ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest();
                artifactRequest.setArtifact(RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(artifact));
                artifactRequest.setRepositories(RepositoryUtils.toRepos(remoteRepositories));

                // Maven 2.x quirk: an artifact always points at the local repo, regardless whether resolved or not
                LocalRepositoryManager lrm = session.getLocalRepositoryManager();

                // eaten, handled by repo system
            } else {
                request.addMetadata(new MetadataBridge(metadata));
            }
        }

        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.
         */

            org.eclipse.aether.repository.MirrorSelector selector = session.getMirrorSelector();
            if (selector != null) {
                RemoteRepository repo = selector.getMirror(RepositoryUtils.toRepo(repository));
                if (repo != null) {
                    Mirror mirror = new Mirror();
                    mirror.setId(repo.getId());
                    mirror.setUrl(repo.getUrl());