a debug message.

  * If the wagon is bound to "file://" then:

    Retrieve the file or base-url file to be "downloaded".

    * If the file (or more usefully, the base-url file) exists, proceed.

    * If the file (or base-url file) doesn't exist, assume that this location
      is part of a file-share. Ignore the request and print a debug message
      as above.

 - [ ] I hereby declare this contribution to be licenced under the [Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

 - [ ] In any other case, please file an [Apache Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf).

CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.

   1. DEFINITIONS

   "Contribution" means:

a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial code and documentation
distributed under this Agreement, and

      b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:

         i) changes to the Program, and

         ii) additions to the Program;

main channel of communication for contributors.  
There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
+ Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work (this is usually the master branch).
  Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
+ Make commits of logical units.
+ Respect the original code style: by using the same [codestyle][code-style],

    1.3. "Covered Software" means (a) the Original Software, or (b)
    Modifications, or (c) the combination of files containing Original
    Software with files containing Modifications, in each case including
    portions thereof.

    1.4. "Executable" means the Covered Software in any form other than
    Source Code.

    1.5. "Initial Developer" means the individual or entity that first

  their projects. It also allows for a certain amount of legacy support into the
  future. Therefore, we should rename this file from pom.xml in the maven-core
  jarfile to pom-4.0.0.xml (and successive revisions to the base pom made to
  accommodate changes in the model will be named accordingly - 4.0.1, 4.0.2, ...).

Minimum Element-Set for a Project POM

  In order to furnish a basic set of information which we need to distinguish one

    exit 1
  fi
fi

# traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
# first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
find_maven_basedir() {
(
  basedir=`find_file_argument_basedir "$@"`
  wdir="$basedir"
  while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
    if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
      basedir=$wdir
      break
    fi

        </parameter>
      </parameters>

- we need to know what came from the POM, and validate those
- plugin in any default values
- check to see if anything is missing

h4. Working with POMs during development