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So lately I've noticed people using `buildSrc` builds to declare plugin dependencies. What is the difference between declaring a dependency in the `dependencies` block of `buildSrc/build.gradle.kts` and doing it as `buildscript` or using the `plugins` block?

buildSrc dependencies override everything in other build scripts so if you use both, you might end up with conflicts

See <https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/4741> for the details. Bottom line if you're using buildSrc and you start pulling dependencies there it's just safer to add all your plugins as well this way you limit potential conflicts

Gotcha. Thank you! This would actually clean up a lot of my gradle scripts quite nicely.