</dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>
      <releases>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
      </releases>
      <snapshots>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
      </snapshots>
      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
      <url>https://repository.apache.org/snapshots/</url>
    </pluginRepository>
  </pluginRepositories>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>

                result.getErrors().get(1));

        assertEquals(
                "'pluginRepositories.pluginRepository.id' is missing.",
                result.getErrors().get(2));

        assertEquals(
                "'pluginRepositories.pluginRepository.[null].url' is missing.",
                result.getErrors().get(3));
    }

    @Test

 *
 * <h2>Repository Configuration</h2>
 *
 * <p>Repositories can be configured at various levels:</p><ol>
 * <li>POM: Repositories can be specified in the {@code pom.xml} file under the {@code <repositories>} and {@code <pluginRepositories>} sections.</li>
 * <li>Settings: the {@code settings.xml} can be used to provide additional repositories in the three level of settings (user, project, installation).</li>
 * </ol>

 *
 * <h2>Repository Configuration</h2>
 *
 * <p>Repositories can be configured at various levels:<ol>
 * <li>POM: Repositories can be specified in the {@code pom.xml} file under the {@code <repositories>} and {@code <pluginRepositories>} sections.</li>
 * <li>Settings: the {@code settings.xml} can be used to provide additional repositories in the three level of settings (user, project, installation).</li>
 * </ol>

                .id("id" + Long.toHexString(entropy.nextLong()))
                .activation(a)
                .properties(props)
                .repositories(repos)
                .pluginRepositories(pluginRepos)
                .build();

        Profile clone = SettingsUtilsV4.convertToSettingsProfile(SettingsUtilsV4.convertFromSettingsProfile(p));

        assertEquals(p.getId(), clone.getId());

        List<ArtifactRepository> pluginRepositories = projectBuildingRequest.getPluginArtifactRepositories();
        try {
            pluginRepositories = projectBuildingHelper.createArtifactRepositories(
                    model3.getPluginRepositories(), pluginRepositories, projectBuildingRequest);
        } catch (Exception e) {

  -->
  <pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>
      <id>central</id>
      <name>Maven Central Repository</name>
      <url>${maven.repo.central}</url>
      <snapshots>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
      </snapshots>
    </pluginRepository>
  </pluginRepositories>


  <!-- profiles

            ModelBase.Builder builder,
            ModelBase target,
            ModelBase source,
            boolean sourceDominant,
            Map<Object, Object> context) {
        builder.pluginRepositories(source.getPluginRepositories());
    }

    @Override
    protected void mergeModelBase_Repositories(
            ModelBase.Builder builder,
            ModelBase target,
            ModelBase source,

                validateRepositories(problems, profile.getRepositories(), prefix + "repositories.repository");
                validateRepositories(
                        problems, profile.getPluginRepositories(), prefix + "pluginRepositories.pluginRepository");
            }
        }

        List<Proxy> proxies = settings.getProxies();

        if (proxies != null) {
            Set<String> proxyIds = new HashSet<>();

          </description>
          <association>
            <type>Repository</type>
            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
          </association>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>pluginRepositories</name>
          <version>1.3.0+</version>
          <description>
            The lists of the remote repositories for discovering plugins.
          </description>
          <association>