Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/stage/DefaultRepositoryCopier.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/stage/DefaultRepositoryCopier.java	(revision 679829)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/stage/DefaultRepositoryCopier.java	(working copy)
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
             {
                 InputStream is = new FileInputStream( f );
 
-                String s = f.getAbsolutePath().substring( basedir.getAbsolutePath().length() + 1 );                
+                String s = f.getAbsolutePath().substring( basedir.getAbsolutePath().length() + 1 );
                 s = StringUtils.replace( s, "\\", "/" );
 
                 // We are marking any version directories with the in-process flag so that
@@ -475,7 +475,29 @@
                 for ( Iterator iterator = files.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); )
                 {
                     String file = (String) iterator.next();
+
                     logger.info( "Found file in the source repository: " + file );
+
+                    //Archiva use "../" as parent directory href, and we dont want to parse again
+                    // which causes infinite loop
+                    //Remove this block when build with wagon-beta-3 since it eliminates parent directory from getFileList()
+                    if ( "../".equals(file) )
+                    {
+                    	continue;
+                    }
+
+                    //Work around for MRM-893 which causes the file to be fetched and crashes html parser
+                    // in wagon http. Remove this block when MRM-893 is fixed
+
+                    //however it is more efficient to leave it here since
+                    // will prevent unnecessary netword call for each file
+                    if ( file.charAt( file.length() -1 ) != '/' )
+                    {
+                    	collected.add( basePath + file );
+                    	continue;
+                    }
+
+
                     scan( wagon, basePath + file, collected );
                 }
             }
Index: pom.xml
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--- pom.xml	(revision 679829)
+++ pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
   <artifactId>maven-stage-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Stage Plugin</name>
+  
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
   <description>
     The Maven Stage Plugin copies artifacts from one repository to another.
   </description>
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <properties>
-    <wagonVersion>1.0-beta-2</wagonVersion>
+    <wagonVersion>1.0-beta-3</wagonVersion>
     <mavenVersion>2.0.5</mavenVersion>
   </properties>