FR: harmonize `GradleException` content between List and Tree

[SimonMarquis]

List and Tree modes throw different exception content.

Tree

***** DEPENDENCY CHANGE DETECTED *****
-\--- androidx.activity:activity:1.4.0
-     +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     +--- androidx.core:core:1.7.0
-     |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.2.0
-     |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation-experimental:1.1.0
-     |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.3.1
-     |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.1.0
-     |    |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    |    |    \--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.1.0
-     |    |    |         \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.3.1
-     |    |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.1.0 (*)
-     |    |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    +--- androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.1.1
-     |    |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    |    \--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0
-     |    |         \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    +--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
-     |    \--- androidx.concurrent:concurrent-futures:1.0.0
-     |         +--- com.google.guava:listenablefuture:1.0
-     |         \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.3.1 (*)
-     +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.3.1
-     |    \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     +--- androidx.savedstate:savedstate:1.1.0
-     |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.1 -> 2.1.0 (*)
-     |    \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0 -> 2.3.1 (*)
-     +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate:2.3.1
-     |    +--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0 -> 1.2.0
-     |    +--- androidx.savedstate:savedstate:1.1.0 (*)
-     |    +--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.3.1
-     |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.1.0 (*)
-     |    |    +--- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.1.0 (*)
-     |    |    \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.3.1 (*)
-     |    \--- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.3.1 (*)
-     +--- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.5.31 -> 1.6.10 (*)
-     +--- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0 (*)
-     \--- androidx.tracing:tracing:1.0.0
-          \--- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0 -> 1.2.0
+\--- androidx.activity:activity:1.4.1 FAILED


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':sample:app:dependencyTreeDiffReleaseRuntimeClasspath'.
> ***** DEPENDENCY CHANGE DETECTED *****
  Dependency Tree comparison to baseline does not match.
  
  If this is intentional, re-baseline using ./gradlew :sample:app:dependencyGuardBaseline
  Or use ./gradlew dependencyGuardBaseline to re-baseline dependencies in entire project.


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BUILD FAILED in 9s
9:07:35 pm: Execution finished ':sample:app:dependencyGuard --quiet'.

List

Dependencies Changed in :sample:app for configuration releaseRuntimeClasspath
- androidx.activity:activity:1.4.0
- androidx.annotation:annotation-experimental:1.1.0
- androidx.annotation:annotation:1.2.0
- androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.1.0
- androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.1.0
- androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0
- androidx.concurrent:concurrent-futures:1.0.0
- androidx.core:core:1.7.0
- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.3.1
- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.3.1
- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.3.1
- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate:2.3.1
- androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.3.1
- androidx.savedstate:savedstate:1.1.0
- androidx.tracing:tracing:1.0.0
- androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.1.1
- com.google.guava:listenablefuture:1.0


If this is intentional, re-baseline using ./gradlew :sample:app:dependencyGuardBaseline
Or use ./gradlew dependencyGuardBaseline to re-baseline dependencies in entire project.


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':sample:app:dependencyGuard'.
> Dependencies Changed in :sample:app for configuration releaseRuntimeClasspath
  - androidx.activity:activity:1.4.0
  - androidx.annotation:annotation-experimental:1.1.0
  - androidx.annotation:annotation:1.2.0
  - androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.1.0
  - androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.1.0
  - androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0
  - androidx.concurrent:concurrent-futures:1.0.0
  - androidx.core:core:1.7.0
  - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.3.1
  - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.3.1
  - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.3.1
  - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate:2.3.1
  - androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.3.1
  - androidx.savedstate:savedstate:1.1.0
  - androidx.tracing:tracing:1.0.0
  - androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.1.1
  - com.google.guava:listenablefuture:1.0
  
  If this is intentional, re-baseline using ./gradlew :sample:app:dependencyGuardBaseline
  Or use ./gradlew dependencyGuardBaseline to re-baseline dependencies in entire project.
  


* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 2s

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As you can see, the List output contains the diff twice. Moreover, the colored diff output is generally hidden, and only the last bit appear, which is the GradleException message. (and the first line is different as well) Do you think we could harmonize this behavior?

• Tree (ad-hoc message)

https://github.com/dropbox/dependency-guard/blob/56ba80d9612e5de24a1d9e722f9befaf9ef19a47/dependency-guard/src/main/kotlin/com/dropbox/gradle/plugins/dependencyguard/internal/utils/DependencyGuardTreeDiffer.kt#L66-L72

• List (reuses the exception message, leading to duplicated output)

https://github.com/dropbox/dependency-guard/blob/56ba80d9612e5de24a1d9e722f9befaf9ef19a47/dependency-guard/src/main/kotlin/com/dropbox/gradle/plugins/dependencyguard/internal/list/DependencyGuardListTask.kt#L105

[handstandsam]

🤔 . The reason why I printed it and then it's part of the exception is that I didn't know how to add color to the exception message, and I loved the color. Any tips here?

[SimonMarquis]

I do too 🌈 But what I don't understand is why we need the same message in both stdout and as Gradle error. In the "tree" mode we only have it on the stdout (not in the Gradle error).

Also, it seems you disabled to colors explicitely here:

https://github.com/dropbox/dependency-guard/blob/c163524a71b448c64875560de42fbe8687839966/dependency-guard/src/main/kotlin/com/dropbox/gradle/plugins/dependencyguard/internal/list/DependencyGuardListTask.kt#L91-L92

Without this, colors are visible in the Gradle exception.

[SimonMarquis]

Though it does not play nice with is some places where rich output is unsupported like here for instance:

We might be able to ask Gradle what the current behavior is with this: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_customizing_log_format or use Gradle's own internal StyledTextOutput.

[handstandsam]

Happy to accept a PR regarding this. I personally only use tree format locally when trying to track down where a transitive dependency came from. That being said, I don't use it much, and don't have much of an opinion about the messaging.

If you would like to update/improve the messaging for tree, I'm open to it!

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RE: Disable coloring https://github.com/dropbox/dependency-guard/blob/c163524a71b448c64875560de42fbe8687839966/dependency-guard/src/main/kotlin/com/dropbox/gradle/plugins/dependencyguard/internal/list/DependencyGuardListTask.kt#L91-L92

Because it's a plaintext string and not console output, it just looks like some crazy encoded characters if you don't do it that way unfortunately.

[handstandsam]

StyledTextOutput sounds nice. I'd love to use something built in.

Additionally I dislike the double messages, but now I remember why I did it: In our CI system, it only bubbles up the exception to users when looking at a PR. If I did not add it to the exception, then users had to dig really deep, so for me at this time, it's a requirement. I'm open to having a flag for this if it's undesirable for others.

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Also, if you want to just chat about any of this, feel free to message me on Slack (Kotlin, Gradle, or ASG).

[SimonMarquis]

Ok, this makes more sense now. Then I guess there is no one solution fits all. And adding even more settings to configure the desired output feels like the wrong approach for this kind of plugin.

Gradle's StyledTextOutput has been moved to their internal package, so I would not rely on this to work across many Gradle versions.