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Can I get some help on how to properly use the `distribution` plugin? I have a service which has a part which generates some kotlin code from a yaml file (using `snakeyaml`). But that’s only used manually by developers and isn’t required runtime. Yet, their dependencies defined `compileOnly` still appear in `build/install/service/lib` folder. I’ve tried to exlcude them by
```application { 
   applicationdistribution.exclude("snakeyaml*.jar)
}```
but that kept the jar in the lib folder.

I wonder what’s the right way to isolate these sub-distributions and include only the required dependencies.

First you should not confuse the `distribution` plugin with the `application` plugin. The latter applies the former and creates and configures a distribution for it.

If the dependencies are `compileOnly`, they will not land in `.../lib/` unless you intentionally did something to achieve that. I suspect you also have snakeyaml as transitive dependency.
You should use the `dependencyInsight` task or a build scan to find out where it comes from.