Question: How to get a Version string manually

I would like to use refreshVersions to set the ktlint version in the ktlint-gradle-plugin:

ktlint {
    version.set("0.36.0") // "_" is not accepted here
    ...
}

Is there some refreshVersions mechanism to pull the Version and use it here or is it ok to use something like project.properties[...]

ktlint {
    val ktlintVersion = project.properties["com.pinterest:ktlint:_"]
    version.set("$ktlintVersion")
    ...
}

The problem with that is that refreshVersions Task removes that version every time it’s ran.

Would be nice to know how to handle the not so ordinary cases of dependencies!

Other than that, Greate Plugin!!! It really cleaned up our Project a lot!

[LouisCAD]

Hello, the version 0.10.0 added the versionFor function. I hope you like it!

[NikkyAI]

this is probably going to break but currently works:

import de.fayard.versions.internal.InternalRefreshVersionsApi
import de.fayard.versions.internal.getVersionProperties

@UseExperimental(InternalRefreshVersionsApi::class)
val versionsMap =  getVersionProperties()
versionsMap.forEach { (key, value) ->
    logger.lifecycle("$key : $value")
}

for this to work there needs to be some dependency on what you want to grab though… otherwise refreshDependencies task will wipe it maybe you can define a new configuration to gradle that does nothing

@miikeat for you that this code should do the trick:

import de.fayard.versions.internal.InternalRefreshVersionsApi
import de.fayard.versions.internal.getVersionProperties

configurations {
    create("fake")
}

dependencies {
  add("fake", "com.pinterest:ktlint:_")
}

@UseExperimental(InternalRefreshVersionsApi::class)
val versionsMap =  getVersionProperties()

logger.lifecycle("ktlint: ${versionsMap["version.com.pinterest..ktlint"]}")

PS for a nicer key (version.ktlint)… use this rule:

com.pinterest:ktlint
              ^^^^^^

could refreshVersions register a no-op configuration automatically?

could this be exposed via a extension ? then it would be possible to call refreshVersions.getVersion("version.jooq") for example