assertNull(executionRequest.getLocalRepositoryPath());

        // System-properties override default
        request.getSystemProperties().setProperty(Constants.MAVEN_REPO_LOCAL, "." + File.separatorChar + "custom1");
        executionRequest = cli.populateRequest(request);
        assertNotNull(executionRequest.getLocalRepositoryPath());
        assertEquals(

        DefaultMavenExecutionRequest copy = new DefaultMavenExecutionRequest();
        copy.setLocalRepository(original.getLocalRepository());
        copy.setLocalRepositoryPath(original.getLocalRepositoryPath());
        copy.setOffline(original.isOffline());
        copy.setInteractiveMode(original.isInteractiveMode());
        copy.setCacheNotFound(original.isCacheNotFound());

    // Local repository
    MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepositoryPath(String localRepository);

    MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepositoryPath(File localRepository);

    File getLocalRepositoryPath();

    MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository repository);

    ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository();

    // Interactive

     * then we will take that over the value coming from the user settings.
     */
    private static Settings adaptSettings(MavenExecutionRequest request) {
        File localRepo = request.getLocalRepositoryPath();
        return new Settings(org.apache.maven.api.settings.Settings.newBuilder()
                .localRepository(localRepo != null ? localRepo.getAbsolutePath() : null)

                .build();
    }

    private void validateLocalRepository(MavenExecutionRequest request) throws IOException {
        File localRepoDir = request.getLocalRepositoryPath();

        logger.debug("Using local repository at {}", localRepoDir);

        localRepoDir.mkdirs();

        if (!localRepoDir.isDirectory()) {