core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3747/pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3747</groupId>
  <artifactId>project</artifactId>
  <version>1</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>

  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3747</name>
  <description>
    Test that expressions prefixed with "project.|pom." that reference build paths which are given as relative paths
    in the POM are still interpolated with absolute paths when used in String-type plugin parameters.
  </description>

  <build>
    <!-- NOTE: Intentionally a relative path! -->
    <directory>relative</directory>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-configuration</artifactId>
        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>test</id>
            <phase>validate</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>config</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <propertiesFile>target/config.properties</propertiesFile>
              <stringParam>path is: ${project.build.directory}/somepath</stringParam>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>