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diff --git a/maven-distribution/NOTICE.txt b/maven-distribution/NOTICE.txt
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+   =========================================================================
+   ==  NOTICE file corresponding to the section 4 d of                    ==
+   ==  the Apache License, Version 2.0,                                   ==
+   ==  in this case for the Apache Maven distribution.                    ==
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diff --git a/maven-distribution/README.txt b/maven-distribution/README.txt
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+++ b/maven-distribution/README.txt
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+
+                          Apache Maven
+
+  What is it?
+  -----------
+
+  Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on
+  the concept of a Project Object Model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
+  build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.
+
+  Documentation
+  -------------
+
+  The documentation available as of the date of this release is included in
+  HTML format in the docs/ directory.
+  The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://maven.apache.org/.
+
+  Release Notes
+  -------------
+
+  The full list of changes can be found at http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html.
+
+  System Requirements
+  -------------------
+
+  JDK:
+    1.4 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build against 1.3
+    and prior JDK's).
+  Memory:
+    No minimum requirement.
+  Disk:
+    No minimum requirement. Approximately 100MB will be used for your local repository,
+    however this will vary depending on usage and can be removed and redownloaded at
+    any time.
+  Operating System:
+    No minimum requirement. On Windows, Windows NT and above or Cygwin is required for
+    the startup scripts. Tested on Windows XP, Fedora Core and Mac OS X.
+
+  Installing Maven
+  ----------------
+
+  1) Unpack the archive where you would like to store the binaries, eg:
+
+    Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
+      tar zxvf apache-maven-2.1.x.tar.gz
+    Windows 2000/XP
+      unzip apache-maven-2.1.x.zip
+
+  2) A directory called "apache-maven-2.1.x" will be created.
+
+  3) Add the bin directory to your PATH, eg:
+
+    Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
+      export PATH=/usr/local/apache-maven-2.1.x/bin:$PATH
+    Windows 2000/XP
+      set PATH="c:\program files\apache-maven-2.1.x\bin";%PATH%
+
+  4) Make sure JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK
+
+  5) Run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.
+
+  For complete documentation, see http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation
+
+  Licensing
+  ---------
+
+  Please see the file called LICENSE.TXT
+
+  Maven URLS
+  ----------
+
+  Home Page:          http://maven.apache.org/
+  Downloads:          http://maven.apache.org/downloads.html
+  Release Notes:      http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html
+  Mailing Lists:      http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html
+  Source Code:        http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/
+  Issue Tracking:     http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG
+  Wiki:               http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/
+  Available Plugins:  http://maven.apache.org/plugins/index.html
diff --git a/maven-distribution/pom.xml b/maven-distribution/pom.xml
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+++ b/maven-distribution/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-distribution</artifactId>
+  <name>Maven Distribution</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-toolchain</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- CLI -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+          <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- Needed for compat and cache-control aspects. -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>aspectj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>easymock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <!--
+       |
+       | This profile is specifically for creating an embedder that can be used for IntelliJ integration. We need to
+       | remove the JDOM JAR because IntelliJ include its own version, and the JTidy JAR includes org.xml.* classes
+       | which causes a loader constraint issues while loading the embedder.
