if (artifactRequest != null && artifactRequest.getRepositories() != null) {
                    repositories.addAll(artifactRequest.getRepositories());
                } else if (artifactDescriptorRequest != null && artifactDescriptorRequest.getRepositories() != null) {
                    repositories.addAll(artifactDescriptorRequest.getRepositories());
                }
                if (!repositories.isEmpty()) {

                    if (result.getRepository() instanceof RemoteRepository remoteRepository) {
                        subRequest.setRepositories(Collections.singletonList(remoteRepository));
                    } else {
                        subRequest.setRepositories(request.getRepositories());
                    }
                    VersionResult subResult = resolveVersion(session, subRequest);

        List<MetadataRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();

        requests.add(new MetadataRequest(metadata, null, REPOSITORY_CONTEXT).setTrace(trace));

        for (RemoteRepository repository : request.getRepositories()) {
            requests.add(new MetadataRequest(metadata, repository, REPOSITORY_CONTEXT).setTrace(trace));
        }

            Artifact pomArtifact = ArtifactDescriptorUtils.toPomArtifactUnconditionally(a);
            try {
                VersionRequest versionRequest =
                        new VersionRequest(a, request.getRepositories(), request.getRequestContext());
                versionRequest.setTrace(trace);
                VersionResult versionResult = versionResolver.resolveVersion(session, versionRequest);

                    request.getPrefix(),
                    new ArrayList<>(candidates.keySet()),
                    request.getRepositorySession().getLocalRepository(),
                    request.getRepositories());
        } else {
            logger.debug(
                    "Resolved plugin prefix {} to {}:{} from repository {}",
                    request.getPrefix(),
                    result.getGroupId(),

        assertEquals(p.getActivation().getPackaging(), clone.getActivation().getPackaging());
        assertEquals(p.getProperties(), clone.getProperties());
        assertEquals(p.getRepositories().size(), clone.getRepositories().size());
        // TODO deep compare the lists
        assertEquals(
                p.getPluginRepositories().size(), clone.getPluginRepositories().size());
        // TODO deep compare the lists

        this.pom = pom;

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public List<RemoteRepository> getRepositories() {
        return repositories;
    }

    @Override
    public DefaultPluginPrefixRequest setRepositories(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {
        if (repositories != null) {
            this.repositories = Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);

        shallowMergeById(dominant.getProfiles(), recessive.getProfiles(), recessiveSourceLevel);
        shallowMergeById(dominant.getRepositories(), recessive.getRepositories(), recessiveSourceLevel);
        shallowMergeById(dominant.getPluginRepositories(), recessive.getPluginRepositories(), recessiveSourceLevel);
    }

    /**
     * @param dominant

        try {
            List<ArtifactRepository> repositories = session.toArtifactRepositories(
                    request.getRepositories() != null ? request.getRepositories() : session.getRemoteRepositories());
            ProjectBuildingRequest req = new DefaultProjectBuildingRequest()
                    .setRepositorySession(session.getSession())

                wantedNature);

        List<MetadataRequest> metadataRequests =
                new ArrayList<>(request.getRepositories().size());

        metadataRequests.add(new MetadataRequest(metadata, null, request.getRequestContext()));

        for (RemoteRepository repository : request.getRepositories()) {
            MetadataRequest metadataRequest = new MetadataRequest(metadata, repository, request.getRequestContext());