Index: C:/powerlogic/jcompany51/workspace/continuum-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/web/action/AddMavenProjectAction.java
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--- C:/powerlogic/jcompany51/workspace/continuum-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/web/action/AddMavenProjectAction.java	(revision 718648)
+++ C:/powerlogic/jcompany51/workspace/continuum-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/web/action/AddMavenProjectAction.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -110,10 +112,18 @@
                 URL url = new URL( pomUrl );
                 if ( pomUrl.startsWith( "http" ) && !StringUtils.isEmpty( scmUsername ) )
                 {
+                	String encoding = System.getProperty("file.encoding");
+                	// CONTINUUM-1981 
+                	String encodedUsername = URLEncoder.encode(scmUsername, encoding);
+                	String encodedPassword = URLEncoder.encode(scmPassword, encoding);
+                	
                     StringBuffer urlBuffer = new StringBuffer();
                     urlBuffer.append( url.getProtocol() ).append( "://" );
-                    urlBuffer.append( scmUsername ).append( ':' ).append( scmPassword ).append( '@' ).append(
-                        url.getHost() );
+                    
+                    urlBuffer.append( encodedUsername ).append( ':' ).append( encodedPassword );
+                    
+                    urlBuffer.append( '@' ).append( url.getHost() );
+                    
                     if ( url.getPort() != -1 )
                     {
                         urlBuffer.append( ":" ).append( url.getPort() );
@@ -131,6 +141,11 @@
             {
                 addActionError( "add.project.unknown.error" );
                 return doDefault();
+            } 
+            catch ( UnsupportedEncodingException e ) 
+            {
+                addActionError( "add.project.unknown.error" );
+                return doDefault();
             }
         }
         else