pom.xml

<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>test</groupId>
  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.5</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.5</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.17</version>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.13.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <!-- if ./exclusions.txt is present, use that as the exclusion list. Useful when skipping tests. -->
      <id>exclusions</id>
      <activation>
        <file>
          <exists>exclusions.txt</exists>
        </file>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
              <excludesFile>exclusions.txt</excludesFile>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
    <profile>
      <!-- if ./inclusions.txt is present, use that as the inclusion list. Useful when skipping tests. -->
      <id>inclusions</id>
      <activation>
        <file>
          <exists>inclusions.txt</exists>
        </file>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
              <includesFile>inclusions.txt</includesFile>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</project>