ArtifactRepository localRepository = localRepository();

        Artifact a = createArtifact("a", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT");
        File file = new File(localRepository.getBasedir(), localRepository.pathOf(a));
        file.delete();
        a.setFile(file);

        File touchFile = updateCheckManager.getTouchfile(a);
        touchFile.delete();

import org.eclipse.aether.util.version.GenericVersionScheme;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import static org.codehaus.plexus.testing.PlexusExtension.getBasedir;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

/**

     * the path may point to a non XML file.
     * <p>
     * The POM path is also used to define the {@linkplain #getBasedir() base directory}
     * of the project.
     *
     * @return the path of the pom
     * @see #getBasedir()
     */
    @Nonnull
    Path getPomPath();

    /**
     * Returns the project base directory, i.e. the directory containing the project.

        assertEquals(projectToClone.getFile(), clonedProject.getFile(), "POM file is preserved across clone");
        assertEquals(
                projectToClone.getBasedir(), clonedProject.getBasedir(), "Base directory is preserved across clone");
    }

    @Test
    void testUndefinedOutputDirectory() throws Exception {
        MavenProject p = new MavenProject();

            if (projects != null) {
                projectLocalRepository = projects.stream()
                        .filter(project -> Objects.equals(root.toFile(), project.getBasedir()))
                        .findFirst()
                        .map(project -> project.getBuild().getDirectory())
                        .map(Paths::get)
                        .orElseGet(() -> root.resolve("target"))