apache / apache/maven-dependency-plugin
Understand hamcrest-core 2.x
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- Java
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Description
### Affected version
HEAD
### Bug description
```
org.hamcrest
hamcrest-core
2.2
test
```
This one's an ugly mess. It has a purpose when present to avoid introducing a transitive dependency on hamcrest-core 1.3, which can happen with JUnit 4. However, it's just a shim that contains no classes and depends on hamcrest.
This creates one of the ugly unused when included and needed when not included warning Catch-22s.
In any case we should never report hamcrest-core 2.2 as unused. It contains nothing, causes no problems, and prevents other problems even though it contributes exactly zero classes to the classpath.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing the unused-dependency reporting path for dependencies that contain no classes, then inspect how hamcrest-core 2.2 is identified. Done means hamcrest-core 2.2 is not reported as unused while its protection against hamcrest-core 1.3 remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100