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: 8.30.0

Options

Type	Name	Description	Example
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 exactly matches the managed dependency version. When false explicit versions will be removed if they are older than or equal to the managed dependency version. Default true.
Comparator	onlyIfManagedVersionIs	Optional. Only remove the explicit version if the managed version has the specified comparative relationship to the explicit version. For example, gte will only remove the explicit version if the managed version is the same or newer. Default eq. Valid options: any, eq, lt, lte, gt, gte
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

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.
Source path after the run	A recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after 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.

Usage

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

Maven POM

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>5.36.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <exportDatatables>true</exportDatatables>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>org.openrewrite.maven.RemoveRedundantDependencyVersions</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

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

Maven Command Line

You will need to have Maven installed on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:run -Drewrite.activeRecipes=org.openrewrite.maven.RemoveRedundantDependencyVersions -Drewrite.exportDatatables=true

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 RemoveRedundantDependencyVersions

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Contributors

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