+       |
+       -->
+      <id>idea</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>shade-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <version>1.0-alpha-12</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>shade</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <!-- The IDEA folks don't want to put SNAPSHOT libs in their projects even though they are -->
+                  <finalName>maven-embedder-idea-2.1</finalName>
+                  <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                  <keepDependenciesWithProvidedScope>true</keepDependenciesWithProvidedScope>
+                  <transformers>
+                    <transformer implementation="org.codehaus.mojo.shade.resource.ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer"/>
+                  </transformers>
+                  <artifactSet>
+                    <excludes>
+                      <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api</exclude>
+                      <exclude>classworlds:classworlds</exclude>
+                      <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
+                      <exclude>jmock:jmock</exclude>
+                      <exclude>xml-apis:xml-apis</exclude>
+                      <!-- So this is required for the IDEA embedder which already has its own copy of JDOM -->
+                      <exclude>jdom:jdom</exclude>
+                      <exclude>jtidy:jtidy</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                  </artifactSet>
+                  <relocations>
+                    <relocation>
+                      <pattern>org.codehaus.plexus.util</pattern>
+                      <excludes>
+                        <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom</exclude>
+                        <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.*</exclude>
+                      </excludes>
+                    </relocation>
+                  </relocations>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <!--
+       |
+       | This profile is specifically for creating an embedder that can be used for netbeans integration
+       |
+       -->
+      <id>netbeans</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>shade-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <version>1.0-alpha-12</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>shade</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                  <keepDependenciesWithProvidedScope>true</keepDependenciesWithProvidedScope>
+                  <transformers>
+                    <transformer implementation="org.codehaus.mojo.shade.resource.ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer"/>
+                  </transformers>
+                  <artifactSet>
+                    <excludes>
+                      <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api</exclude>
+                      <exclude>classworlds:classworlds</exclude>
+                      <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
+                      <exclude>jmock:jmock</exclude>
+                      <exclude>xml-apis:xml-apis</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                  </artifactSet>
+                  <relocations>
+                    <relocation>
+                      <pattern>org.codehaus.plexus.util</pattern>
+                      <excludes>
+                        <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom</exclude>
+                        <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.*</exclude>
+                      </excludes>
+                    </relocation>
+                  </relocations>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>standard</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2-beta-1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>create-distro</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <descriptor>src/main/assembly/bin.xml</descriptor>
+                  <finalName>apache-maven-${pom.version}</finalName>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <forkMode>once</forkMode>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <!-- Single Test -->
+      <id>st</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <includes>
+                <include>**/MavenEmbedderTest.java</include>
+              </includes>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/m2.conf b/maven-distribution/src/bin/m2.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78cafb06b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/m2.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+main is org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli from plexus.core
+
+set maven.home default ${user.home}/m2
+
+[plexus.core]
+load ${maven.home}/lib/*.jar
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvn b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvn
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2a1d3ab0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvn
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+#
+# Required ENV vars:
+# ------------------
+#   JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+#   M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+#   MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+#     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+#       set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+QUOTED_ARGS=""
+while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
+
+  QUOTED_ARGS="$QUOTED_ARGS \"$1\""
+  shift
+
+done
+
+if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+  . /etc/mavenrc
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
+  . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
+fi
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+mingw=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+  MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+  Darwin*) darwin=true 
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_VERSION" ] ; then
+             JAVA_VERSION="CurrentJDK"
+           else
+             echo "Using Java version: $JAVA_VERSION"
+           fi
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+             JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/${JAVA_VERSION}/Home
+           fi
+           ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+    JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$M2_HOME" ] ; then
+  ## resolve links - $0 may be a link to maven's home
+  PRG="$0"
+
+  # need this for relative symlinks
+  while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+      PRG="$link"
+    else
+      PRG="`dirname "$PRG"`/$link"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  saveddir=`pwd`
+
+  M2_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/..
+
+  # make it fully qualified
+  M2_HOME=`cd "$M2_HOME" && pwd`
+
+  cd "$saveddir"
+  # echo Using m2 at $M2_HOME
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME"  ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD="`which java`"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly."
+  echo "  We cannot execute $JAVACMD"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  echo "Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set."
+fi
+
+CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$HOME" ] &&
+    HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$HOME"`
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+  $MAVEN_OPTS \
+  -classpath "${M2_HOME}"/boot/plexus-classworlds-*.jar \
+  "-Dclassworlds.conf=${M2_HOME}/bin/m2.conf" \
+  "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}"  \
+  ${CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER} $QUOTED_ARGS
+
+
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvn.bat b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvn.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..354ad2e62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvn.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%)
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @setlocal
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" @setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto chkMHome
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory.
+echo JAVA_HOME = %JAVA_HOME%
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:chkMHome
+if not "%M2_HOME%"=="" goto valMHome
+
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" SET M2_HOME=%~dp0..
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" SET M2_HOME=%~dp0..
+if not "%M2_HOME%"=="" goto valMHome
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: M2_HOME not found in your environment.
+echo Please set the M2_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of the Maven installation
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:valMHome
+
+:stripMHome
+if not _%M2_HOME:~-1%==_\ goto checkMBat
+set M2_HOME=%M2_HOME:~0,-1%
+goto stripMHome
+
+:checkMBat
+if exist "%M2_HOME%\bin\mvn.bat" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: M2_HOME is set to an invalid directory.
