title: What is workingDirectory in Maven POM.xml?
body: <p>Want to understand what and why  tag is used in Maven POM.xml. What is the significance of the tag?</p>
  
  <p>Example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;3.7.0&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;showDeprecation&gt;true&lt;/showDeprecation&gt;
                  &lt;compilerVersion&gt;1.8&lt;/compilerVersion&gt;
                  &lt;source&gt;1.8&lt;/source&gt;
                  &lt;target&gt;1.8&lt;/target&gt;
                  &lt;encoding&gt;${project.build.sourceEncoding}&lt;/encoding&gt;
                  &lt;workingDirectory&gt;target/&lt;/workingDirectory&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  </code></pre>