gnodet commented on code in PR #1217:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/1217#discussion_r1302974739


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maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java:
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@@ -1349,23 +1349,20 @@ private File determinePom(final CommandLine 
commandLine, final String workingDir
             alternatePomFile = 
commandLine.getOptionValue(CLIManager.ALTERNATE_POM_FILE);
         }
 
+        File current = baseDirectory;
         if (alternatePomFile != null) {
-            File pom = resolveFile(new File(alternatePomFile), 
workingDirectory);
-            if (pom.isDirectory()) {
-                if (modelProcessor != null) {
-                    pom = modelProcessor.locatePom(pom);
-                } else {
-                    pom = new File(pom, "pom.xml");
-                }
-            }
+            current = resolveFile(new File(alternatePomFile), 
workingDirectory);
+        }
 
-            return pom;
-        } else if (modelProcessor != null) {
-            File pom = modelProcessor.locatePom(baseDirectory);
+        File pom;
+        if (current.isDirectory() && modelProcessor != null) {
+            pom = modelProcessor.locatePom(current);
+        } else {
+            pom = current;
+        }
 
-            if (pom.isFile()) {
-                return pom;
-            }
+        if (pom.isFile()) {

Review Comment:
   I tried, but the logic is expected downstream, mostly when you run Maven 
inside a directory with no `pom.xml`.  In such cases, a `null` value is 
expected.  Also, the `modelLocator` is required to always return a value, but 
can point to a non existent file, hence the check.



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