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Tamas Cservenak commented on MNG-7707: -------------------------------------- But yes, after 2nd reading... "should it not even inject the transformed artifacts as there is no project to build" bit is something the code is missing. > ${project.basedir} directory creation when running plugin > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-7707 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7707 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 4.0.0-alpha-4, 4.0.0-alpha-5 > Reporter: Giovanni van der Schelde > Priority: Minor > > When running {{mvn archetype:generate}} in a directory without providing a > valid {{{}pom.xml{}}}, a directory named {{{}$\{project.basedir{}}}} is > created in the directory where you execute the command from. > I could be wrong but the reason which leads me to believe it to be in > maven-core is that when I put a breakpoint at the start of the {{exectute()}} > method in the [generate > mojo|https://github.com/apache/maven-archetype/blob/master/maven-archetype-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archetype/mojos/CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java#L177] > the directory is already created. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)