Exclude dependency from compile but not runtime

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How can I exclude a transitive dependency from compile but not runtime? For example I would like to prevent commons logging from being used in our code, but some transitive dependencies (such as Spring Framework) require it.

I tried using
configurations { compile.exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging' }
but that excludes it from runtime also.

2

You can exlude them from the compileClasspath configuration. Compilation will fail if they are used, but runtime will still work.

3

That worked nicely.

Thanks!