Fix Double Maven Deploy

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Question: Can we fix the double deployment by setting the execution id of the custom Maven deploy plugin to default-deploy?

Answer:

Yes — this is actually a clean Maven-native solution. If you name your execution default-deploy, it overrides the default lifecycle binding of maven-deploy-plugin, preventing Maven from running it twice.

Maven lifecycle internally defines:

phase: deploy
execution id: default-deploy
plugin: maven-deploy-plugin

So if you define the same execution id, Maven replaces the default one instead of adding another.

Correct way

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>default-deploy</id>   <!-- override default -->
      <phase>deploy</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>deploy</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

Now Maven runs only once.

Why this works

Maven merges executions by:

plugin + execution id

So:

Before:

default lifecycle:
  maven-deploy-plugin (id=default-deploy)

your pom:
  maven-deploy-plugin (id=custom-deploy)

Result → TWO executions

After:

default lifecycle:
  maven-deploy-plugin (id=default-deploy)

your pom:
  maven-deploy-plugin (id=default-deploy)

Result → ONE execution (overridden)

This is actually better than skip=true

Because:

keeps lifecycle clean
avoids disabling plugin globally
works well with parent POM
more maintainable in multi-module builds

Important caveat

This only works when you’re overriding maven-deploy-plugin itself.

If you’re using another custom plugin like:

com.company:custom-deploy-plugin

then naming it default-deploy does NOT override Maven default — you will still get two deploys.

Because Maven matches by:

groupId + artifactId + executionId

So different plugin ≠ override.

Summary

✔ Same plugin + id=default-deploy → overrides default ✔ Different plugin + id=default-deploy → still double deploy ✔ safest: override or skip default plugin

So your idea is correct and commonly used.

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