when I use the `kotlin`helper method in my gradle file i can not add more options to the dependency....

# gradle

[christophsturm]

when I use the `kotlin`helper method in my gradle file i can not add more options to the dependency.
this is valid syntax:

testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test") {
        isTransitive = false
    }

but this is not:

testImplementation(kotlin("test")) {
    isTransitive = false
}

[christophsturm]

I think it is related to the kotlin helper returning Any instead of String:

fun DependencyHandler.kotlin(module: String, version: String? = null): Any =
    "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-$module${version?.let { ":$version" } ?: ""}"

[christophsturm]

apart from that even if I set isTransitive to false the transitive dependencies are still included.

[ephemient]

testImplementation(kotlin("test")) {
    (this as ModuleDependency).isTransitive = false
}

but why?

[christophsturm]

does not work for me:

[christophsturm]

also verified that it is because of the Any, this also does not work:

val dependencyNotation = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test" as Any
testImplementation(dependencyNotation) {
    isTransitive = false
}

[ephemient]

is this kotlin-multiplatform specific? because that should work in ordinary gradle/jvm projects

[christophsturm]

no. it happens when I create a new kotlin project in idea (that has the test dependency per default) and then try to add isTransitive = false.

[Sam]

I get the same behaviour. There just isn't an overload that takes an Any and a configuration block. The kotlin(...) helper function actually does return a string, so this should work:

testImplementation("${kotlin("test")}") {
    isTransitive = true
}

Alternatively you could use apply, since adding a dependency also returns it:

implementation(kotlin("test"))?.apply {
    (this as ExternalModuleDependency).isTransitive = true
}

I think the right solution would be for the kotlin(...) function to actually return a string, or even an actual instance of ExternalModuleDependency. Maybe worth a YouTrack ticket?

[christophsturm]

I submitted a bug report already https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-63180/unable-to-configure-gradle-dependency-when-kotlinhelper-is-used?preview=KT-63180

[christophsturm]

Another interesting effect is that even when you get the syntax working it does not omit transitive dependencies, at least not from the runtime classpath.

[ephemient]

oh I see, the place where we do something similar we use implementation(...).apply { ... }

[ephemient]

I'm still puzzled why you want to do this with kotlin-test though. it doesn't have any dependencies other than kotlin-stdlib which you need anyway

[ephemient]

also this is 100% Gradle, it's not part of Kotlin or KGP

[ephemient]

https://docs.gradle.org/current/kotlin-dsl/gradle/org.gradle.kotlin.dsl/kotlin.html

[christophsturm]

I'm still puzzled why you want to do this with kotlin-test though. it doesn't have any dependencies other than kotlin-stdlib which you need anyway

it has a runtime dependency on junit 5 that I would like to get rid of.

[ephemient]

that should only be if you use kotlin-test-junit5, although KGP automatically tries to upgrade it if you don't specify

[ephemient]

set kotlin.test.infer.jvm.variant=false to disable that, but note that the assertions and annotations in that package won't work anymore (unless you specify a -junit, -junit5, or -testng dependency yourself)

[christophsturm]

What is kgp? Why does it add dependencies that cannot be turned off with normal gradle means?

[christophsturm]

Oh the kotlin gradle plugin. Imo it really should not add dependencies and if it does it should respect the istransitive setting.

[ephemient]

KGP also auto-adds the stdlib dependency, and the auto-adding of the variant of the test dependency is similar to how Gradle itself auto-adds the test framework dependency

[ephemient]

it doesn't obey isTransitive that you configure there because it's a adding a dependency to the configuration

[christophsturm]

does gradle really add runtime dependencies on jupiter? the gradle testing examples declare the junit dependency manually:
https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_testing.html

[ephemient]

it does, internally. https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/platforms/jvm/testing-jvm/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/tasks/testing/TestFramework.java getWorkerImplementationClasspathModules() etc.

[ephemient]

it is planned to change (possibly in Gradle 9) but for now it's still active for JUnit and JUnit 5

[christophsturm]

what the kotlin plugin does is it sees that junit platform is used and then it adds a dependency on junit jupiter. which are two separate things. there are many other testing libraries that use junit platform, for example my test framework failgood.