--- title: Introducing source dependencies | daily.dev description: Gradle 4.10 introduces an experimental feature called source dependencies, which allows builds to automatically check out library source code from Git and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-source-dependencies-5ske5bcdv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing source dependencies | daily.dev og:description: Gradle 4.10 introduces an experimental feature called source dependencies, which allows builds to automatically check out library source code from Git and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-source-dependencies-5ske5bcdv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5ske5BcDV.png og:image:alt: Introducing source dependencies og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing source dependencies **[Gradle Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/gradle-blog)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Gradle 4.10 introduces an experimental feature called source dependencies, which allows builds to automatically check out library source code from Git and build binaries locally instead of downloading them from a binary repository. Configuration requires declaring a standard dependency plus a sourceControl block in settings.gradle pointing to the Git repo. The feature is built on top of Gradle's composite build mechanism and supports version tags or branch-based resolution. Key use cases include consuming C++ libraries distributed in source form, using unreleased branches, and building for unsupported platforms. Current limitations include no IDE support (except Xcode for C++), no dependency locking support, and only Git repositories are supported. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#gradle](https://daily.dev/tags/gradle) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-source-dependencies-5ske5bcdv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing source dependencies","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-source-dependencies-5ske5bcdv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-source-dependencies-5ske5bcdv"},"datePublished":"2026-03-16T08:12:51.595Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T08:20:06.088Z","description":"Gradle 4.10 introduces an experimental feature called source dependencies, which allows builds to automatically check out library source code from Git and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Gradle Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Gradle Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Mtc4Cp4O--/f_auto,q_auto/v1773648768/logos/gradle-blog?_a=BAMAMiiu0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gradle-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-source-dependencies-5ske5bcdv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"c++,gradle","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gradle Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gradle-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Introducing source dependencies"}]} ```