private final Integer buildNumber;

    RemoteSnapshotMetadata(Artifact artifact, Date timestamp, Integer buildNumber) {
        super(createRepositoryMetadata(artifact), null, timestamp);
        this.buildNumber = buildNumber;
    }

    private RemoteSnapshotMetadata(Metadata metadata, Path path, Date timestamp, Integer buildNumber) {
        super(metadata, path, timestamp);

        version = version.substring(0, version.length() - SNAPSHOT.length()) + qualifier;
        return addSnapshotVersion(versioning, artifact.getExtension(), timestamp, version, buildNumber);
    }

    private static SnapshotVersion addSnapshotVersion(
            Versioning versioning, String extension, Date timestamp, String version, int buildNumber) {

    }

    public int getIncrementalVersion() {
        return incrementalVersion != null ? incrementalVersion : 0;
    }

    public int getBuildNumber() {
        return buildNumber != null ? buildNumber : 0;
    }

    public String getQualifier() {
        return qualifier;
    }

    public final void parseVersion(String version) {
        comparable = new ComparableVersion(version);

    private final Integer buildNumber;

    RemoteSnapshotMetadataGenerator(RepositorySystemSession session, DeployRequest request) {
        timestamp = (Date) ConfigUtils.getObject(session, new Date(), "maven.startTime");
        Object bn = ConfigUtils.getObject(session, null, "maven.buildNumber");
        if (bn instanceof Integer) {
            this.buildNumber = (Integer) bn;
        } else if (bn instanceof String) {

            // we update the build number anyway so that it doesn't get lost. It requires the timestamp to take effect
            try {
                int buildNumber = resolveLatestSnapshotBuildNumber(artifact, localRepository, remoteRepository);

                snapshot.setBuildNumber(buildNumber + 1);
            } catch (RepositoryMetadataResolutionException e) {
                throw new ArtifactDeploymentException(

                new RemoteSnapshotMetadata(new DefaultArtifact("a:b:1-SNAPSHOT"), new Date(), null);
        metadata.merge(new Metadata());

        int buildNumber = metadata.metadata.getVersioning().getSnapshot().getBuildNumber();
        assertEquals(1, buildNumber);
    }

    @Test
    void buildNumberSet() {
        RemoteSnapshotMetadata metadata =

                    } else if ("buildNumber".equalsIgnoreCase(node.getNodeName())) {
                        buildNumber = node.getTextContent();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(timestamp) && StringUtil.isNotBlank(buildNumber)) {
            return timestamp + "-" + buildNumber;
        }
        return null;
    }

  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
  <artifactId>dep-mng5459</artifactId>
  <version>0.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <versioning>
    <snapshot>
      <timestamp>20130404.090532</timestamp>
      <buildNumber>2</buildNumber>
    </snapshot>
    <lastUpdated>20130404093657</lastUpdated>
    <snapshotVersions>
      <snapshotVersion>
        <extension>pom</extension>
        <value>0.4.0-20130404.090532-2</value>

  <artifactId>dep-mng5324</artifactId>
  <version>07.20.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- metadata for artifact snapshot -->
  <versioning>
    <snapshot>
      <timestamp>20120809.112920</timestamp>
      <buildNumber>97</buildNumber>
    </snapshot>
    <lastUpdated>20120809112920</lastUpdated>
    <snapshotVersions>
      <snapshotVersion>
        <classifier>classifierA</classifier>
        <extension>jar</extension>

        return (version != null ? version : "<version unknown>");
    }

    /**
     * Create a human-readable string containing the Maven version, buildnumber, and time of build
     *
     * @param buildProperties The build properties
     * @return Readable build info
     */
    public static String createMavenVersionString(Properties buildProperties) {