Is https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/ jcenter?

mjparme · November 9, 2022, 4:07pm

If I use this in my build.gradle does this hit jcenter or something else?

maven {
url “https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/”
}

Also, what is different from using gradlePluginPortal() and https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/?

Chris_Dore · November 9, 2022, 11:44pm

Very little, gradlePluginPortal() creates a maven repo with the default URL https://plugins.gradle.org/m2 (unless the system property org.gradle.internal.plugins.portal.url.override is set).

github.com

gradle/gradle/blob/b85e217636f4b3886cbbc12fa762096481a4eae9/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/BaseRepositoryFactory.java#L28


      
          import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.ArtifactRepository;
          import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.FlatDirectoryArtifactRepository;
          import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.IvyArtifactRepository;
          import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.MavenArtifactRepository;
          
          /**
           * Factory for {@link org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.ArtifactRepository} implementations.
           */
          public interface BaseRepositoryFactory {
          
              String PLUGIN_PORTAL_DEFAULT_URL = "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2";
              String PLUGIN_PORTAL_OVERRIDE_URL_PROPERTY = "org.gradle.internal.plugins.portal.url.override";
          
              FlatDirectoryArtifactRepository createFlatDirRepository();
          
              ArtifactRepository createGradlePluginPortal();
          
              MavenArtifactRepository createMavenLocalRepository();
          
              MavenArtifactRepository createJCenterRepository();

Vampire · November 14, 2022, 1:00pm

And no, it is not JCenter.
It is the Gradle Plugin Portal.
But for dependencies it does not host itself, it redirects to JCenter which in turn forwards to MavenCentral for dependencies it does not host itself.