addSnapshotVersion(source.getVersioning(), before, artifact);
        // nothing should be updated, as the target was already updated at a later date than source
        assertFalse(target.merge(source));
        assertEquals(1, target.getVersioning().getSnapshotVersions().size());
        assertEquals(sv1, target.getVersioning().getSnapshotVersions().get(0));

                    if (m.getVersioning() == null) {
                        m.setVersioning(new Versioning());
                    }

                    if (m.getVersioning().getSnapshot() == null) {
                        m.getVersioning().setSnapshot(new Snapshot());
                    }
                } else {
                    if ((m.getVersioning() != null)

                changed = true;
            }
        }

        Versioning versioning = sourceMetadata.getVersioning();
        if ( versioning != null )
        {
            Versioning v = getVersioning();
            if ( v == null )
            {
                v = new Versioning();
                setVersioning( v );
                changed = true;
            }

            Metadata repoMetadata, List<String> availableVersions) {
        Collection<String> versions = new LinkedHashSet<>();

        if ((repoMetadata != null) && (repoMetadata.getVersioning() != null)) {
            versions.addAll(repoMetadata.getVersioning().getVersions());
        }

        versions.addAll(availableVersions);

        List<ArtifactVersion> artifactVersions = new ArrayList<>(versions.size());

                        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(metadata.getPath())) {
                            versioning = new Versioning(
                                    new MetadataStaxReader().read(in, false).getVersioning());
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            invalidMetadata(session, trace, metadata, repository, e);

            listener.metadataInvalid(event.build());
        }
    }

    private void mergeMetadata(Versions versions, Metadata source, ArtifactRepository repository) {
        Versioning versioning = source.getVersioning();
        if (versioning != null) {
            String timestamp = versioning.getLastUpdated() == null
                    ? ""
                    : versioning.getLastUpdated().trim();

                        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(metadata.getPath())) {
                            versioning = new Versioning(
                                    new MetadataStaxReader().read(in, false).getVersioning());

                            /*
                            NOTE: Users occasionally misuse the id "local" for remote repos which screws up the metadata