[GRADLE-3417] Misleading dependency report when using module exclude Created: 22/Mar/16  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 2.13
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: René Gröschke (Inactive) Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0


 Description   

reported via forum: https://discuss.gradle.org/t/misleading-dependency-tree-when-exclude-module/15318
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When I'm using this simple gradle build

apply plugin: 'java'

repositories {  mavenCentral() }

dependencies {
    compile ("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:1.3.3.RELEASE") {
        exclude group: "org.springframework.boot", module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
    }

    // A
    compile ("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-hateoas:1.3.3.RELEASE")
    
    // B
    // compile ("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-hateoas") {
    //     exclude group: "org.springframework.boot", module: "spring-boot-starter-web"
    // }
}

Then I'm getting dependency tree in which is visible that 'spring-boot-starter-web' is pulling 'spring-boot-starter-tomcat' but that module is excluded.
Real reason why is there because dependency spring-boot-starter-hateoas is pulling 'spring-boot-starter-web'. And option A is not excluding that dependency as option B.

With this configuration (option A) is hard to determine which main dependency is pulling spring-boot-starter-tomcat, because this dependency is not listed as transitive dependency of 'spring-boot-starter-hateoas'


--- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-hateoas:1.3.3.RELEASE
+--- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:1.3.3.RELEASE
+--- org.springframework.hateoas:spring-hateoas:0.19.0.RELEASE

{/code}

 Comments   
Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 10/Feb/17 ]

Thanks again for reporting this issue. We haven't heard back from you after our inquiry from November 15th. We are closing this issue now. Please create an issue on GitHub if you still feel passionate about getting it resolved.

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