I am using the maven enforcer plugin. Given I have a parent and child pom.xml, I would like that the elements in the exclusions and inclusions tags are appended rather than overridden. I have tried using combine.children="append" for this and it works but I am ending up with an extra configuration tag. Am I using combine.children incorrectly and/or how can I avoid the extra configuration tag? See the example below:
In parent pom.xml:
<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<rules>
<bannedDependencies>
<excludes>
<exclude>org.apache.maven</exclude>
<exclude>org.apache.maven:badArtifact</exclude>
<exclude>*:badArtifact</exclude>
</excludes>
<includes>
<!--only 1.0 of badArtifact is allowed-->
<include>org.apache.maven:badArtifact:1.0</include>
</includes>
</bannedDependencies>
</rules>
<fail>true</fail>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
In child pom.xml:
<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<rules>
<bannedDependencies>
<includes combine.children="append">
<include>org.apache.maven:otherArtifact:2.0</include>
</includes>
</bannedDependencies>
</rules>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
Expected effective POM:
<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<rules>
<bannedDependencies>
<excludes>
<exclude>org.apache.maven</exclude>
<exclude>org.apache.maven:badArtifact</exclude>
<exclude>*:badArtifact</exclude>
</excludes>
<includes>
<!--only 1.0 of badArtifact is allowed-->
<include>org.apache.maven:badArtifact:1.0</include>
<include>org.apache.maven:otherArtifact:2.0</include>
</includes>
</bannedDependencies>
</rules>
<fail>true</fail>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
Actual effective POM:
<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<rules>
<bannedDependencies>
<excludes>
<exclude>org.apache.maven</exclude>
<exclude>org.apache.maven:badArtifact</exclude>
<exclude>*:badArtifact</exclude>
</excludes>
<includes combine.children="append>
<!--only 1.0 of badArtifact is allowed-->
<include>org.apache.maven:badArtifact:1.0</include>
<include>org.apache.maven:otherArtifact:2.0</include>
</includes>
</bannedDependencies>
</rules>
<fail>true</fail>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<rules>
<bannedDependencies>
<includes combine.children="append">
<include>org.apache.maven:otherArtifact:2.0</include>
</includes>
</bannedDependencies>
</rules>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>