diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
index 25dbdeb5f8..a48b473ead 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
@@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ public class MBoot
         metadata.setReleaseVersion( version );
         file = localRepository.getMetadataFile( groupId, artifactId, null, type, "maven-metadata-local.xml" );
         metadata.write( file );
+
+        metadata = new RepositoryMetadata();
+        metadata.setLocalCopy( true );
+        file = localRepository.getMetadataFile( groupId, artifactId, version, type, "maven-metadata-local.xml" );
+        metadata.write( file );
     }
 
     private void runTests( String basedir, String classes, String testClasses, ModelReader reader,
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
index accafa7582..6151985816 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ public class ArtifactDownloader
                 // not exists so create it if missing.
                 File directory = destinationFile.getParentFile();
 
-                if ( directory.exists() == false )
+                if ( !directory.exists() )
                 {
                     directory.mkdirs();
                 }
 
                 boolean snapshot = isSnapshot( dep );
 
-                if ( dep.getGroupId().equals( "org.apache.maven" ) && snapshot )
+                if ( "org.apache.maven".equals( dep.getGroupId() ) && snapshot )
                 {
                     //skip our own
                     continue;
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ public class ArtifactDownloader
                     File remoteFile = localRepository.getMetadataFile( dep.getGroupId(), dep.getArtifactId(),
                                                                        dep.getVersion(), dep.getType(), filename );
                     String metadataPath = remoteRepo.getMetadataPath( dep.getGroupId(), dep.getArtifactId(),
-                                                                      dep.getVersion(), dep.getType(), "maven-metadata.xml" );
+                                                                      dep.getVersion(), dep.getType(),
+                                                                      "maven-metadata.xml" );
                     String metaUrl = remoteRepo.getBasedir() + "/" + metadataPath;
                     log( "Downloading " + metaUrl );
                     try
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/RepositoryMetadata.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/RepositoryMetadata.java
index 2613626a27..71c354f7de 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/RepositoryMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/RepositoryMetadata.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
- * TODO: describe
+ * I/O for repository metadata.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
  * @version $Id$
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class RepositoryMetadata
 
     private String latestVersion;
 
+    private boolean localCopy;
+
     public String getSnapshotTimestamp()
     {
         return snapshotTimestamp;
@@ -139,6 +141,16 @@ public class RepositoryMetadata
         versions.add( version );
     }
 
+    public boolean isLocalCopy()
+    {
+        return localCopy;
+    }
+
+    public void setLocalCopy( boolean localCopy )
+    {
+        this.localCopy = localCopy;
+    }
+
     public static RepositoryMetadata read( File file )
         throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException
     {
@@ -194,6 +206,10 @@ public class RepositoryMetadata
                     {
                         metadata.setSnapshotTimestamp( getBodyText() );
                     }
+                    else if ( "localCopy".equals( rawName ) )
+                    {
+                        metadata.setLocalCopy( Boolean.valueOf( getBodyText() ).booleanValue() );
+                    }
                 }
                 else if ( insideVersions )
                 {
@@ -301,6 +317,7 @@ public class RepositoryMetadata
                 writeLine( w, "    ", "latest", metadata.getLatestVersion() );
                 writeLine( w, "    ", "release", metadata.getReleaseVersion() );
                 w.println( "    <snapshot>" );
+                writeLine( w, "      ", "localCopy", String.valueOf( metadata.isLocalCopy() ) );
                 writeLine( w, "      ", "buildNumber", String.valueOf( metadata.getSnapshotBuildNumber() ) );
                 writeLine( w, "      ", "timestamp", metadata.getSnapshotTimestamp() );
                 w.println( "    </snapshot>" );