+echo M2_HOME = %M2_HOME%
+echo Please set the M2_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of the Maven installation
+echo.
+goto error
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+@REM Decide how to startup depending on the version of windows
+
+@REM -- Windows NT with Novell Login
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" goto WinNTNovell
+
+@REM -- Win98ME
+if NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto Win9xArg
+
+:WinNTNovell
+
+@REM -- 4NT shell
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTArgs
+
+@REM -- Regular WinNT shell
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto endInit
+
+@REM The 4NT Shell from jp software
+:4NTArgs
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+goto endInit
+
+:Win9xArg
+@REM Slurp the command line arguments.  This loop allows for an unlimited number
+@REM of agruments (up to the command line limit, anyway).
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+:Win9xApp
+if %1a==a goto endInit
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1
+shift
+goto Win9xApp
+
+@REM Reaching here means variables are defined and arguments have been captured
+:endInit
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+
+@REM -- 4NT shell
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTCWJars
+
+@REM -- Regular WinNT shell
+for %%i in ("%M2_HOME%"\boot\plexus-classworlds-*) do set CLASSWORLDS_JAR="%%i"
+goto runm2
+
+@REM The 4NT Shell from jp software
+:4NTCWJars
+for %%i in ("%M2_HOME%\boot\plexus-classworlds-*") do set CLASSWORLDS_JAR="%%i"
+goto runm2
+
+@REM Start MAVEN2
+:runm2
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %MAVEN_OPTS% -classpath %CLASSWORLDS_JAR% "-Dclassworlds.conf=%M2_HOME%\bin\m2.conf" "-Dmaven.home=%M2_HOME%" org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @endlocal
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" @endlocal
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto endNT
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" goto endNT
+
+@REM For old DOS remove the set variables from ENV - we assume they were not set
+@REM before we started - at least we don't leave any baggage around
+set MAVEN_JAVA_EXE=
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+goto postExec
+
+:endNT
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+:postExec
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+@REM pause the batch file if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+
+
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnDebug b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnDebug
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..dbec423420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnDebug
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+#
+# Required ENV vars:
+# ------------------
+#   JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+#   M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+#   MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+#     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+#       set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+INT_MAVEN_OPTS="$MAVEN_OPTS -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000"
+
+echo Preparing to Execute Maven in Debug Mode
+
+QUOTED_ARGS=""
+while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
+
+  QUOTED_ARGS="$QUOTED_ARGS \"$1\""
+  shift
+
+done
+
+if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+  . /etc/mavenrc
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
+  . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
+fi
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+mingw=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+  MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+  Darwin*) darwin=true 
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_VERSION" ] ; then
+             JAVA_VERSION="CurrentJDK"
+           else
+             echo "Using Java version: $JAVA_VERSION"
+           fi
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+             JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/${JAVA_VERSION}/Home
+           fi
+           ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+    JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$M2_HOME" ] ; then
+  ## resolve links - $0 may be a link to maven's home
+  PRG="$0"
+
+  # need this for relative symlinks
+  while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+      PRG="$link"
+    else
+      PRG="`dirname "$PRG"`/$link"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  saveddir=`pwd`
+
+  M2_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/..
+
+  # make it fully qualified
+  M2_HOME=`cd "$M2_HOME" && pwd`
+
+  cd "$saveddir"
+  # echo Using m2 at $M2_HOME
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME"  ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD="`which java`"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly."
+  echo "  We cannot execute $JAVACMD"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  echo "Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set."
+fi
+
+CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$HOME" ] &&
+    HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$HOME"`
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+  $INT_MAVEN_OPTS \
+  -classpath "${M2_HOME}"/boot/plexus-classworlds-*.jar \
+  "-Dclassworlds.conf=${M2_HOME}/bin/m2.conf" \
+  "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}"  \
+  ${CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER} $QUOTED_ARGS
+
+
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnDebug.bat b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnDebug.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..891b27359b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnDebug.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set INT_MAVEN_OPTS=%MAVEN_OPTS% -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@echo Preparing to Execute Maven in Debug Mode
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%)
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @setlocal
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" @setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto chkMHome
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory.
+echo JAVA_HOME = %JAVA_HOME%
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:chkMHome
+if not "%M2_HOME%"=="" goto valMHome
+
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" SET M2_HOME=%~dp0..
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" SET M2_HOME=%~dp0..
