// TODO: These should be generated too
            userManual.getSnippets().convention(layout.getProjectDirectory().dir("src/snippets"));
            userManual.getSamples().convention(layout.getProjectDirectory().dir("src/samples"));

        if (fromRepo) {
            // when model is read from repo, a stream is used, then pomFile == null
            // (has consequences in inheritance algorithm since getProjectDirectory() returns null)
            parent = parent.clone();
            parent.setPomFile(null);
            child = child.clone();
            child.setPomFile(null);
        }

     *         project (e.g. describes the metadata of some artifact from the repository).
     */
    @Deprecated
    public java.io.File getProjectDirectory() {
        return (getDelegate().getProjectDirectory() != null) ? getDelegate().getProjectDirectory().toFile() : null;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the base directory for the corresponding project (if any).
     *