}
    }

    private Metadata createMetadata(String groupId, String artifactId, String version, ExternalResourceRepository repository, ExternalResourceName metadataResource) {
        Versioning versioning = getExistingVersioning(repository, metadataResource);
        if (!versioning.getVersions().contains(version)) {
            versioning.addVersion(version);
        }
        versioning.setLatest(version);