+if not "%M2_HOME%"=="" goto valMHome
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: M2_HOME not found in your environment.
+echo Please set the M2_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of the Maven installation
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:valMHome
+
+:stripMHome
+if not _%M2_HOME:~-1%==_\ goto checkMBat
+set M2_HOME=%M2_HOME:~0,-1%
+goto stripMHome
+
+:checkMBat
+if exist "%M2_HOME%\bin\mvn.bat" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: M2_HOME is set to an invalid directory.
+echo M2_HOME = %M2_HOME%
+echo Please set the M2_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of the Maven installation
+echo.
+goto error
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+@REM Decide how to startup depending on the version of windows
+
+@REM -- Windows NT with Novell Login
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" goto WinNTNovell
+
+@REM -- Win98ME
+if NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto Win9xArg
+
+:WinNTNovell
+
+@REM -- 4NT shell
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTArgs
+
+@REM -- Regular WinNT shell
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto endInit
+
+@REM The 4NT Shell from jp software
+:4NTArgs
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+goto endInit
+
+:Win9xArg
+@REM Slurp the command line arguments.  This loop allows for an unlimited number
+@REM of agruments (up to the command line limit, anyway).
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+:Win9xApp
+if %1a==a goto endInit
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1
+shift
+goto Win9xApp
+
+@REM Reaching here means variables are defined and arguments have been captured
+:endInit
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+
+@REM -- 4NT shell
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTCWJars
+
+@REM -- Regular WinNT shell
+for %%i in ("%M2_HOME%"\boot\plexus-classworlds-*) do set CLASSWORLDS_JAR="%%i"
+goto runm2
+
+@REM The 4NT Shell from jp software
+:4NTCWJars
+for %%i in ("%M2_HOME%\boot\plexus-classworlds-*") do set CLASSWORLDS_JAR="%%i"
+goto runm2
+
+@REM Start MAVEN2
+:runm2
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %INT_MAVEN_OPTS% -classpath %CLASSWORLDS_JAR% "-Dclassworlds.conf=%M2_HOME%\bin\m2.conf" "-Dmaven.home=%M2_HOME%" org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @endlocal
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" @endlocal
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto endNT
+if "%OS%"=="WINNT" goto endNT
+
+@REM For old DOS remove the set variables from ENV - we assume they were not set
+@REM before we started - at least we don't leave any baggage around
+set MAVEN_JAVA_EXE=
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+goto postExec
+
+:endNT
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+:postExec
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+@REM pause the batch file if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+
+
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnr b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnr
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnr
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+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export M2_HOME=$HOME/m2
+export JRUBY_HOME=$HOME/jruby
+export CLASSPATH=$M2_HOME/lib/maven-embedder-2.1-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar
+$JRUBY_HOME/bin/jruby $M2_HOME/bin/mvnr.rb
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnr.rb b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnr.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cde1ef4d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/bin/mvnr.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+require 'java'
+
+class Maven
+  def initialize goals
+    @goals = goals
+  end
+
+  include_class 'java.io.File'
+  include_class 'org.apache.maven.embedder.MavenEmbedder'
+  include_class 'org.apache.maven.embedder.DefaultConfiguration'
+  include_class 'org.apache.maven.execution.DefaultMavenExecutionRequest'
+
+  def run        
+    configuration = DefaultConfiguration.new    
+    maven = MavenEmbedder.new(configuration)    
+    r = DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.new
+    r.setBaseDirectory( File.new( "." ) ) 
+    r.setGoals( @goals )                                                                                                                          
+    result = maven.execute( r );   
+  end
+end
+
+m = Maven.new( ["clean"] ).run
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml b/maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84862915ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<!--
+ | This is the configuration file for Maven. It can be specified at two levels:
+ |
+ |  1. User Level. This settings.xml file provides configuration for a single user, 
+ |                 and is normally provided in $HOME/.m2/settings.xml.
+ |
+ |                 NOTE: This location can be overridden with the system property:
+ |
+ |                 -Dorg.apache.maven.user-settings=/path/to/user/settings.xml
+ |
+ |  2. Global Level. This settings.xml file provides configuration for all maven
+ |                 users on a machine (assuming they're all using the same maven
+ |                 installation). It's normally provided in 
+ |                 ${maven.home}/conf/settings.xml.
