how does one include a library from another projec...

# gradle

[janvladimirmostert]

how does one include a library from another project of which you have the code checked out?

ProjectB's settings.gradle.kts:

include("project-a:module-4")

project(":project-a:module-4").projectDir =
    File("../project-a/module-4")

ProjectB Module4's build.gradle.kts

sourceSets {
                       val jvmMain by getting {
                           dependencies {
                               ...
                               implementation(project(":project-a:module-4"))


                           }
                       }
                   }

this compiles, but nothing resolves

[janvladimirmostert]

it started working after a few Gradle refreshes and a clean build

[Vampire]

To include a library form another project don't use include. include is for building a mutli-project build consisting of mutliple projects that belong together. To have a "sub-build" of a "foreign" dependency, use composite builds (includeBuild) https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/composite_builds.html

[janvladimirmostert]

if I change include to includeBuild in settings.gradle.kts,

Project with path :project-a:module-4 could not be found in project :project-b:module-4

does includeBuild make a difference somehow?
i will be working on both projectA and projectB at the same time, so if projectA changes, projectB needs to rebuild

[Vampire]

Yes, that's exactly what composite builds are for.
And no, you cannot simply replace the method, that's why I linked you to the docs

[janvladimirmostert]

thanks, I'll dig through those docs and figure out how to make the composite builds work

[Vampire]

basically you just use includeBuild with the relative path to the other build (whole build, not subproject) and declare a dependency like if the project you want to depend on were in some maven repository.

[Vampire]

you can omit the version if it is always served through the composite build

[janvladimirmostert]

what i've tried so far is project-b->settings.gradle.kts

includeBuild("../project-a")

and then inside project-b's module-4

val jvmMain by getting {
			dependencies {

				implementation("project-a:module-4")

which bombs out with

Could not find project-a:module-4:.
Required by:
    project :project-b:module-4

would be amazing if this works, can finally work concurrently on a lot of things 😄

[janvladimirmostert]

got it working

changed the dependency to

val jvmMain by getting {
			dependencies {
				implementation("io.blah:projecta-module-4")

and it works

thanks for the help, much appreciated!!

[Vampire]

Yes, as I said, the dependency like if the module would be deployed to maven, so basically "group:project" 🙂