In the spirit of the Maven Versions Plugin, this plugin provides a task to determine which dependencies have updates. Additionally, the plugin checks for updates to Gradle itself.
You may also wish to explore additional functionality provided by,
- gradle-use-latest-versions
- gradle-libraries-plugin
- gradle-update-notifier
- deblibs-gradle-plugin
- buildSrcVersions
This plugin is available from Bintray's JCenter repository and from the Gradle Plugin Portal.
You can add it to your top-level build script using the following configuration:
plugins {
id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "$version"
}or via the
apply plugin: "com.github.ben-manes.versions"
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath "com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:$version"
}
}The current version is known to work with Gradle versions up to 5.0.
Displays a report of the project dependencies that are up-to-date, exceed the latest version found,
have upgrades, or failed to be resolved. When a dependency cannot be resolved the exception is
logged at the info level.
Gradle updates are checked for on the current, release-candidate and nightly release channels. The plaintext
report displays gradle updates as a separate category in breadcrumb style (excluding nightly builds). The xml and json
reports include information about all three release channels, whether a release is considered an update with respect to
the running (executing) gradle instance, whether an update check on on a release channel has failed, as well as a reason
field explaining failures or missing information. The update check may be disabled using the checkForGradleUpdate flag.
In a multi-project build, running this task in the root project will generate a consolidated/merged report for dependency updates in all subprojects. Alternatively, you can run the task separately in each subproject to generate separate reports for each subproject.
The revision task property controls the Ivy resolution strategy for determining what constitutes
the latest version of a dependency. Maven's dependency metadata does not distinguish between milestone and release versions.
The following strategies are natively supported by Gradle:
- release: selects the latest release
- milestone: select the latest version being either a milestone or a release (default)
- integration: selects the latest revision of the dependency module (such as SNAPSHOT)
The strategy can be specified either on the task or as a system property for ad hoc usage:
gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=releaseThe latest versions can be further filtered using Component Selection Rules. For example, to disallow release candidates as upgradable versions a selection rule could be defined as:
dependencyUpdates.resolutionStrategy {
componentSelection { rules ->
rules.all { ComponentSelection selection ->
boolean rejected = ['alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'cr', 'm', 'preview'].any { qualifier ->
selection.candidate.version ==~ /(?i).*[.-]${qualifier}[.\d-]*/
}
if (rejected) {
selection.reject('Release candidate')
}
}
}
}If using Gradle's kotlin-dsl, you could configure the dependencyUpdates like this:
import com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.updates.DependencyUpdatesTask
tasks.named<DependencyUpdatesTask>("dependencyUpdates") {
resolutionStrategy {
componentSelection {
all {
val rejected = listOf("alpha", "beta", "rc", "cr", "m", "preview")
.map { qualifier -> Regex("(?i).*[.-]$qualifier[.\\d-]*") }
.any { it.matches(candidate.version) }
if (rejected) {
reject("Release candidate")
}
}
}
}
// optional parameters
checkForGradleUpdate = true
outputFormatter = "json"
outputDir = "build/dependencyUpdates"
reportfileName = "report"
}Note: Do use the plugins { .. } syntax if you use the Kotlin DSL.
The task property outputFormatter controls the report output format. The following values are supported:
"plain": format output file as plain text (default)"json": format output file as json text"xml": format output file as xml text, can be used by other plugins (e.g. sonar)- a
Closure: will be called with the result of the dependency update analysis (see example below)
You can also set multiple output formats using comma as the separator:
gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release -DoutputFormatter=json,xmlThe task property outputDir controls the output directory for the report file(s). The directory will be created if it does not exist.
The default value is set to build/dependencyUpdates
gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release -DoutputFormatter=json -DoutputDir=/any/path/with/permissionLast the property reportfileName sets the filename (without extension) of the generated report. It defaults to report.
The extension will be set according to the used output format.
gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release -DoutputFormatter=json -DreportfileName=myCustomReportThis displays a report to the console, e.g.