+ |
+ |                 NOTE: This location can be overridden with the system property:
+ |
+ |                 -Dorg.apache.maven.global-settings=/path/to/global/settings.xml
+ |
+ | The sections in this sample file are intended to give you a running start at
+ | getting the most out of your Maven installation. Where appropriate, the default
+ | values (values used when the setting is not specified) are provided.
+ |
+ |-->
+<settings>
+  <!-- localRepository
+   | The path to the local repository maven will use to store artifacts.
+   |
+   | Default: ~/.m2/repository
+  <localRepository>/path/to/local/repo</localRepository>
+  -->
+
+  <!-- interactiveMode
+   | This will determine whether maven prompts you when it needs input. If set to false,
+   | maven will use a sensible default value, perhaps based on some other setting, for
+   | the parameter in question.
+   |
+   | Default: true
+  <interactiveMode>true</interactiveMode>
+  -->
+
+  <!-- offline
+   | Determines whether maven should attempt to connect to the network when executing a build.
+   | This will have an effect on artifact downloads, artifact deployment, and others.
+   |
+   | Default: false
+  <offline>false</offline>
+  -->
+
+  <!-- proxies
+   | This is a list of proxies which can be used on this machine to connect to the network.
+   | Unless otherwise specified (by system property or command-line switch), the first proxy
+   | specification in this list marked as active will be used.
+   |-->
+  <proxies>
+    <!-- proxy
+     | Specification for one proxy, to be used in connecting to the network.
+     |
+    <proxy>
+      <id>optional</id>
+      <active>true</active>
+      <protocol>http</protocol>
+      <username>proxyuser</username>
+      <password>proxypass</password>
+      <host>proxy.host.net</host>
+      <port>80</port>
+      <nonProxyHosts>local.net,some.host.com</nonProxyHosts>
+    </proxy>
+    -->
+  </proxies>
+
+  <!-- servers
+   | This is a list of authentication profiles, keyed by the server-id used within the system.
+   | Authentication profiles can be used whenever maven must make a connection to a remote server.
+   |-->
+  <servers>
+    <!-- server
+     | Specifies the authentication information to use when connecting to a particular server, identified by
+     | a unique name within the system (referred to by the 'id' attribute below).
+     | 
+     | NOTE: You should either specify username/password OR privateKey/passphrase, since these pairings are 
+     |       used together.
+     |
+    <server>
+      <id>deploymentRepo</id>
+      <username>repouser</username>
+      <password>repopwd</password>
+    </server>
+    -->
+    
+    <!-- Another sample, using keys to authenticate.
+    <server>
+      <id>siteServer</id>
+      <privateKey>/path/to/private/key</privateKey>
+      <passphrase>optional; leave empty if not used.</passphrase>
+    </server>
+    -->
+  </servers>
+
+  <!-- mirrors
+   | This is a list of mirrors to be used in downloading artifacts from remote repositories.
+   | 
+   | It works like this: a POM may declare a repository to use in resolving certain artifacts.
+   | However, this repository may have problems with heavy traffic at times, so people have mirrored
+   | it to several places.
+   |
+   | That repository definition will have a unique id, so we can create a mirror reference for that
+   | repository, to be used as an alternate download site. The mirror site will be the preferred 
+   | server for that repository.
+   |-->
+  <mirrors>
+    <!-- mirror
+     | Specifies a repository mirror site to use instead of a given repository. The repository that
+     | this mirror serves has an ID that matches the mirrorOf element of this mirror. IDs are used
+     | for inheritance and direct lookup purposes, and must be unique across the set of mirrors.
+     |
+    <mirror>
+      <id>mirrorId</id>
+      <mirrorOf>repositoryId</mirrorOf>
+      <name>Human Readable Name for this Mirror.</name>
+      <url>http://my.repository.com/repo/path</url>
+    </mirror>
+     -->
+  </mirrors>
+  
+  <!-- profiles
+   | This is a list of profiles which can be activated in a variety of ways, and which can modify
+   | the build process. Profiles provided in the settings.xml are intended to provide local machine-
+   | specific paths and repository locations which allow the build to work in the local environment.
+   |
+   | For example, if you have an integration testing plugin - like cactus - that needs to know where
+   | your Tomcat instance is installed, you can provide a variable here such that the variable is 
+   | dereferenced during the build process to configure the cactus plugin.
