// Repositories
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRepositories() {
        if (repositories == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }

        return Collections.unmodifiableList(repositories);
    }

// getting the repositories from the project.

/**
 * ProjectUtils
 */
@Deprecated
public final class ProjectUtils {

    private ProjectUtils() {}

    public static List<ArtifactRepository> buildArtifactRepositories(
            List<Repository> repositories, ArtifactRepositoryFactory artifactRepositoryFactory, PlexusContainer c)

            }

            if (mirrors) {
                repositorySystem.injectMirror(session, repositories);
            }

            repositorySystem.injectProxy(session, repositories);

            repositorySystem.injectAuthentication(session, repositories);
        }

        return repository;
    }

    private boolean isLocalRepository(ArtifactRepository repository) {

            }
        }
    }

    private void validateRepositories(SettingsProblemCollector problems, List<Repository> repositories, String prefix) {
        Set<String> repoIds = new HashSet<>();

        for (Repository repository : repositories) {
            validateStringNotEmpty(problems, prefix + ".id", repository.getId(), repository.getUrl());

            validateBannedCharacters(

      }
    }
  }
  settingsEvaluated { settings ->
    settings.pluginManagement {
      repositories {
        maven configCache()
      }
    }
  }
  projectsLoaded {
    allprojects {
      buildscript {
        repositories {
          maven configCache()
        }
      }
      repositories {
        maven configCache()
      }
    }
  }
}

projectsLoaded {
  rootProject {

    /**
     * Retrieves the descriptor for the specified plugin from its main artifact.
     *
     * @param plugin The plugin whose descriptor should be retrieved, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param repositories The plugin repositories to use for resolving the plugin's main artifact, must not be {@code
     *            null}.
     * @param session The repository session to use for resolving the plugin's main artifact, must not be {@code null}.

-->

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
  <groupId>foo</groupId>
  <version>99.44</version>
  <packaging>bleh</packaging>
  <repositories>
    <repository>

    </repository>
  </repositories>
  <pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>

    </pluginRepository>
  </pluginRepositories>

<project>
  <groupId>snapshot-test</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-test-snapshot-resolving</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>central</id>
      <name>Fake Maven Central Repository</name>
      <url>file://dummy</url>
    </repository>
  </repositories>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>snapshot-test</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-snapshot-a</artifactId>

            repositories = new ArrayList<>(request.getRepositories().size());
            boolean repoMan = false;
            for (RemoteRepository repository : request.getRepositories()) {
                if (repository.isRepositoryManager()) {
                    repoMan = true;
                    repositories.addAll(repository.getMirroredRepositories());
                } else {

     * @return repository proxy
     */
    Proxy getProxy();

    /**
     * @since 3.0.3
     * @return the repositories mirrored by the actual one
     */
    List<ArtifactRepository> getMirroredRepositories();

    /**
     * @since 3.0.3
     * @param mirroredRepositories the repositories that the actual one mirrors
     */
    void setMirroredRepositories(List<ArtifactRepository> mirroredRepositories);