commit 628276e05e0fa608ab610833daebbf2301db9606
Author: Mauro Talevi <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 14 15:44:25 2012 +0100
Commit: Mauro Talevi <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Wed Mar 14 15:44:25 2012 +0100
JBEHAVE-740: Updated docs to clarify use of dependency management for
version updates.
diff --git a/distribution/src/site/content/dependencies.html
b/distribution/src/site/content/dependencies.html
index b168810..4ba5837 100755
--- a/distribution/src/site/content/dependencies.html
+++ b/distribution/src/site/content/dependencies.html
@@ -56,6 +56,26 @@ If you are running in a corporate environment, you may be
using a Maven Reposito
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</script>
+<span class="followup">Maven dependencies are by default <b>transitive</b>,
i.e. a top-level dependency will pull in all the dependencies it needs.</span>
+
+<p>To override a version of a specific dependency in the dependency tree, the
most effective way is to use the dependency management of the POM, e.g.:</p>
+
+<script type="syntaxhighlighter" class="brush: xml">
+<![CDATA[
+ <dependencyManagement>
+ <dependencies>
+ <dependency>
+ <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+ <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+ <version>1.2.1</version>
+ </dependency>
+ </dependencies>
+ </dependencyManagement>
+]]>
+</script>
+
+<p>Learn more about Maven dependency management from the <a
href="http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/pom-relationships-sect-project-dependencies.html";>Maven:
The Complete Reference</a>.</p>
+
<h3 id="ant">Apache Ant</h3>
<p>Using no dependency management tool, the build.xml in the <b>lib</b>
directory of the binary distribution provides a target to
