return path;
    }

    @Deprecated
    public void merge(File existing, File result) throws RepositoryException {
        merge(existing != null ? existing.toPath() : null, result != null ? result.toPath() : null);
    }

    @Override
    public void merge(Path existing, Path result) throws RepositoryException {
        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

            }

            if (!visited.add(a.getGroupId() + ':' + a.getArtifactId() + ':' + a.getBaseVersion())) {
                RepositoryException exception =
                        new RepositoryException("Artifact relocations form a cycle: " + visited);
                invalidDescriptor(session, trace, a, exception);