Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/gpg/GpgSignAttachedMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/gpg/GpgSignAttachedMojo.java	(revision 771738)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/gpg/GpgSignAttachedMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -31,10 +32,15 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.handler.ArtifactHandler;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.handler.DefaultArtifactHandler;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.handler.manager.ArtifactHandlerManager;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.ArtifactInstallationException;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.ArtifactTransformation;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper;
+import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.ProjectArtifactMetadata;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.SelectorUtils;
@@ -136,6 +142,24 @@
     private ArtifactHandlerManager artifactHandlerManager;
     
     /**
+     * Maven ArtifactTransformation
+     *
+     * @component
+     * @required
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    private ArtifactTransformation artifactTransformer;
+    /**
+     * Local maven repository.
+     *
+     * @parameter expression="${localRepository}"
+     * @required
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    protected ArtifactRepository localRepository;
+
+    
+    /**
      * @parameter expression="${settings}"
      * @required
      * @readonly
@@ -205,7 +229,8 @@
         signer.setBaseDirectory( project.getBasedir() );
         
         List signingBundles = new ArrayList();
-
+        
+        
         if ( !"pom".equals( project.getPackaging() ) )
         {
             // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -221,16 +246,54 @@
                 signingBundles.add( new SigningBundle( project.getArtifact().getType(), projectArtifactSignature ) );
             }
         }
-
+        
+        
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         // POM
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        File pomFile;
+        try {
+            if ( "pom".equals( project.getPackaging() ) )
+            {
+                project.getArtifact().setFile( project.getFile() );
+                artifactTransformer.transformForInstall( project.getArtifact(), localRepository );
+                pomFile = project.getArtifact().getFile();
+                project.getArtifact().setFile( null );
+            } 
+            else 
+            {
+                ProjectArtifactMetadata metadata = findMetadata( project.getArtifact() );
+                boolean remove = false;
+                if ( metadata == null ) 
+                {
+                    remove = true;
+                    metadata = new ProjectArtifactMetadata( project.getArtifact(), project.getFile() );
+                    project.getArtifact().addMetadata( metadata );
+                }
+                artifactTransformer.transformForInstall( project.getArtifact(), localRepository );
+                pomFile = getMetaDataFile( metadata , project.getFile() );
+                if ( remove ) 
+                {
+                    Iterator i = project.getArtifact().getMetadataList().iterator();
+                    while (i.hasNext()) 
+                    {
+                        if (i.next() == metadata) 
+                        {
+                            i.remove();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( ArtifactInstallationException ex ) 
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Could not transform pom", ex );
+        }
 
         File pomToSign = new File( project.getBuild().getDirectory(), project.getBuild().getFinalName() + ".pom" );
-
         try
         {
-            FileUtils.copyFile( project.getFile(), pomToSign );
+            FileUtils.copyFile( pomFile, pomToSign );
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
         {
@@ -293,6 +356,31 @@
         }
     }
     
+    private File getMetaDataFile(ProjectArtifactMetadata metadata, File defFile) {
+        try 
+        {
+            Method m = metadata.getClass().getMethod( "getFile", new Class[0] );
+            return (File)m.invoke( metadata, new Object[0] );
+        } 
+        catch (Exception e) 
+        {
+            return defFile;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ProjectArtifactMetadata findMetadata(Artifact artifact) {
+        Iterator i = project.getArtifact().getMetadataList().iterator();
+        while ( i.hasNext() ) 
+        {
+            ArtifactMetadata met = (ArtifactMetadata) i.next();
+            if ( met instanceof ProjectArtifactMetadata )
+            {
+                return (ProjectArtifactMetadata) met;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests whether or not a name matches against at least one exclude
      * pattern.