*/
    @Nonnull
    default Path targetPath(@Nonnull Project project) {
        Optional<Path> targetPath = targetPath();
        // The test for `isAbsolute()` is a small optimization for avoiding the call to `getOutputDirectory(…)`.
        return targetPath.filter(Path::isAbsolute).orElseGet(() -> {
            Path base = project.getOutputDirectory(scope());
            return targetPath.map(base::resolve).orElse(base);
        });

            return path;
        }

        if (path == null) {
            return null;
        }

        String s = stripBasedirToken(path);

        File file = new File(s);
        if (file.isAbsolute()) {
            // path was already absolute, just normalize file separator and we're done
            s = file.getPath();
        } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {

 */
@Deprecated
public class ResolveFile {
    public static File resolveFile(File file, String baseDirectory) {
        if (file == null) {
            return null;
        } else if (file.isAbsolute()) {
            return file;
        } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
            // drive-relative Windows path
            return file.getAbsoluteFile();
        } else {

        if (path != null && basedir != null) {
            path = path.replace('\\', File.separatorChar).replace('/', File.separatorChar);

            File file = new File(path);
            if (file.isAbsolute()) {
                // path was already absolute, just normalize file separator and we're done
                result = file.getPath();
            } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {

        this.basedir = basedir;
    }

    @Override
    public File translatePath(File path) {
        File result = path;

        if (path != null && basedir != null) {
            if (path.isAbsolute()) {
                // path is already absolute, we're done
            } else if (path.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                // drive-relative Windows path, don't align with base dir but with drive root

                    .setException(e));
            return false;
        }

        if (path == null) {
            return false;
        }

        File f = new File(path);

        if (!f.isAbsolute()) {
            return false;
        }

        boolean fileExists = f.exists();

        return missing ? !fileExists : fileExists;
    }

    @Override

        String localRepository = userSettings.getLocalRepository();
        if (localRepository != null && !localRepository.isEmpty()) {
            File file = new File(localRepository);
            if (!file.isAbsolute() && file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                userSettings.setLocalRepository(file.getAbsolutePath());
            }
        }

        if (hasErrors(problems.getProblems())) {

                }
                head = workTree.resolve("HEAD");
                final Path commonDir = Paths.get(readFirstLine(workTree.resolve("commondir")));
                if (commonDir.isAbsolute()) {
                    gitDir = commonDir;
                } else {
                    // this is the common case
                    gitDir = workTree.resolve(commonDir);
                }
            }

        // for the local repository setting.

        File localRepository = new File(url.substring("file://".length()));

        if (!localRepository.isAbsolute()) {
            url = "file://" + localRepository.getCanonicalPath();
        }

        return url;
    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactResolutionResult resolve(ArtifactResolutionRequest request) {

                        d.getManagementKey(),
                        "is missing.",
                        d);
            } else {
                File sysFile = new File(systemPath);
                if (!sysFile.isAbsolute()) {
                    addViolation(
                            problems,
                            Severity.ERROR,
                            Version.BASE,
                            prefix + "systemPath",