Download Maven dependencies using Gradle

download-maven-dependencies-using-gradle.md

Download Maven dependencies using Gradle

Download a Gradle project's Maven dependencies into a directory. For example, you might find this technique useful for very small and simple projects where you want to commit the .jar files directly into Git. This technique was taken from this StackOverflow answer.

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Define a downloadDependencies Gradle task, that when executed, will put all of the project's dependencies into a directory named lib/.

task downloadDependencies(type: Copy) {
  from sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
  into 'lib/'
}

Gradle's Kotlin DSL

Alternatively, here is the same snippet but written using Gradle's Kotlin DSL (WARNING: I'm not sure if this correct):

tasks.register<Copy>("downloadDependencies") {
    val sourceSet = sourceSets.main.get().runtimeClasspath
    from(sourceSet)
    into("lib/")
}