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what is the point / use of the `metadata` artifact?
I was trying to add `com.soywiz:klock` to my multiplatform project, and I was struggling because I couldn't find a recent version for which all artifacts are present in the maven repository.
I cloned its source and installed it to my local maven repository. The `klock` artifact is not present, but I tried adding `klock-metadata` as a dependency.
It worked in one subproject, although I didn't try compiling, but not in another.
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any multiplatform project will generate a `metadata` artifact along with artifacts for each target

no problem. it confused me as well, i’m surprised the kotlin team didn’t anticipate such confusion in having the standard libraries end in `common` and custom libraries end in `metadata`

For the record, Android Studio has a nice little build button in the bottom left which runs gradle but doesn't refresh gradle. Well, usually not. Have to say though, it's not in your face like IntelliJ is with gradle build scripts, under the default settings at least.