Regression in -groups CLA

[dr29bart]

TestNG Version

7.8.0

Expected behavior

-groups runner parameter allows to override all groups defined in a suite xml file

Actual behavior

-groups runner parameter is ignored

Is the issue reproducible on runner?

• Shell
• Maven
• Gradle
• Ant
• Eclipse
• IntelliJ
• NetBeans

Test case sample

1. There is parent xml suite which defines groups.run.include "abc" and includes child xml suite
2. There is child xml suite which includes a test class
3. There is a test class which has two tests: one has "abc" group and other has "xyz" group
4. Start test run with -groups xyz

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[krmahadevan]

@dr29bart - it would be easy to reproduce if you include a sample project that can recreate the bug.