RemoteRepository remoteRepo = RepositoryUtils.toRepo(deploymentRepository);
        /*
         * NOTE: This provides backward-compat with maven-deploy-plugin:2.4 which bypasses the repository factory when
         * using an alternative deployment location.
         */
        if (deploymentRepository instanceof DefaultArtifactRepository
                && deploymentRepository.getAuthentication() == null) {

            ArtifactMetadata metadata, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository deploymentRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataDeploymentException {
        File file;
        if (metadata instanceof RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata) {
            getLogger().info("Retrieving previous metadata from " + deploymentRepository.getId());
            try {

          <description>Information needed to deploy the artifacts generated by the project to a
            remote repository.</description>
          <association>
            <type>DeploymentRepository</type>
          </association>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>snapshotRepository</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>