Chapter 2. Working with Repositories
In the previous chapter, you learned how to define dependencies for your project. Those dependencies are mostly stored somewhere in a repository or a directory structure. A repository usually has a structure to support different versions for the same dependency. Also, some metadata, such as the other dependencies for a module, is saved in the repository.
In our build files, we must define the location of a repository for our dependencies. We can mix different types of repositories, such as Maven and Ivy. We can even use a local filesystem as a repository. We will see how we can define and configure repositories in our build files.
Also, Gradle offers the option of configuring the repository layout, if the repository ...
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