Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3536AppendedAbsolutePaths.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3536AppendedAbsolutePaths.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3536AppendedAbsolutePaths.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.apache.maven.integrationtests;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class MavenITmng3536AppendedAbsolutePaths extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+
+    public void testitMNG3536() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(),
+                                                                 "/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths" );
+        File pluginDir = new File( testDir, "plugin" );
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( pluginDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        File projectDir = new File( testDir, "project" );
+        verifier = new Verifier( projectDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        verifier.executeGoal( "verify" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+    }
+}
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java	(revision 656829)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java	(working copy)
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
          * the tests are to finishing. Newer tests are also more likely to fail, so this is
          * a fail fast technique as well.
          */
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3536AppendedAbsolutePaths.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3535SelfReferentialProperties.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2562Timestamp.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3475BaseAlignedDir.class );
 
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3545ProfileDeactivation.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3498ForkToOtherMojoTest.class );
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3475BaseAlignedDir.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3475BaseAlignedDir.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3475BaseAlignedDir.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.apache.maven.integrationtests;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class MavenITmng3475BaseAlignedDir extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+    public void testitMNG3475() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(),
+                "/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir");
+
+        File pluginDir = new File(testDir, "plugin");
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier(pluginDir.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        verifier.executeGoal("install");
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        File projectDir = new File( testDir, "project" );
+        verifier = new Verifier( projectDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+
+        verifier.executeGoal( "verify" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+    }
+
+}
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2562Timestamp.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2562Timestamp.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2562Timestamp.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.apache.maven.integrationtests;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class MavenITmng2562Timestamp extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+
+    public void testitMNG2562() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(),
+                "/mng-2562-timestamp");
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.executeGoal("verify");
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+    }
+}
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3535SelfReferentialProperties.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3535SelfReferentialProperties.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3535SelfReferentialProperties.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.apache.maven.integrationtests;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class MavenITmng3535SelfReferentialProperties extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+    public void testitMNG3535() throws Exception {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(),
+                "/mng-3535-selfReferentialProperties");
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+        verifier.executeGoal("verify");
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+    }
+}
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/project/src/main/java/plugin/Mojo3563.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/project/src/main/java/plugin/Mojo3563.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/project/src/main/java/plugin/Mojo3563.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package plugin;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Maven Mojo for executing nunit tests
+ *
+ * @goal validate
+ * @phase validate
+ */
+public class Mojo3563 extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${project}"
+     */
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        Model model = project.getModel();
+        String property = model.getProperties().getProperty("test");
+        if (property == null) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Could not find property.");
+        }
+
+        File testFile = new File(property.substring(property.indexOf(":") + 1));
+        if (!testFile.exists()) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Test file does not exist: File = " + testFile.getAbsolutePath() + ", Property = " + property);
+        }
+        getLog().info("Property = " + property);
+
+    }
+}
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/project/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/project/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/project/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <name>Apache Maven: mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths</name>
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>plugin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>validate</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <properties>
+        <test>file:${project.build.sourceDirectory}/plugin/Mojo3563.java</test>
+    </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mng3536</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Apache Maven: mng3536</name>
+  <modules>
+    <module>plugin</module>
+    <module>project</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/plugin/src/main/java/plugin/Mojo3563.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/plugin/src/main/java/plugin/Mojo3563.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/plugin/src/main/java/plugin/Mojo3563.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package plugin;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @goal validate
+ * @phase validate
+ */
+public class Mojo3563 extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${project}"
+     */
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        Model model = project.getModel();
+        String property = model.getProperties().getProperty("test");
+        if (property == null) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Could not find property.");
+        }
+
+        File testFile = new File(property.substring(property.indexOf(":") + 1));
+        if (!testFile.exists()) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Test file does not exist: File = " + testFile.getAbsolutePath() + "Property = " + property);
+        }
+        getLog().info("Property = " + property);
+
+    }
+}
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/plugin/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/plugin/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3536-appendedAbsolutePaths/plugin/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>plugin</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <name>Apache Maven: mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths-plugin</name>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/project/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/project/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/project/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng3475-baseAlignedDir</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <name>Apache Maven: mng3475-baseAlignedDir</name>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mng3475</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Apache Maven: mng3475</name>
+  <modules>
+    <module>plugin</module>
+    <module>project</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/plugin/src/main/java/test/Mojo3475.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/plugin/src/main/java/test/Mojo3475.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/plugin/src/main/java/test/Mojo3475.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package test;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/*
+ * @goal validate
+ * @phase validate
+ */
+public class Mojo3475 extends AbstractMojo {
+        /**
+     * @parameter expression="${project}"
+     */
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        Build build = project.getModel().getBuild();
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(build.getDirectory());
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(build.getOutputDirectory());
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(build.getTestOutputDirectory());
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(build.getSourceDirectory());
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(build.getTestSourceDirectory());
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(build.getScriptSourceDirectory());
+        testDirectoryAbsolutePath(project.getReporting().getOutputDirectory());
+    }
+
+    private void testDirectoryAbsolutePath(String directory) throws MojoExecutionException{
+        if(!directory.equals(new File(directory).getAbsolutePath())) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Directory not absolute: Directory = " + directory);
+        }
+        System.out.println(directory);
+    }
+}
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/plugin/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/plugin/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3475-baseAlignedDir/plugin/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>plugin</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng3475-baseAlignedDir-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <name>Apache Maven: mng3536-baseAlignedDir-plugin</name>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/mng-2562-timestamp/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-2562-timestamp/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-2562-timestamp/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <name>Apache Maven: mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths</name>
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+                <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-project-interpolation</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>install</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>verify-property</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <properties>
+                        <property>
+                            <name>timestamp</name>
+                            <value>${build.timestamp}</value>
+                        </property>
+                    </properties>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <properties>
+        <timestamp>${build.timestamp}</timestamp>
+    </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/mng-3535-selfReferentialProperties/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/mng-3535-selfReferentialProperties/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/mng-3535-selfReferentialProperties/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<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>test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <name>Apache Maven: mng3536-AppendedAbsolutePaths</name>
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+                <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-project-interpolation</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>install</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>verify-property</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <properties>
+                        <property>
+                            <name>java.specification.version</name>
+                            <value>${java.specification.version}</value>
+                        </property>
+                    </properties>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <properties>
+        <java.specification.version>${java.specification.version}</java.specification.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>
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