From 1baa540000ec68c14e4952e5f04c6fac9c94dbaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stathis Papachristou <stathis.papachristou@ext.ec.europa.eu>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 08:06:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README about settings.xml file

---
 README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fb8eac..4cf8c51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ mvn clean install -U
 
 This will force Maven to update any snapshots that are used as dependencies in the project.
 
+In order to be able to use \'xxx-SNAPSHOT\'[^1] versions of dependencies you will need to add the following repository in the **\<repositories\>** section in your settings.xml file:
+
+[^1]: Release versions of the dependencies are provided by default in the maven central repo
+```
+<repository>
+  <id>oss-snapshots</id>
+  <name>OSS Snapshots repository</name>
+  <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+  <releases>
+    <enabled>false</enabled>
+  </releases>
+  <snapshots>
+    <enabled>true</enabled>
+  </snapshots>
+</repository>
+```
 
 ## Usage