/**
 * CliRequest
 */
@Deprecated
public class CliRequest {
    String[] args;

    CommandLine commandLine;

    ClassWorld classWorld;

    String workingDirectory;

    File multiModuleProjectDirectory;

    Path rootDirectory;

    Path topDirectory;

    boolean verbose;

    boolean quiet;

    boolean showErrors = true;

    Properties userProperties = new Properties();

The .mvn directory is needed to be able to use the ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory} property....

@REM work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*

%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
goto end

:error
set ERROR_CODE=1

:end
@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%

  \"-Dclassworlds.conf=$CLASSWORLDS_CONF\" \
  \"-Dmaven.home=$MAVEN_HOME\" \
  \"-Dmaven.mainClass=$MAVEN_MAIN_CLASS\" \
  \"-Dlibrary.jline.path=${MAVEN_HOME}/lib/jline-native\" \
  \"-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR\" \
  $LAUNCHER_CLASS \
  $MAVEN_ARGS"

# Add remaining arguments with proper quoting
for arg in "$@"; do
    cmd="$cmd \"$arg\""
done