NPE while executing external-dependency:deploy-external

While running the plugin with Maven 2.2.1 I always run into NPE:

[INFO] [external-dependency:deploy-external {execution:
deploy-external-dependencies}]
[INFO] starting to deploy external dependencies to distribution repository
[INFO] resolving artifact in locale repository for deployment:
esi:common-content:12.2010.WEB10-SNAPSHOT:jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] null
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.m
ergeMetadata(DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:191)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.r
esolve(DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:166)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.AbstractVersionTransformation.resolveVersion
(AbstractVersionTransformation.java:65)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.SnapshotTransformation.transformForResolve(S
napshotTransformation.java:63)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.transfo
rmForResolve(DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.java:55)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifa
ctResolver.java:145)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifa
ctResolver.java:90)
        at
com.savage7.maven.plugin.dependency.DeployExternalDependencyMojo.execute(DeployE
xternalDependencyMojo.java:95)
        at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.ja
va:490)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycl
eExecutor.java:694)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(Def
aultLifecycleExecutor.java:556)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycle
Executor.java:535)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:387)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultL
ifecycleExecutor.java:348)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExec
utor.java:181)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)
        at
org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.jav
a:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at
org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:376)

As it turns out, RemoteRepositories cannot be null, so I added the one from
current project settings.

Patch as attachment.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by udedpolb...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2010 at 11:47
Attachments:
maven-external-dependency-plugin.patch
gbivins / maven-external-dependency-plugin

NPE while executing external-dependency:deploy-external #7
