Index: maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml
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--- maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml	(revision 705542)
+++ maven-distribution/src/conf/settings.xml	(working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<?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
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
  | 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.
+ |                 and is normally provided in ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml.
  |
  |                 NOTE: This location can be overridden with the system property:
  |
@@ -69,6 +71,18 @@
   <offline>false</offline>
   -->
 
+  <!-- pluginGroups
+   | This is a list of additional group identifiers that will be searched when resolving plugins by their prefix, i.e.
+   | when invoking a command line like "mvn prefix:goal". Maven will automatically add the group identifiers
+   | "org.apache.maven.plugins" and "org.codehaus.mojo" if these are not already contained in the list.
+   |-->
+  <pluginGroups>
+    <!-- pluginGroup
+     | Specifies a further group identifier to use for plugin lookup.
+    <pluginGroup>com.your.plugins</pluginGroup>
+    -->
+  </pluginGroups>
+
   <!-- 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