diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-1053/selector.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-1053/selector.groovy
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index 000000000..1705d2416
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+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-1053/selector.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+try {
+    def proc = "svn".execute()
+    proc.consumeProcessOutput()
+    proc.waitFor()
+} catch (IOException e) {
+    return false
+}
+
+return true
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/selector.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/selector.groovy
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index 000000000..1705d2416
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+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-128/selector.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+try {
+    def proc = "svn".execute()
+    proc.consumeProcessOutput()
+    proc.waitFor()
+} catch (IOException e) {
+    return false
+}
+
+return true
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/selector.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/selector.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1705d2416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/flat-multi-module/parent-project/selector.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+try {
+    def proc = "svn".execute()
+    proc.consumeProcessOutput()
+    proc.waitFor()
+} catch (IOException e) {
+    return false
+}
+
+return true
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/selector.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/selector.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1705d2416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/regular-multi-module/selector.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+try {
+    def proc = "svn".execute()
+    proc.consumeProcessOutput()
+    proc.waitFor()
+} catch (IOException e) {
+    return false
+}
+
+return true