if you have an index.xml in your root directory, the plugin will fail...

If you have a file called index.xml in your root directory (/ or c:/), the plugin will fail:

xdoc:generate-from-pom:
[echo] Generating xdocs from POM ...

BUILD FAILED
File...... file:/C:/Documents and Settings/Benoit Xhenseval/.maven/cache/maven-xdoc-plugin-1.10/plugin.jelly
Element... velocity:merge
Line...... 728
Column.... 13
This tag must define 'basedir' and 'template'
Total time : 5 seconds
Finished at : 13 November 2006 00:12:44 GMT

I believe that it should be more robust if the maven.xdoc.custom.templateDir is empty (default), it should not assume that it is the root directory...

Thanks
Benoit