return (artifact != null) ? copyArtifact(artifact) : null;
    }

    public static Artifact copyArtifact(Artifact artifact) {
        VersionRange range = artifact.getVersionRange();

        // For some reason with the introduction of MNG-1577 we have the case in Yoko where a depMan section has
        // something like the following:
        //
        // <dependencyManagement>

            Set<Artifact> projectArtifacts = new HashSet<>();

            for (Artifact d : dependencies) {
                VersionRange versionRange;
                if (d.getVersionRange() != null) {
                    versionRange = d.getVersionRange();
                } else {
                    versionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec(d.getVersion());
                }
                Artifact artifact;