Gradle dependency tree, what does the (*) mean?

问题

I am just wondering what does the (*) mean under the dependency tree for Gradle. I have been searching online and could not find any answers.

+--- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.6 -> 4.5 (*)

    |    +--- org.apache.jena:apache-jena-libs:2.12.1
    |    |    +--- org.apache.jena:jena-tdb:1.1.1
    |    |    |    +--- org.apache.jena:jena-arq:2.12.1
    |    |    |    |    +--- org.apache.jena:jena-core:2.12.1
    |    |    |    |    |    +--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.6 -> 1.7.10
    |    |    |    |    |    +--- org.apache.jena:jena-iri:1.1.1
    |    |    |    |    |    |    +--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.6 -> 1.7.10
    |    |    |    |    |    |    \--- log4j:log4j:1.2.17
    |    |    |    |    |    +--- xerces:xercesImpl:2.11.0
    |    |    |    |    |    |    \--- xml-apis:xml-apis:1.4.01
    |    |    |    |    |    \--- log4j:log4j:1.2.17
    |    |    |    |    +--- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.6 -> 4.5 (*)
    |    |    |    |    +--- com.github.jsonld-java:jsonld-java:0.5.0
    |    |    |    |    |    +--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.3.3 -> 2.5.1
    |    |    |    |    |    +--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.3.3 -> 2.5.1 (*)
    |    |    |    |    |    \--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.7 -> 1.7.10 (*)

回答1:

(*) - dependencies omitted (listed previously)

Should be displayed under your dependency tree.

The dependencies of the marked dependency are omitted for readability because they were already listed higher up in the dependency graph output.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34231139/gradle-dependency-tree-what-does-the-mean