diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/.cvsignore b/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/.cvsignore
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index 0000000000..cce9515ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/.cvsignore
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+target
+*~
+*.log
+.classpath
+.project
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+*.iml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/pom.xml
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+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-repository-plugin</artifactId>
+  <type>plugin</type>  
+  <name>Maven Repository Plugin</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <package>org.apache.maven.plugin.repository</package>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-repository-tools</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/repository/ChecksumValidateMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/repository/ChecksumValidateMojo.java
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+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-repository-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/repository/ChecksumValidateMojo.java
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+package org.apache.maven.plugin.repository;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.WagonManager;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractPlugin;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionResponse;
+import org.apache.maven.repository.ChecksumValidator;
+import org.apache.maven.repository.RepositoryTools;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.TransferFailedException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.UnsupportedProtocolException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.observers.ChecksumObserver;
+
+/**
+ * @goal checksumvalidate
+ * 
+ * @description validates checksums in local repository
+ * 
+ * @parameter
+ *  name="localRepository"
+ *  type="org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository"
+ *  required="true"
+ *  validator=""
+ *  expression="#localRepository"
+ *  description=""
+ * 
+ * @parameter
+ *  name="wagonManager"
+ *  type="org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.WagonManager"
+ *  required="true"
+ *  validator=""
+ *  expression="#component.org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.WagonManager"
+ *  description=""
+ */
+public class ChecksumValidateMojo
+    extends AbstractPlugin
+{
+    
+    public void execute( PluginExecutionRequest request, PluginExecutionResponse response ) throws Exception
+    {
+        ArtifactRepository localRepository = (ArtifactRepository) request.getParameter( "localRepository" );
+
+        WagonManager wagonManager = (WagonManager) request.getParameter( "wagonManager" );
+
+        //ChecksumValidator checksumValidator = new ChecksumValidator();
+
+        List artifacts = RepositoryTools.getAllArtifacts( localRepository );
+
+        Iterator it = artifacts.iterator();
+
+        while ( it.hasNext() )
+        {
+            Artifact artifact = (Artifact) it.next();
+            
+            System.out.println( artifact );
+            boolean b = isValidChecksum( wagonManager, artifact, localRepository );
+            
+            if (!b) System.out.println( "NOT VALID" );
+            
+//            if ( !artifact.getChecksumFile().exists() )
+//            {
+//                // System.out.println( artifact );
+//            }
+//            else if ( !isValidChecksum( wagonManager, artifact, localRepository ) )
+//            {
+//                System.out.println( artifact );
+//            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isValidChecksum( WagonManager wagonManager, Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
+        throws TransferFailedException, UnsupportedProtocolException
+    {
+        ChecksumObserver checksumObserver = new ChecksumObserver();
+
+        ArtifactRepository tempRepository = new ArtifactRepository();
+
+        File f = new File( "target/test-classes/temp/" );
+
+        tempRepository.setUrl( "file://" + f.getPath() );
+
+        Set set = new HashSet();
+
+        set.add( localRepository );
+
+        Wagon wagon = wagonManager.getWagon( "file://" );
+
+        wagon.addTransferListener( checksumObserver );
+
+        wagonManager.get( artifact, set, tempRepository );
+
+        // File file = artifact.getFile();
+        //
+        // TransferEvent transferEvent = new TransferEvent( wagon, new
+        // Resource(), TransferEvent.TRANSFER_COMPLETED,
+        // TransferEvent.REQUEST_GET );
+        //
+        // checksumObserver.transferStarted( transferEvent );
+        // checksumObserver.transferProgress(transferEvent, file);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}