What is refreshVersions?

refreshVersions helps Gradle users with the tedious manual work usually involved in adding and updating dependencies and their versions.

Documentation

• Start here
• Setup refreshVersions
• Migrate your project
• Find Available Dependencies Updates
• Add Dependencies
• Explore Dependencies Notations
• Schedule the RefreshVersionsBot
• Use the buildSrc
• Changelog

See documentation at https://jmfayard.github.io/refreshVersions

Setup

// settings.gradle(.kts)
plugins {
    // See https://jmfayard.github.io/refreshVersions
    id("de.fayard.refreshVersions") version "0.50.1"
}

refreshVersions { // Optional: configure the plugin
    // ...
}

Read the friendly documentation

Usage

Make sure the project is correctly set up (see just above).

Migrate project:

The refreshVersionsMigrate task can help you migrate your project in a few minutes, or less.

In version 0.50.0, support for Gradle's Versions Catalogs was added (see discussion thread here), so a --mode option is now required.

Run it without it to see the complete list and the full description of each mode:

./gradlew refreshVersionsMigrate

Examples (click to expand)

If you want to use only versions.properties and the built-in dependencies notations, run:

./gradlew refreshVersionsMigrate --mode=VersionsPropertiesOnly

To also use a versions catalog for non-built-in dependency notations, run:

./gradlew refreshVersionsMigrate --mode=VersionCatalogAndVersionProperties

Find available updates in versions.properties and the default versions catalog, if any:

./gradlew refreshVersions

Cleanup versions availability comments:

./gradlew refreshVersionsCleanup