title: Can I configure multiple plugin executions in pluginManagement, and choose from them in my child POM?
body: <p>I have 2 common plugin-driven tasks that I want to execute in my projects. Because they're common, I want to move their configuration to the <code>pluginMangement</code> section of a shared parent POM. However, both of the 2 tasks, whilst otherwise completely distinct, use the same plugin. In some of my projects I only want to do 1 of the 2 tasks (I don't always want to run all executions of the plugin).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to specify multiple different executions of a plugin, within the <code>pluginManagement</code> section of a parent pom, and choose in my child pom one (and only one) of those executions to actually run? If I configure 2 executions in <code>pluginManagement</code>, it seems that both executions will run.</p>
  
  <p>Note: I think this may, or may not, be a duplicate of question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1266226/maven2-problem-with-pluginmanagement-and-parent-child-relationship">Maven2 - problem with pluginManagement and parent-child relationship</a>, but as the question is nearly 4 screenfuls long (TL;DR), a succinct duplicate might be worthwhile.</p>