------------------------------------------------------------
: Project Dependency Updates (report to plain text file)
------------------------------------------------------------
The following dependencies are using the latest integration version:
- backport-util-concurrent:backport-util-concurrent:3.1
- backport-util-concurrent:backport-util-concurrent-java12:3.1
The following dependencies exceed the version found at the integration revision level:
- com.google.guava:guava [99.0-SNAPSHOT <- 16.0-rc1]
http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries
- com.google.guava:guava-tests [99.0-SNAPSHOT <- 16.0-rc1]
http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries
The following dependencies have later integration versions:
- com.google.inject:guice [2.0 -> 3.0]
http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/
- com.google.inject.extensions:guice-multibindings [2.0 -> 3.0]
http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/
Gradle updates:
- Gradle: [4.6 -> 4.7 -> 4.8-rc-2]
Json report
{
"current": {
"dependencies": [
{
"group": "backport-util-concurrent",
"version": "3.1",
"name": "backport-util-concurrent",
"projectUrl": "http://backport-jsr166.sourceforge.net/"
},
{
"group": "backport-util-concurrent",
"version": "3.1",
"name": "backport-util-concurrent-java12",
"projectUrl": "http://backport-jsr166.sourceforge.net/"
}
],
"count": 2
},
"gradle": {
"enabled": true,
"current": {
"version": "4.7",
"reason": "",
"isUpdateAvailable": true,
"isFailure": false
},
"nightly": {
"version": "4.9-20180526235939+0000",
"reason": "",
"isUpdateAvailable": true,
"isFailure": false
},
"releaseCandidate": {
"version": "4.8-rc-2",
"reason": "",
"isUpdateAvailable": true,
"isFailure": false
},
"running": {
"version": "4.6",
"reason": "",
"isUpdateAvailable": false,
"isFailure": false
}
},
"exceeded": {
"dependencies": [
{
"group": "com.google.guava",
"latest": "16.0-rc1",
"version": "99.0-SNAPSHOT",
"name": "guava",
"projectUrl": "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries"
},
{
"group": "com.google.guava",
"latest": "16.0-rc1",
"version": "99.0-SNAPSHOT",
"name": "guava-tests",
"projectUrl": "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries"
}
],
"count": 2
},
"outdated": {
"dependencies": [
{
"group": "com.google.inject",
"available": {
"release": "3.0",
"milestone": null,
"integration": null
},
"version": "2.0",
"name": "guice",
"projectUrl": "http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/"
},
{
"group": "com.google.inject.extensions",
"available": {
"release": "3.0",
"milestone": null,
"integration": null
},
"version": "2.0",
"name": "guice-multibindings",
"projectUrl": "http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/"
}
],
"count": 2
},
"unresolved": {
"dependencies": [
{
"group": "com.github.ben-manes",
"version": "1.0",
"reason": "Could not find any version that matches com.github.ben-manes:unresolvable:latest.milestone.",
"name": "unresolvable"
},
{
"group": "com.github.ben-manes",
"version": "1.0",
"reason": "Could not find any version that matches com.github.ben-manes:unresolvable2:latest.milestone.",
"name": "unresolvable2"
}
],
"count": 2
},
"count": 8
}XML report
<response>
<count>8</count>
<current>
<count>2</count>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<name>backport-util-concurrent</name>
<group>backport-util-concurrent</group>
<version>3.1</version>
<projectUrl>http://backport-jsr166.sourceforge.net/</projectUrl>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<name>backport-util-concurrent-java12</name>
<group>backport-util-concurrent</group>
<version>3.1</version>
<projectUrl>http://backport-jsr166.sourceforge.net/</projectUrl>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</current>
<outdated>
<count>2</count>
<dependencies>
<outdatedDependency>
<name>guice</name>
<group>com.google.inject</group>
<version>2.0</version>
<available>
<release>3.0</release>
</available>
<projectUrl>http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/</projectUrl>
</outdatedDependency>
<outdatedDependency>
<name>guice-multibindings</name>
<group>com.google.inject.extensions</group>
<version>2.0</version>
<available>
<release>3.0</release>
</available>
<projectUrl>http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries</projectUrl>
</outdatedDependency>
</dependencies>
</outdated>
<exceeded>
<count>2</count>
<dependencies>
<exceededDependency>
<name>guava</name>
<group>com.google.guava</group>
<version>99.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<latest>16.0-rc1</latest>
<projectUrl>http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries</projectUrl>
</exceededDependency>
<exceededDependency>
<name>guava-tests</name>
<group>com.google.guava</group>
<version>99.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<latest>16.0-rc1</latest>
<projectUrl>http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries</projectUrl>
</exceededDependency>
</dependencies>
</exceeded>
<unresolved>
<count>2</count>
<dependencies>
<unresolvedDependency>
<name>unresolvable</name>
<group>com.github.ben-manes</group>
<version>1.0</version>
<reason>Could not find any version that matches com.github.ben-manes:unresolvable:latest.release.</reason>
</unresolvedDependency>
<unresolvedDependency>
<name>unresolvable2</name>
<group>com.github.ben-manes</group>
<version>1.0</version>
<reason>Could not find any version that matches com.github.ben-manes:unresolvable2:latest.release.</reason>
</unresolvedDependency>
</dependencies>
</unresolved>
<gradle>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<running>
<version>4.6</version>
<isUpdateAvailable>false</isUpdateAvailable>
<isFailure>false</isFailure>
<reason></reason>
</running>
<current>
<version>4.7</version>
<isUpdateAvailable>true</isUpdateAvailable>
<isFailure>false</isFailure>
<reason></reason>
</current>
<releaseCandidate>
<version>4.8-rc-2</version>
<isUpdateAvailable>true</isUpdateAvailable>
<isFailure>false</isFailure>
<reason></reason>
</releaseCandidate>
<nightly>
<version>4.9-20180526235939+0000</version>
<isUpdateAvailable>true</isUpdateAvailable>
<isFailure>false</isFailure>
<reason></reason>
</nightly>
</gradle>
</response>If you need to create a report in a custom format, you can set the dependencyUpdates tasks's outputFormatter property to a Closure. The closure will be called with a single argument that is an instance of com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.reporter.result.Result.
For example, if you wanted to create an html table for the upgradable dependencies, you could use:
...
dependencyUpdates {
outputFormatter = { result ->
def updatable = result.outdated.dependencies
if (!updatable.isEmpty()){
def writer = new StringWriter()
def html = new groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder(writer)
html.html {
body {
table {
thead {
tr {
td("Group")
td("Module")
td("Current version")
td("Latest version")
}
}
tbody {
updatable.each { dependency->
tr {
td(dependency.group)
td(dependency.name)
td(dependency.version)
td(dependency.available.release ?: dependency.available.milestone)
}
}
}
}
}
}
println writer.toString()
}
}
}