Manage dependencies with a version catalog #727
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Version catalog is the best practice for managing dependencies. It makes it easier to track and update versions, and allows to centralize dependencies in a multi-module context. It is an alternative to the
buildSrc
workaround used in some of our projects.This PR does not update libraries versions.
Each commit offers an alternative approach:
a) define the version catalog in
settings.gradle
b) define the version catalog in
libs.versions.toml
c) only manage versions (not full dependencies) in the version catalog
Option c) has my preference because we get all the benefit of centralizing versions, but we don't really need to define all dependencies in the version catalog if they are not used by several modules.