ArtifactRepository localRepository = localRepository();

        Artifact a = createRemoteArtifact("a", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT");
        RepositoryMetadata metadata = new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata(a);

        File file = new File(
                localRepository.getBasedir(), localRepository.pathOfLocalRepositoryMetadata(metadata, localRepository));
        file.delete();

                new ChainedDependencyGraphTransformer(transformer, new ManagedDependencyContextRefiner(scopeManager));
        session.setDependencyGraphTransformer(transformer);

        LocalRepository localRepo = new LocalRepository(localRepository().getBasedir());
        session.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory().newInstance(session, localRepo));
        return session;
    }

    }
}

fun publishNormalizedToLocalRepository() {
    val localRepository = layout.buildDirectory.dir("repo")
    val baseName = gradleModule.identity.baseName

    publishing {
        repositories {
            maven {
                name = "local"
                url = uri(localRepository)
            }
        }
        publications {
            create<MavenPublication>("local") {

}

// publish plugin to local repository for integration testing -----------------
// See AbstractPluginTest
val localRepository = layout.buildDirectory.dir("repository")

val publishPluginsToTestRepository by tasks.registering {
    dependsOn("publishPluginMavenPublicationToTestRepository")
    val repoDir = localRepository // Prevent capturing the Gradle script instance for configuration cache compatibility

                .setLocalRepository(getLocalRepository());

        DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = new DefaultRepositorySystemSession();
        LocalRepository localRepo =
                new LocalRepository(request.getLocalRepository().getBasedir());
        session.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory().newInstance(session, localRepo));

 *
 * <p>Key capabilities provided through the Session include:</p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Access to the current {@link org.apache.maven.api.Project}</li>
 *   <li>Access to the {@link org.apache.maven.api.LocalRepository} and {@link org.apache.maven.api.RemoteRepository} configurations</li>
 *   <li>Access to Maven services through {@link org.apache.maven.api.Session#getService(Class)}</li>
 *   <li>Build configuration and settings</li>
 * </ul>