What does this "all*.exclude" means in Gradle transitive dependency?

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I wonder what does "all*.exclude" mean in Gradle transitive dependency ?

configurations {
        compile.exclude group: 'org.hamcrest', module: 'hamcrest-core'
        all*.exclude group: 'org.mockito', module: 'mockito-all'
    }

Is "all*.exclude" in the code above syntax of Gradle or some else.

Have a look at this page : http://mrhaki.blogspot.com/2012/10/gradle-goodness-exclude-transitive.html — Julien Revault d'A..., Mar 31 '19 at 14:57
what I really want to know is what "all*" stand for ? Is that some syntax in Gradle or Groovy? — wei ye, Apr 01 '19 at 03:34
Tanks for your answer. Unfortunately, I can't visit it, maybe in China. — wei ye, Apr 01 '19 at 03:38

Martin Zeitler · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-27T00:20:53.817

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In this context, all*. refers to all configurations ...

and it applies exclude group: 'org.mockito', module: 'mockito-all' to all of them.

The all*. syntax is the short-handed notation of:

configurations {
    all.collect { configuration ->
        configuration.exclude group: 'org.mockito', module: 'mockito-all'
    }
}

The *. syntax is called "spread-dot operator", which is a Groovy syntax (see paragraph 8.1).

edited Feb 27 '21 at 00:20

answered Mar 31 '19 at 13:54

Martin Zeitler

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I get it. Thanks very much. – wei ye Apr 01 '19 at 05:46

What does this "all*.exclude" means in Gradle transitive dependency?

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