You can see that the snapshot repos are disabled in the configuration of the mojo. Yet snapshots get downloaded.
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-remote-resources-plugin:1.5:process from plugin realm ClassRealm[plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-remote-resources-plugin:1.5, parent: sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@330bedb4] [DEBUG] Configuring mojo 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-remote-resources-plugin:1.5:process' with basic configurator --> [DEBUG] (f) appendedResourcesDirectory = /Users/barrie/ide/maven/maven-scm/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/appended-resources [DEBUG] (f) attachToMain = true [DEBUG] (f) attachToTest = true [DEBUG] (f) attached = true [DEBUG] (f) basedir = /Users/barrie/ide/maven/maven-scm/maven-scm-plugin [DEBUG] (f) encoding = UTF-8 [DEBUG] (f) excludeTransitive = false [DEBUG] (f) includeProjectProperties = false [DEBUG] (f) includeScope = runtime [DEBUG] (f) localRepository = id: local url: file:///Users/barrie/.m2/repository/ layout: default snapshots: [enabled => true, update => always] releases: [enabled => true, update => always] [DEBUG] (f) outputDirectory = /Users/barrie/ide/maven/maven-scm/maven-scm-plugin/target/maven-shared-archive-resources [DEBUG] (f) remoteArtifactRepositories = [ id: central url: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 layout: default snapshots: [enabled => false, update => never] releases: [enabled => true, update => daily] , id: apache.snapshots url: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group layout: default snapshots: [enabled => false, update => never] releases: [enabled => false, update => never] ] [DEBUG] (f) resourceBundles = [org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle:1.4] [DEBUG] (f) resources = [Resource {targetPath: null, filtering: false, FileSet {directory: /Users/barrie/ide/maven/maven-scm/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/resources, PatternSet [includes: {}, excludes: {}]}}] [DEBUG] (f) runOnlyAtExecutionRoot = false [DEBUG] (f) skip = false [DEBUG] (f) useDefaultFilterDelimiters = true [DEBUG] (f) mavenSession = org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession@7728643a [DEBUG] (f) project = MavenProject: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.9.5-SNAPSHOT @ /Users/barrie/ide/maven/maven-scm/maven-scm-plugin/pom.xml [DEBUG] -- end configuration -- [DEBUG] Initializing Velocity, Calling init()... [DEBUG] ******************************************************************* [DEBUG] Starting Apache Velocity v1.7 (compiled: 2010-11-19 12:14:37) [DEBUG] RuntimeInstance initializing. [DEBUG] Default Properties File: org/apache/velocity/runtime/defaults/velocity.properties [DEBUG] Default ResourceManager initializing. (class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl) [DEBUG] ResourceLoader instantiated: org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ClasspathResourceLoader [DEBUG] ResourceCache: initialized (class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceCacheImpl) with class java.util.Collections$SynchronizedMap cache map. [DEBUG] Default ResourceManager initialization complete. [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Stop [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Define [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Break [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Evaluate [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Literal [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Macro [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Parse [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Include [DEBUG] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Foreach [DEBUG] Velocimacro : initialization starting. [DEBUG] Velocimacro : "velocimacro.library" is not set. Trying default library: VM_global_library.vm [DEBUG] Velocimacro : Default library not found. [DEBUG] Velocimacro : allowInline = true : VMs can be defined inline in templates [DEBUG] Velocimacro : allowInlineToOverride = false : VMs defined inline may NOT replace previous VM definitions [DEBUG] Velocimacro : allowInlineLocal = false : VMs defined inline will be global in scope if allowed. [DEBUG] Velocimacro : autoload off : VM system will not automatically reload global library macros [DEBUG] Velocimacro : Velocimacro : initialization complete. [DEBUG] RuntimeInstance successfully initialized. [DEBUG] Supplemental data models won't be loaded. No models specified. [DEBUG] org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:maven-plugin:1.9.5-SNAPSHOT (selected for null) ... [del] ... [DEBUG] Building project for org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-provider-cvsexe:jar:1.9.5-SNAPSHOT:runtime [DEBUG] Skipped remote request for org.apache.maven.scm:maven-scm-providers-cvs:1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml, locally cached metadata up-to-date. [DEBUG] Using transporter WagonTransporter with priority -1.0 for https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/ [DEBUG] Using connector BasicRepositoryConnector with priority 0.0 for https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/ Downloading: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm-providers/1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml Downloaded: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm-providers/1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml (827 B at 0.3 KB/sec) [DEBUG] Writing tracking file /Users/barrie/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm-providers/1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/resolver-status.properties [DEBUG] Using transporter WagonTransporter with priority -1.0 for https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/ [DEBUG] Using connector BasicRepositoryConnector with priority 0.0 for https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/ Downloading: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm/1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml Downloaded: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm/1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml (817 B at 0.4 KB/sec) [DEBUG] Writing tracking file /Users/barrie/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm/1.9.5-SNAPSHOT/resolver-status.properties