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Gradle – Display project dependency

gradle-project-dependencies

In this tutorial, we will show you how to display project dependencies with the Gradle build tool. Review a simple Spring MVC project dependencies.

build.gradle

dependencies { 
 	compile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12'
	compile 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3'
        compile('org.springframework:spring-webmvc:4.1.6.RELEASE'){
		exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
	}
	compile 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.3.2'
	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
}

P.S Tested with Gradle 2.4

1. gradle dependencies

Display project dependencies (direct and transitive for all configurations) in a tree format. This dependency report is very large, not much value to see this.

Terminal

$ gradle dependencies

archives - Configuration for archive artifacts.
No dependencies

compile - Compile classpath for source set 'main'.
+--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12
+--- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3
|    +--- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7 -> 1.7.12
+--- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-context:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-aop:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    |    +--- aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0
|    |    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|    |    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-expression:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |         \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-expression:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|    \--- org.springframework:spring-web:4.1.6.RELEASE
|         +--- org.springframework:spring-aop:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|         +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|         +--- org.springframework:spring-context:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|         \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
+--- org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.3.2
\--- javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5

default - Configuration for default artifacts.
+--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12
+--- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3
|    +--- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7 -> 1.7.12
...

providedCompile - Additional compile classpath for libraries that should not be part of the WAR arc
\--- javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5

providedRuntime - Additional runtime classpath for libraries that should not be part of the WAR arc
\--- javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5

runtime - Runtime classpath for source set 'main'.
+--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12
+--- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3
|    +--- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7 -> 1.7.12
...

testCompile - Compile classpath for source set 'test'.
+--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12
+--- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3
|    +--- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7 -> 1.7.12
...

... this report can be very large

2. gradle dependencies –configuration

Normally, we just need to see the dependencies report for a particular configuration. In below example, it displays the dependency report for “runtime” configuration only.

Terminal

$ gradle dependencies --configuration runtime

runtime - Runtime classpath for source set 'main'.
+--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12
+--- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3
|    +--- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3
|    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7 -> 1.7.12
+--- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-context:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-aop:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    |    +--- aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0
|    |    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|    |    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|    |    +--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-expression:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    |         \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
|    +--- org.springframework:spring-expression:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|    \--- org.springframework:spring-web:4.1.6.RELEASE
|         +--- org.springframework:spring-aop:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|         +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|         +--- org.springframework:spring-context:4.1.6.RELEASE (*)
|         \--- org.springframework:spring-core:4.1.6.RELEASE
+--- org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.3.2
\--- javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5

(*) - dependencies omitted (listed previously)

3. gradle dependencyInsight

This “insight” let you find out the relationship for a particular dependency.

3.1 In below example, both jcl-over-slf4j and logback-classic depends on slf4j-api, but there is a version conflict, and Gradle pick up the latest version slf4j-api:1.7.12.

Terminal

$ gradle dependencyInsight --dependency slf4j-api --configuration compile

org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12 (conflict resolution)
\--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12
     \--- compile

org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7 -> 1.7.12
\--- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3
     \--- compile

3.2 Yet another example, declares a Jackson 2.8.7, but Gradle picks the latest Jackson 2.9.0.pr1

build.gradle

dependencies {
    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.7"
    compile ('com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2:2.8.0') //depends on 2.9.0.pr1
}
Terminal

$ gradle :dependencyInsight --configuration compile --dependency jackson-databind
:core:dependencyInsight
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.0.pr1 (conflict resolution)

com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.2 -> 2.9.0.pr1
\--- com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2:2.8.0
     \--- compile

com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.7 -> 2.9.0.pr1
\--- compile

com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:[2.7.0,) -> 2.9.0.pr1
\--- com.maxmind.db:maxmind-db:1.2.1
     \--- com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2:2.8.0
          \--- compile

4. gradle dependencies multi-project

Review a multi-project example.

settings.gradle

include 'core', 'crawler', 'whois', 'web','analyzer','security'

To display the dependencies report for a subproject :


$ gradle {subproject}:dependencies

For example, display dependencies report for a subproject core :


$ gradle core:dependencies
$ gradle core:dependencies --configuration compile
$ gradle core:dependencyInsight --dependency slf4j-api --configuration compile

References

  1. Gradle user guide – listing dependencies

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santhoshv
7 years ago

This doesnt show up dependency added with fileTree

mkyong
7 years ago
Reply to  santhoshv

Do you know how to display the “dependency added with fileTree”?

Joe Bull
8 years ago

This page would be a lot more useful if it also included examples of the dependencies that do NOT show up in report – for instance “files” or “fileTree” ones.

mkyong
7 years ago
Reply to  Joe Bull

Do you know how to display it?