unpack-view-resources</goal>
         </goals>
      </execution>
      <execution>
     <id>embeddable-stories</id>
         <phase>test</phase>
         <configuration>
            <includes>
               <include>${embeddables}</include>
            </includes>
            <excludes />
            <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
            ...

Running mvn -DskipTests will then skip unit tests and JBhehave scenarios.