echo Directory "%POM_DIR%" extracted from the -f/--file command-line argument "%FILE_ARG%" does not exist >&2
  goto error
)
set "WDIR=%POM_DIR%"
goto findBaseDir

:get_directory_from_file
set "POM_DIR=%~dp1"
:stripPomDir
if not "_%POM_DIR:~-1%"=="_\" goto pomDirStripped
set "POM_DIR=%POM_DIR:~0,-1%"
goto stripPomDir
:pomDirStripped
exit /b

:findBaseDir
cd /d "%WDIR%"
set "WDIR=%CD%"
:findBaseDirLoop