}
        }
        topDirectory = getCanonicalPath(topDirectory);
        cliRequest.topDirectory = topDirectory;
        // We're very early in the process, and we don't have the container set up yet,
        // so we rely on the JDK services to eventually look up a custom RootLocator.
        // This is used to compute {@code session.rootDirectory} but all {@code project.rootDirectory}