try {
                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

    }

    protected void mergeModelBase_Repositories(
            ModelBase target, ModelBase source, boolean sourceDominant, Map<Object, Object> context) {
        target.setRepositories(
                merge(target.getRepositories(), source.getRepositories(), sourceDominant, new RepositoryKeyComputer()));
    }

    protected void mergeModelBase_PluginRepositories(

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

        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));
        }

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

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

    /**
     * @param dominant

        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

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

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

        //   </mirror>
        // </mirrors>

        for (Mirror mirror : settings.getMirrors()) {
            request.addMirror(mirror);
        }

        for (Repository remoteRepository : settings.getRepositories()) {
            try {
                request.addRemoteRepository(MavenRepositorySystem.buildArtifactRepository(remoteRepository));
            } catch (InvalidRepositoryException e) {