Remove redundant explicit dependency and plugin versions

org.openrewrite.maven.RemoveRedundantDependencyVersions

Remove explicitly-specified dependency/plugin versions when a parent POM's dependencyManagement/pluginManagement specifies the version.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

  • groupId: org.openrewrite

  • artifactId: rewrite-maven

  • version: 8.21.0

Options

TypeNameDescriptionExample

String

groupPattern

Optional. Group glob expression pattern used to match dependencies that should be managed.Group is the first part of a dependency coordinate com.google.guava:guava:VERSION.

com.google.*

String

artifactPattern

Optional. Artifact glob expression pattern used to match dependencies that should be managed.Artifact is the second part of a dependency coordinate com.google.guava:guava:VERSION.

guava*

Boolean

onlyIfVersionsMatch

Optional. Only remove the explicit version if it matches the managed dependency version. Default true.

List

except

Optional. Accepts a list of GAVs. Dependencies matching a GAV will be ignored by this recipe. GAV versions are ignored if provided.

com.jcraft:jsch

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration parameters and comes from a rewrite core library. It can be activated directly without adding any dependencies.

  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>5.25.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>org.openrewrite.maven.RemoveRedundantDependencyVersions</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>
  1. Run mvn rewrite:run to run the recipe.

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Contributors

Nick McKinney, Adriano Machado, Kevin McCarpenter, Jonathan Schneider, Tim te Beek, Jonathan Leitschuh, Sam Snyder

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