title: Maven release no POM in this directory
body: <p>I am trying to use the <code>maven-release-plugin 2.3.2</code> on a multi module POM. (Maven 3.0.4)</p>
  
  <p><code>release:prepare</code> works fine but <code>release:perform</code> fails with this error</p>
  
  <pre><code>[INFO] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.MissingProjectException: The goal you specified 
  requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (...&lt;workspace&gt;/target
  /checkout). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now the parent POM lies inside this <code>&lt;workspace&gt;/</code> but in the <code>&lt;workspace&gt;/target/checkout</code> there is no POM as the <code>target</code> directory was created by the plugin. I am assuming there should be a copy of the pom.xml here which should be created by the plugin and that is why the error.</p>
  
  <p>What I am doing wrong ? Directory and POM structure attached. Module 1 and 2 both have respective <code>pom.xmls</code> in root.</p>
  
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  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OfeiH.jpg" alt="dir structure"></p>
  
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  <p>I have looked at <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5558785/maven-release-plugin-git-and-the-poms-not-at-the-top">maven release plugin, git, and the pom&#39;s not at the top </a> , <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6704813/maven-generating-pom-file">maven generating pom file</a> , <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10694139/maven-3-0s-mvn-releaseperform-doesnt-like-a-pom-xml-that-isnt-in-its-git-r?rq=1">Maven 3.0&#39;s &quot;mvn release:perform&quot; doesn&#39;t like a pom.xml that isn&#39;t in its git repo&#39;s root directory</a> . They don't help as my pom already lies in the repo's (SVN)  root directory and this directory where the plugin is looking for the POM is only temporary, so I cannot/should not hard-code it.</p>