Gradle downloading dependency into cache instead of maven repository

Question

I am trying to maintain the same repository on my filesystem for maven and gradle. But I am running into some problems.

I have the following in my build.gradle file.

repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', name: 'groovy-all', version: '2.3.9'
    runtime group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', name: 'groovy-all', version: '2.3.9'
    runtime 'org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:3.8.7'
}

GRADLE_HOME is D:\Programming\Java\gradle-2.2.1
GRADLE_USER_HOME is D:\Programming\Java\.m2

My gradle home is the same as my Maven repository.

But when the dependencies are downloaded via gradle they are being downloaded into the GRADLE_USER_HOME\cache instead of the repository folder. What configuration am I missing?

EDIT I have checked the chapter on dependency management of the book Gradle In Action. Nothing. I have checked the dependency management on gradle's website but it also just says that cache is used.

It seems that there is no such option available in gradle. Can someone confirm?

Answer 1

There is no setting to change that. There is no gradle repository as such. Also, it seems like a bad idea to have gradle use the repository's folder as dependency cache because of the clutter.

If you are trying to publish artifacts built by gradle to said maven repository, you should probably take a look at the maven-publish plugin.

If you are trying to use artifacts from that repository in your build, the way to go would be to add mavenLocal() to your repositories and then just use the compile function in your dependencies.

Answer 2

Yes, I read the source code and just confirmed There is no setting to change that.

Here is my solution:

1. install a local maven repository manager like Nexus.

2. config gradle using that repository.