tar -xzf ${{ env.TAR_BALL }} -C "$temp_dir" --strip 1
            maven_bin_dir=$temp_dir/bin
            if [ -d $maven_bin_dir ]; then
              echo "tar.gz file \"${{ env.TAR_BALL }}\" successfully extracted in temporarily directory \"$temp_dir.\""
              echo "TEMP_MAVEN_BIN_DIR=$maven_bin_dir" >> $GITHUB_ENV
            else
              echo "$maven_bin_dir does not exist."
              exit 1;
            fi
          else

                                        "PATH+MAVEN=${ tool "$jdkName" }/bin:${tool "$mvnName"}/bin",
                                        "MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms2g -Xmx4g -Djava.awt.headless=true"]) {                                               
                                String cmd = "${runITscommand} -Dmaven.repo.local=$WORK_DIR/it-local-repo -DmavenDistro=$WORK_DIR/dists/apache-maven-bin.zip -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore"

      - name: Running integration tests
        shell: bash
        run: mvn install -e -B -V -Prun-its,embedded -DmavenDistro="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/maven/apache-maven/target/apache-maven-bin.zip" -f maven-integration-testing/pom.xml

      - name: Upload artifact on integration testing
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        if: failure() && matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
        with:

                                                "PATH+MAVEN=${ tool "$jdkName" }/bin:${tool "$mvnName"}/bin",
                                                "MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms2g -Xmx4g -Djava.awt.headless=true"]) {
                                        String cmd = "${runITscommand} -Dmaven.repo.local=$WORK_DIR/.repository -DmavenDistro=$WORK_DIR/maven/apache-maven/target/apache-maven-bin.zip -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore"

          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
            <excludes combine.children="append">
              <exclude>src/assembly/maven/bin/m2.conf</exclude>
              <!-- these are partial scripts, resulting in mvn scripts -->
              <exclude>src/assembly/shared/init</exclude>
              <exclude>src/assembly/shared/init.cmd</exclude>