Upgrade transitive Gradle or Maven dependencies

org.openrewrite.java.dependencies.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion

Upgrades the version of a transitive dependency in a Maven pom.xml or Gradle build.gradle. Leaves direct dependencies unmodified. Can be paired with the regular Upgrade Dependency Version recipe to upgrade a dependency everywhere, regardless of whether it is direct or transitive.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

Options

Type	Name	Description	Example
String	groupId	The first part of a dependency coordinate 'org.apache.logging.log4j:ARTIFACT_ID:VERSION'.	org.apache.logging.log4j
String	artifactId	The second part of a dependency coordinate 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:VERSION'.	log4j-bom
String	version	An exact version number or node-style semver selector used to select the version number.	latest.release
String	scope	Optional. An optional scope to use for the dependency management tag. Relevant only to Maven. Valid options: import, runtime, provided, test	import
String	type	Optional. An optional type to use for the dependency management tag. Relevant only to Maven builds. Valid options: jar, pom, war	pom
String	classifier	Optional. An optional classifier to use for the dependency management tag. Relevant only to Maven.	test
String	versionPattern	Optional. Allows version selection to be extended beyond the original Node Semver semantics. So for example,Setting 'version' to "25-29" can be paired with a metadata pattern of "-jre" to select 29.0-jre	-jre
String	because	Optional. The reason for upgrading the transitive dependency. For example, we could be responding to a vulnerability.	CVE-2021-1234
Boolean	releasesOnly	Optional. Whether to exclude snapshots from consideration when using a semver selector
String	onlyIfUsing	Optional. Only add managed dependencies to projects having a dependency matching the expression.	org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j*
Boolean	addToRootPom	Optional. Add to the root pom where root is the eldest parent of the pom within the source set.

License

This recipe is available under the Apache License 2.0.

Usage

This recipe has required configuration parameters. Recipes with required configuration parameters cannot be activated directly (unless you are running them via the Moderne CLI). To activate this recipe you must create a new recipe which fills in the required parameters. In your rewrite.yml create a new recipe with a unique name. For example: com.yourorg.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionExample. Here's how you can define and customize such a recipe within your rewrite.yml:

rewrite.yml

---
type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
name: com.yourorg.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionExample
displayName: Upgrade transitive Gradle or Maven dependencies example
recipeList:
  - org.openrewrite.java.dependencies.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion:      groupId: org.apache.logging.log4j
      artifactId: log4j-bom
      version: latest.release
      scope: import
      type: pom
      classifier: test
      versionPattern: '-jre'
      because: CVE-2021-1234
      onlyIfUsing: org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j*

Now that com.yourorg.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionExample has been defined, activate it and take a dependency on org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-dependencies:1.25.0 in your build file:

Gradle

1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:

build.gradle

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.28.3")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("com.yourorg.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionExample")
    setExportDatatables(true)
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    rewrite("org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-dependencies:1.25.0")
}

2. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

Maven

1. Add the following to your pom.xml file:

pom.xml

<project>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.47.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <exportDatatables>true</exportDatatables>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>com.yourorg.UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersionExample</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
            <artifactId>rewrite-java-dependencies</artifactId>
            <version>1.25.0</version>
          </dependency>
        </dependencies>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

2. Run mvn rewrite:run to run the recipe.

Moderne CLI

You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mod run . --recipe UpgradeTransitiveDependencyVersion --recipe-option "groupId=org.apache.logging.log4j" --recipe-option "artifactId=log4j-bom" --recipe-option "version=latest.release" --recipe-option "scope=import" --recipe-option "type=pom" --recipe-option "classifier=test" --recipe-option "versionPattern='-jre'" --recipe-option "because=CVE-2021-1234" --recipe-option "onlyIfUsing=org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j*"

If the recipe is not available locally, then you can install it using:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-dependencies:1.25.0

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Data Tables

Source files that had results

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults

Source files that were modified by the recipe run.

Column Name	Description
Source path before the run	The source path of the file before the run. null when a source file was created during the run.
Source path after the run	A recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run. null when a source file was deleted during the run.
Parent of the recipe that made changes	In a hierarchical recipe, the parent of the recipe that made a change. Empty if this is the root of a hierarchy or if the recipe is not hierarchical at all.
Recipe that made changes	The specific recipe that made a change.
Estimated time saving	An estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds.
Cycle	The recipe cycle in which the change was made.

Source files that errored on a recipe

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors

The details of all errors produced by a recipe run.

Column Name	Description
Source path	The file that failed to parse.
Recipe that made changes	The specific recipe that made a change.
Stack trace	The stack trace of the failure.

Recipe performance

org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats

Statistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.

Column Name	Description
The recipe	The recipe whose stats are being measured both individually and cumulatively.
Source file count	The number of source files the recipe ran over.
Source file changed count	The number of source files which were changed in the recipe run. Includes files created, deleted, and edited.
Cumulative scanning time	The total time spent across the scanning phase of this recipe.
99th percentile scanning time	99 out of 100 scans completed in this amount of time.
Max scanning time	The max time scanning any one source file.
Cumulative edit time	The total time spent across the editing phase of this recipe.
99th percentile edit time	99 out of 100 edits completed in this amount of time.
Max edit time	The max time editing any one source file.