Select latest version from version range in Maven-CodePudding

I have dependency as follows:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
  <version>[1.19.0,2.0)</version>
</dependency>

Is there any goal in maven which help me always select latest version i.e. 2.0 from above range explicitly and use it.

I am using maven 3.6.

Help appreciated

CodePudding user response：

First of all, your range does NOT include the version 2.0 because it is an open range (to include the version 2.0, you would need to write [1.19.0,2.0]).

Secondly, you can resolve version ranges with the versions maven plugin:

https://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/resolve-ranges-mojo.html

CodePudding user response：

I don't know of a way to do this in vanilla Maven, just by specifying a version pattern.

To achieve this, you could use the versions maven plugin. It allows you to provide a list of dependencies that should always use the latest version.

Your use case is more or less described in the documentation.

Alternatively, you could consider using a higher-level tool like dependabot. This would have the benefit of making this part of your CI process, rather than just a step in the application build, and orchestrate this behaviour across other technologies you might be using in your project.