cli.cli(request);
        executionRequest = cli.populateRequest(request);
        assertNull(executionRequest.getLocalRepositoryPath());

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

            settingsCleaner = invoker.settings(context, false, container.lookup(SettingsBuilder.class));

            MavenExecutionRequest mer = new DefaultMavenExecutionRequest();
            invoker.populateRequest(context, new DefaultLookup(container), mer);
            mer = container.lookup(MavenExecutionRequestPopulator.class).populateDefaults(mer);
            return Collections.unmodifiableList(container

                }
            }

            context.logger.info("");
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void populateRequest(MavenContext context, Lookup lookup, MavenExecutionRequest request)
            throws Exception {
        super.populateRequest(context, lookup, request);
        if (context.invokerRequest.rootDirectory().isEmpty()) {

                .resolve(context.protoSession.getEffectiveProperties().get(Constants.MAVEN_USER_CONF))
                .resolve("repository")
                .normalize();
    }

    protected void populateRequest(C context, Lookup lookup, MavenExecutionRequest request) throws Exception {
        populateRequestFromSettings(request, context.effectiveSettings);