Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ArtifactRepository remoteRepository)
            throws RepositoryMetadataResolutionException {
        RepositoryMetadata metadata = new SnapshotArtifactRepositoryMetadata(artifact);

        getLogger().info("Retrieving previous build number from " + remoteRepository.getId());
        repositoryMetadataManager.resolveAlways(metadata, localRepository, remoteRepository);

    }

    @Override
    public ProjectBuilderConfiguration setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository() {
        return localRepository;
    }

    @Override
    public ProjectBuilderConfiguration setUserProperties(Properties userProperties) {

                new ChainedDependencyGraphTransformer(transformer, new ManagedDependencyContextRefiner(scopeManager));
        session.setDependencyGraphTransformer(transformer);

        LocalRepository localRepo = new LocalRepository(localRepository().getBasedir());
        session.setLocalRepositoryManager(new SimpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory().newInstance(session, localRepo));
        return session;
    }

    public ResolutionGroup get(
            Artifact artifact,
            boolean resolveManagedVersions,
            ArtifactRepository localRepository,
            List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories) {
        CacheKey cacheKey = newCacheKey(artifact, resolveManagedVersions, localRepository, remoteRepositories);

        CacheRecord cacheRecord = cache.get(cacheKey);

        if (cacheRecord != null && !cacheRecord.isStale()) {

        this.localRepository = localRepository;

        if (localRepository != null) {
            setLocalRepositoryPath(new File(localRepository.getBasedir()).getAbsoluteFile());
        }

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public MavenExecutionRequest setLocalRepositoryPath(File localRepository) {
        localRepositoryPath = localRepository;

  <expressions>
    <expression>
      <syntax>localRepository</syntax>
      <configuration>
        <![CDATA[
      Inside ~/.m2/settings.xml:

      <localRepository>/path/to/local/repository</localRepository>
      ]]></configuration>
      <description>The ArtifactRepository instance referencing the local artifact
        repository.</description>

    private ArtifactRepository localRepository;

    public UserLocalArtifactRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;
        setLayout(localRepository.getLayout());
    }

    @Override
    public Artifact find(Artifact artifact) {
        File artifactFile = new File(localRepository.getBasedir(), pathOf(artifact));

    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository() {
        return localRepository;
    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactResolutionRequest setLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository localRepository) {
        this.localRepository = localRepository;

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories() {

    public void transformForResolve(
            Artifact artifact, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories, ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException {
        RepositoryRequest request = new DefaultRepositoryRequest();
        request.setLocalRepository(localRepository);
        request.setRemoteRepositories(remoteRepositories);
        transformForResolve(artifact, request);
    }

            Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot retrieve metadata in this test case");
    }

    @Override
    public List<ArtifactVersion> retrieveAvailableVersions(
            Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories) {