}
        return request;
    }

    @Override
    public MavenExecutionRequest populateDefaults(MavenExecutionRequest request)
            throws MavenExecutionRequestPopulationException {
        baseDirectory(request);

        localRepository(request);

        populateDefaultPluginGroups(request);

        return request;
    }

    //
    //
    //

        String alternatePomFile = null;
        if (commandLine.hasOption(CLIManager.ALTERNATE_POM_FILE)) {
            alternatePomFile = commandLine.getOptionValue(CLIManager.ALTERNATE_POM_FILE);
        }

        File current = baseDirectory;
        if (alternatePomFile != null) {

        DefaultRepositoryLayout layout = new DefaultRepositoryLayout();
        ArtifactRepositoryPolicy blah = new ArtifactRepositoryPolicy(
                true, ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.UPDATE_POLICY_ALWAYS, ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.CHECKSUM_POLICY_IGNORE);
        return new MavenArtifactRepository(
                "local", "file://" + baseDirectory.toUri().getRawPath(), layout, blah, blah);