title: Maven: Failed to read artifact descriptor
body: <p>I am hoping someone can help me with a problem I am struggling with.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to build my project from the terminal I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Failed to read artifact descriptor for com.morrislgn.merchandising.common:test-data-utils:jar:0.3b-SNAPSHOT: Could not find artifact com.morrislgn.merchandising:merchandising:pom:0.3b-SNAPSHOT
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The <code>common.test-data-utils</code> jar is created by a separate project and shared between this and another project (the other project doesn't build either, but that is down to another problem). </p>
  
  <p>I am able to build <code>com.morrislgn.merchandising.common:test-data-utils</code> without issue, I can see the entry it makes in the <code>.m2</code> local repository on my machine. I have reindexed my repository in Eclipse also. </p>
  
  <p>The POM for my project has this entry:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;dependency&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;com.morrislgn.merchandising.common&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;test-data-utils&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;0.3b-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
  &lt;/dependency&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which appears to be correct to me - the POM doesn't report any errors either when it is viewed in Eclipse.</p>
  
  <p>Can some one tell me what I am missing here or doing wrong?</p>