+   |
+   | As noted above, profiles can be activated in a variety of ways. One way - the activeProfiles
+   | section of this document (settings.xml) - will be discussed later. Another way essentially
+   | relies on the detection of a system property, either matching a particular value for the property,
+   | or merely testing its existence. Profiles can also be activated by JDK version prefix, where a 
+   | value of '1.4' might activate a profile when the build is executed on a JDK version of '1.4.2_07'.
+   | Finally, the list of active profiles can be specified directly from the command line.
+   |
+   | NOTE: For profiles defined in the settings.xml, you are restricted to specifying only artifact
+   |       repositories, plugin repositories, and free-form properties to be used as configuration
+   |       variables for plugins in the POM.
+   |
+   |-->
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- profile
+     | Specifies a set of introductions to the build process, to be activated using one or more of the
+     | mechanisms described above. For inheritance purposes, and to activate profiles via <activatedProfiles/>
+     | or the command line, profiles have to have an ID that is unique.
+     |
+     | An encouraged best practice for profile identification is to use a consistent naming convention
+     | for profiles, such as 'env-dev', 'env-test', 'env-production', 'user-jdcasey', 'user-brett', etc.
+     | This will make it more intuitive to understand what the set of introduced profiles is attempting
+     | to accomplish, particularly when you only have a list of profile id's for debug.
+     |
+     | This profile example uses the JDK version to trigger activation, and provides a JDK-specific repo.
+    <profile>
+      <id>jdk-1.4</id>
+
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>1.4</jdk>
+      </activation>
+
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+	  <id>jdk14</id>
+	  <name>Repository for JDK 1.4 builds</name>
+	  <url>http://www.myhost.com/maven/jdk14</url>
+	  <layout>default</layout>
+	  <snapshotPolicy>always</snapshotPolicy>
+	</repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+    -->
+
+    <!--
+     | Here is another profile, activated by the system property 'target-env' with a value of 'dev',
+     | which provides a specific path to the Tomcat instance. To use this, your plugin configuration
+     | might hypothetically look like:
+     |
+     | ...
+     | <plugin>
+     |   <groupId>org.myco.myplugins</groupId>
+     |   <artifactId>myplugin</artifactId>
+     |   
+     |   <configuration>
+     |     <tomcatLocation>${tomcatPath}</tomcatLocation>
+     |   </configuration>
+     | </plugin>
+     | ...
+     |
+     | NOTE: If you just wanted to inject this configuration whenever someone set 'target-env' to
+     |       anything, you could just leave off the <value/> inside the activation-property.
+     |
+    <profile>
+      <id>env-dev</id>
+
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+	  <name>target-env</name>
+	  <value>dev</value>
+	</property>
+      </activation>
+
+      <properties>
+        <tomcatPath>/path/to/tomcat/instance</tomcatPath>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    -->
+  </profiles>
+
+  <!-- activeProfiles
+   | List of profiles that are active for all builds.
+   |
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>alwaysActiveProfile</activeProfile>
+    <activeProfile>anotherAlwaysActiveProfile</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+  -->
+</settings>
diff --git a/maven-distribution/src/main/assembly/bin.xml b/maven-distribution/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5fff8c68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-distribution/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<assembly>
+  <id>bin</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>tar.bz2</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>boot</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-classworlds</include>
+      </includes>
+    </dependencySet>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-classworlds</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api</exclude>
+        <exclude>classworlds:classworlds</exclude>
+        <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
+        <exclude>jmock:jmock</exclude>
+        <exclude>xml-apis:xml-apis</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.apache.maven:maven-artifact</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.apache.maven:maven-monitor</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-descriptor</exclude>
+        <!-- NOTE: Excluding to avoid maven-model and maven-profile inclusions,
+             since we're not using the jdom modello stuff here.
+        -->
+        <exclude>jdom:jdom</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <includes>
+        <include>README*</include>
+        <include>LICENSE*</include>
+        <include>NOTICE*</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>src/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*.bat</include>
+        <include>*.conf</include>
+      </includes>
+      <lineEnding>dos</lineEnding>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>src/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>m2</include>
+        <include>mvn</include>
+        <include>mvnDebug</include>
+      </includes>
+      <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>src/conf</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>