[MPMD-294] Add support for setting includes/excludes via a user property

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system

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Start by locating the Maven PMD plugin's handling of includes and excludes, then trace how user properties are exposed to that configuration. The issue describes runtime file lists as the goal; done should allow changed Java files supplied through user properties to be included or excluded when PMD runs.

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enhancement priority:major

Roy Arnon opened MPMD-294 and commented

I have a use case were I want to execute pmd on a huge monorepo project, but only on the changed files.

Getting the changed java files via git is trivial, but it seems that the PMD plugin does not support setting the includes/excludes by user property.

Can we look into adding a property like maven surefires includesFile/excludesFile, which will allow us to specify includes/excludes at runtime?

I may try to prepare a PR for this feature if I have the time.

Affects: 3.12.0

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