So, I find the Failed to read artifact descriptor error for a plugin that was deployed to my local Nexus. I tested the bug on the Nexus. This plugin has dependencies on Maven 2.2.1 and I'musing Maven 3.0.4. Could this be a problem?
<repositories> <repository> <id>public</id> <url>http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public</url> </repository> </repositories> [ERROR] Plugin com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:jar:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT: Could not find artifact com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:pom:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginResolutionException: Plugin com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:jar:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultPluginDependenciesResolver.resolve(DefaultPluginDependenciesResolver.java:129) at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getPluginDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:142) at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:261) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:185) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.getMojoDescriptor(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:235) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.java:106) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.java:86) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:98) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) Caused by: org.sonatype.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorException: Failed to read artifact descriptor for com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:jar:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT at org.apache.maven.repository.internal.DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.loadPom(DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java:296) at org.apache.maven.repository.internal.DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.readArtifactDescriptor(DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java:186) at org.sonatype.aether.impl.internal.DefaultRepositorySystem.readArtifactDescriptor(DefaultRepositorySystem.java:279) at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultPluginDependenciesResolver.resolve(DefaultPluginDependenciesResolver.java:115) ... 20 more Caused by: org.sonatype.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException: Could not find artifact com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:pom:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT at org.sonatype.aether.impl.internal.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:538) at org.sonatype.aether.impl.internal.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifacts(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:216) at org.sonatype.aether.impl.internal.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifact(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:193) at org.apache.maven.repository.internal.DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.loadPom(DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java:281) ... 23 more Caused by: org.sonatype.aether.transfer.ArtifactNotFoundException: Could not find artifact com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-jgitflow-plugin:pom:1.0-alpha21-SNAPSHOT at org.sonatype.aether.impl.internal.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:528) ... 26 more
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