Lists all dependencies and their status.

Dependencies must be specified in the mix.exs file in one of the following formats:

{app, requirement}
{app, opts}
{app, requirement, opts}

Where:

• app is an atom
• requirement is a Version requirement or a regular expression
• opts is a keyword list of options

For example:

{:plug, ">= 0.4.0"}
{:gettext, git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/gettext.git", tag: "0.1"}
{:local_dependency, path: "path/to/local_dependency"}

By default, dependencies are fetched using the Hex package manager:

{:plug, ">= 0.4.0"}

By specifying such dependencies, Mix will automatically install Hex (if it wasn’t previously installed) and download a package suitable to your project.

Mix also supports Git and path dependencies:

{:foobar, git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/foobar.git", tag: "0.1"}
{:foobar, path: "path/to/foobar"}

And also in umbrella dependencies:

{:my_app, in_umbrella: true}

Path and in umbrella dependencies are automatically recompiled by the parent project whenever they change. While fetchable dependencies, like the ones using :git, are recompiled only when fetched/updated.

The dependencies’ versions are expected to be formatted according to Semantic Versioning and the requirements must be specified as defined in the Version module.

Options

Below we provide a more detailed look into the available options.

Dependency definition options

• :app - when set to false, does not read the app file for this dependency. By default, the app file is read

• :env - the environment (as an atom) to run the dependency on; defaults to :prod

• :compile - a command (string) to compile the dependency; defaults to a mix, rebar or make command

• :optional - marks the dependency as optional. In such cases, the current project will always include the optional dependency but any other project that depends on the current project won’t be forced to use the optional dependency. However, if the other project includes the optional dependency on its own, the requirements and options specified here will also be applied.

• :only - the dependency is made available only in the given environments, useful when declaring dev- or test-only dependencies; by default the dependency will be available in all environments. The value of this option can either be a single environment (like :dev) or a list of environments (like [:dev, :test])

• :override - if set to true the dependency will override any other definitions of itself by other dependencies

• :manager - Mix can also compile Rebar, Rebar3 and makefile projects and can fetch sub dependencies of Rebar and Rebar3 projects. Mix will try to infer the type of project but it can be overridden with this option by setting it to :mix, :rebar3, :rebar or :make. In case there are conflicting definitions, the first manager in the list above will be picked up. For example, if a dependency is found with :rebar3 and :rebar managers in different part of the trees, :rebar3 will be automatically picked. You can find the manager by running mix deps and override it by setting the :override option in a top-level project.

• :runtime - whether the dependency is part of runtime applications. Defaults to true which automatically adds the application to the list of apps that are started automatically and included in releases

Git options (:git)

• :git - the Git repository URI
• :github - a shortcut for specifying Git repos from GitHub, uses git:
• :ref - the reference to checkout (may be a branch, a commit SHA or a tag)
• :branch - the Git branch to checkout
• :tag - the Git tag to checkout
• :submodules - when true, initialize submodules for the repo
• :sparse - checkout a single directory inside the Git repository and use it as your Mix dependency. Search “sparse git checkouts” for more information.

Path options (:path)

• :path - the path for the dependency
• :in_umbrella - when true, sets a path dependency pointing to “../#{app}”, sharing the same environment as the current application

Hex options (:hex)

See the Hex usage documentation for Hex options.

Deps task

mix deps task lists all dependencies in the following format:

APP VERSION (SCM) (MANAGER)
[locked at REF]
STATUS

It supports the following options:

• --all - checks all dependencies, regardless of specified environment