Looks like it searches the index by sha1 -
https://github.com/eclipse/m2e-core/blob/89cd40ba907e178d523f40ac22f7eac0291de37b/org.eclipse.m2e.core/src/org/eclipse/m2e/core/internal/index/nexus/NexusIndexManager.java#L418

So if for some reason you knew the sha1 but not the precise coordinates ...

On 7 July 2016 at 18:38, David M. Karr <davidmichaelk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> When adding a dependency, the label in the "Add" dialog says "Enter
> groupId, artifactId or sha1 prefix or pattern(*)".  I've gone through this
> dialog billions of times and never really read that label.  What exactly is
> a "sha1 prefix" in this context?
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