Troubleshooting

Common errors you may encounter with refreshVersions and you can fix them

TODO make refreshVersions self-documenting

See https://github.com/jmfayard/refreshVersions/issues/609

Groovy: cannot resolve use auto-completion or resolve symbole de.fayard.*

• When: using the Groovy DSL
• Issue: no auto-completion, symbols marked as unresolved
• Reproducing steps: https://github.com/jmfayard/refreshVersions/commit/4aa9f00707a56e6ddf6db0fe527298f11a7272a7

Solution: https://jmfayard.github.io/refreshVersions/setup/#if-you-use-groovy-dsl-ie-buildgradle-files-not-kts

Could not find maven.group.com:library:_.

$ ./gradlew compileKotlin
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':compileClasspath'.
> Could not find org.apache.poi:poi:_.

• Reproducing steps: https://github.com/jmfayard/refreshVersions/commit/74697b49c8a0c7c51921fdbb91c2dd30dad92352
• Stacktrace https://scans.gradle.com/s/77ijrlpzd2kby/failure#1

Solution

• Don't use resolutionStrategy with refreshVersions for now https://github.com/jmfayard/refreshVersions/issues/541
• Anything else?