SBT-dependency tree

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In this blog , I am going to describe how to view sbt dependency tree. Last week I had a problem related to different cross version of a dependency. I knew the problem cause but I had spent a day to know which dependency had brought that cross version of dependency. I did some study and browsing about that problem then I come across a sbt plugins as a potential solution of that problem.
In a project there is a chance of using same library but different version by multiple dependencies. I also victim of dependency version conflict. The good way is just draw a sbt dependency tree. Here is a sbt-plugin sbt-dependency graph is available for that.

Following are the steps to install and use sbt-dependency-graph
a) add plugin to project/plugins.sbt

addSbtPlugin("net.virtual-void" % "sbt-dependency-graph" % "0.7.4")

b) add sbt setting in build.sbt

net.virtualvoid.sbt.graph.Plugin.graphSettings

if project is multi module then add to Parent.scala:

object Parent extends Build{
lazy val parent = Project(id="parent", base=file(".")).settings(net.virtualvoid.sbt.graph.Plugin.graphSettings: _*)
}

Now run sbt commond:

$ sbt dependency-tree
+-org.jsoup:jsoup:0.2.2
[info]   | +-commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4
[info]   |
[info]   +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.0 (evicted by: 2.11.2)
[info]   +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.1 (evicted by: 2.11.2)
[info]   +-org.scalaz:scalaz-core_2.11:7.0.6 [S]
[info]     +-org.scala-lang.modules:scala-parser-combinators_2.11:1.0.1 [S]
[info]     | +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.0 (evicted by: 2.11.2)
[info]     | +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.1 (evicted by: 2.11.2)
[info]     |
[info]     +-org.scala-lang.modules:scala-xml_2.11:1.0.1 (evicted by: 1.0.2)
[info]     +-org.scala-lang.modules:scala-xml_2.11:1.0.2 [S]
[info]     | +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.0 (evicted by: 2.11.2)
[info]     | +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.1 (evicted by: 2.11.2)
[info]     |
[info]     +-org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.0 (evicted by: 2.11.2)

or 

$ sbt dependency-graph

or provide lot of options.for more info sbt-dependency-graph

Enjoy with sbt projects !!!

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_Disclaimer: I’m one of the developers of the site_

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