CLI: look for maven/gradle wrapper in parent dirs

devtools/cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/build/BuildSystemRunner.java

@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ default BuildCommandArgs prependExecutable(ArrayDeque<String> args) {
         File wrapper = getWrapper();
         if (wrapper != null) {
             args.addFirst(wrapper.getAbsolutePath());
-            cmd.targetDirectory = wrapper.getParentFile();
         } else {
             File command = getExecutable();
             args.addFirst(command.getAbsolutePath());
-            cmd.targetDirectory = getProjectRoot().toFile();
         }
+        cmd.targetDirectory = getProjectRoot().toFile();
         cmd.arguments = args.toArray(new String[0]);
         return cmd;
     }

devtools/cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/build/ExecuteUtil.java

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ public static File findWrapper(Path projectRoot, String[] windows, String other)
                 return wrapper;
         }
 
-        return null;
+        // look for a wrapper in a parent directory
+        Path normalizedPath = projectRoot.normalize();
+        if (!normalizedPath.equals(projectRoot.getRoot())) {
+            return findWrapper(normalizedPath.getParent(), windows, other);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 }

devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/build/ExecuteUtilTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package io.quarkus.cli.build;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+public class ExecuteUtilTest {
+
+    private final static String MVNW = "mvnw.junittest";
+    private final static String[] WINDOWS_WRAPPER = new String[] { MVNW };
+
+    @TempDir
+    Path tempDir;
+
+    @Test
+    public void findWrapperRecursionTest() throws IOException {
+        File wrapper = ExecuteUtil.findWrapper(tempDir, WINDOWS_WRAPPER, MVNW);
+        assertThat(wrapper).isNull();
+
+        wrapper = ExecuteUtil.findWrapper(tempDir.resolve("subproject/nestedSubproject"), WINDOWS_WRAPPER, MVNW);
+        assertThat(wrapper).isNull();
+
+        // create a file representing the maven wrapper
+        Path wrapperLocation = tempDir.resolve(MVNW);
+        assertThat(wrapperLocation.toFile().createNewFile()).isTrue();
+
+        wrapper = ExecuteUtil.findWrapper(tempDir, WINDOWS_WRAPPER, MVNW);
+        assertThat(wrapper).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(wrapper).isEqualTo(wrapperLocation.toFile());
+
+        wrapper = ExecuteUtil.findWrapper(tempDir.resolve("subproject/nestedSubproject"), WINDOWS_WRAPPER, MVNW);
+        assertThat(wrapper).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(wrapper).isEqualTo(wrapperLocation.toFile());
+
+        wrapper = ExecuteUtil.findWrapper(tempDir.resolve(".."), WINDOWS_WRAPPER, MVNW);
+        assertThat(wrapper).isNull();
+    }
+}