title: maven : Failed to install metadata project Could not parse metadata maven-metadata-local.xml: only whitespace content allowed before start tag
body: <p>Got this error when I was trying to build a project which I just downloaded from SVN.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Failed to execute goal
    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.4:install
    (default-install) on project : Failed to install metadata
    project:1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml: Could not parse metadata
    C:\Users.m2\project\1.0-SNAPSHOT\maven-metadata-local.xml: only
    whitespace content allowed before start tag and not \u0 (position:
    START_DOCUMENT seen \u0... @1:1) -> [Help 1]</p>
  </blockquote>