private ArtifactMetadata createMetadata(Artifact artifact) {
        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        // TODO Should this be changed for MNG-6754 too?
        versioning.updateTimestamp();
        versioning.addVersion(artifact.getVersion());

        if (artifact.isRelease()) {
            versioning.setRelease(artifact.getVersion());
        }

        return new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact, versioning);
    }

		},
		MarkDeleted:      false,
		NumVersions:      1,
		SuccessorModTime: time.Time{},
	}
	// Add a version with local content
	fatalErr(xl.AddVersion(fi))
	report()

	// Add null version with tiered content
	tierfi := fi
	tierfi.VersionID = ""
	fatalErr(xl.AddVersion(tierfi))
	report()
	tierfi.TransitionStatus = lifecycle.TransitionComplete
	tierfi.TransitionedObjName = mustGetUUID()

        }

        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        // TODO Should this be changed for MNG-6754 too?
        versioning.updateTimestamp();
        versioning.addVersion(artifact.getBaseVersion());
        if (artifact.isRelease()) {
            versioning.setRelease(artifact.getBaseVersion());
        }
        artifact.addMetadata(new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact, versioning));

		// deletion via scanner.
		ver, err := x.getIdx(i)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if freeVersion, toFree := ver.ObjectV2.InitFreeVersion(fi); toFree {
			return x.addVersion(freeVersion)
		}
		return nil
	}
	return nil

	var freeVersionIDs []string
	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
		fi := basefi
		fi.VersionID = mustGetUUID()
		fi.DataDir = mustGetUUID()
		fi.ModTime = basefi.ModTime.Add(time.Duration(i) * time.Second)
		if err := xl.AddVersion(fi); err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("%d: Failed to add version %v", i+1, err)
		}

		if i > 3 {
			// Simulate transition of a version
			transfi := fi
			transfi.TransitionStatus = lifecycle.TransitionComplete