title: Is it possible to single out and run a specific goal bound to a maven phase?
body: <p><strong>Updated to (hopefully) clarify</strong>: If a goal is defined to run during a given phase, is it possible to run the individual goal without running thru all phases. In other words would it be possible to run the <code>antrun:run</code> goal (which is defined as part of the install phase below) without getting dependencies, generate-resources, compiling, testing, package, etc? </p>
  
  <p>I'm using the antrun plugin to create a zip file during the <code>package</code> phase and to delete and copy some files during the <code>install</code> phase. I understand how to run single maven plugin goals, for example: <code>mvn antrun:run</code>. However, is there a way to run a specific execution's goal? Something like <code>mvn antrun:run:execution-id</code>, or <code>mvn phase:antrun:run</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Basically, I'd be nice if I can tell maven to do nothing else but run the ant tasks defined below inside the deploy phase, for example. It's kind of tedious having to wait for maven to go thru all the phases just to check if the ant tasks in the deploy phase are working correctly. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;executions&gt;
    &lt;!-- create zip file --&gt;
    &lt;execution&gt;
      &lt;id&gt;create-zip&lt;/id&gt;
      &lt;phase&gt;package&lt;/phase&gt;
      &lt;configuration&gt;
        &lt;tasks&gt;
      ...create zip...
        &lt;/tasks&gt;
      &lt;/configuration&gt;
      &lt;goals&gt;
        &lt;goal&gt;run&lt;/goal&gt;
      &lt;/goals&gt;
        &lt;/execution&gt;
    &lt;!-- do some other stuff  --&gt;
    &lt;execution&gt;
      &lt;id&gt;copy-files&lt;/id&gt;
      &lt;phase&gt;install&lt;/phase&gt;
      &lt;configuration&gt;
        &lt;tasks&gt;
      ...delete some files, copy some files ...
        &lt;/tasks&gt;
      &lt;/configuration&gt;
      &lt;goals&gt;
        &lt;goal&gt;run&lt;/goal&gt;
      &lt;/goals&gt;
        &lt;/execution&gt;
      &lt;/executions&gt;
  </code></pre>