Overwrite property during maven release fails

Question

I've added a new property named in the properties section. I'm using this property in one on my plugins:

<plugin>
<groupId>...</groupId>
<artifactId>...</artifactId>
<version>...</version>
<executions>
    <execution>
        <phase>validate</phase>
        <id>...</id>
        <goals>
            <goal>read-dev</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
            <files>
                <file>${dev-file}</file>
            </files>
        </configuration>
    </execution>
    <execution>
        <phase>pre-clean</phase>
        <id>...</id>
        <goals>
            <goal>read-dev</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
            <files>
                <file>${dev-file}</file>
            </files>
        </configuration>
    </execution>
</executions>

I need to overwrite this property.

It works perfect when I run: mvn clean deploy -Ddev-file=tmp.dev

But it fails to read the new dev file when I run: mvn release:clean release:prepare release:perform -Ddev-file=tmp.dev

Do you have any idea of what might cause this bug? or what else should I check?

Answer 1

Passing arguments to the release plugin is a beauty:

mvn release:clean release:prepare release:perform -Darguments=-Ddev-file=tmp.dev