mvn settings.xml et al.

maven.goodies

    <profile>
      <id>skipTests</id>
      <properties>
        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
      </properties>
    </profile>

    <profile>
      <id>dontGenerateBackupPoms</id>
      <properties>
        <generateBackupPoms>false</generateBackupPoms>
      </properties>
    </profile>

  <activeProfiles>
    <activeProfile>skipTests</activeProfile>
    <activeProfile>dontGenerateBackupPoms</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>



mvn -s ~/.m2/alternative/settings.xml \
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:get \
-DrepoUrl=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/ \
-Dartifact=io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin:2.2.0-SNAPSHOT