CODEWITHSUNDEEP
mavenmaven-dependency-plugin
Tom
Tom

Reputation: 483

Maven Dependency Tree - Plus (+) vs Backslash (\)

What's the difference on a mvn dependency-tree output between a '+' and a '\'. It seems fairly arbitrary to me, but I'm sure it's not...

+- com.tom:artifact:pom:6.0.0:compile
|  +- com.tom:artifact2:jar:1.0.4:compile
|  \- com.tom:artifact3:jar:6.0.0:compile
|     \- (com.tom:artifact4:jar:1.0.4:compile - omitted for duplicate)

[I've obviously removed the actual group/artifact ids...]

Upvotes: 25

Views: 4476

Answers (1)

Volker Seibt
Volker Seibt

Reputation: 1536

It's only ASCII-Line-Drawing. It only appears at the bottom line (last leave) of a branch as a kind of a south-west corner.

+- first entry first level
|  +- 1.1 second level
|  \- 1.2 second level
+- second entry first level
\- last entry first level

It also clarifies that 1.2 second level has nothing to do with second entry first level which otherwise mayby considered connected with the south pin of the plus.

Upvotes: 30

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