auto-value is included in the dependency

[KengoTODA]

It seems that the auto-value is included in the dependency, and it makes runtime images (e.g. shaded jar files) unexpectedly large.

This package is used only in compilation time, so it is better to remove it from the runtime classpath.

Environment details

This issue is not related to the environment.

Steps to reproduce

1. Visit https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigquery/2.30.1 to see dependencies, or
2. run ./gradlew dependencies or mvn dependency:tree

Any additional information below

User may apply a workaround as follows:

// build.gradle.kts
dependencies {
    implementation("com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery") {
        exclude("com.google.auto.value", "auto-value")
    }
}

[Neenu1995]

Hi @KengoTODA,
Thank you for pointing this out. But this looks like a user side work around.

Closing this as non-actionable. Feel free to reopen if you have any action items for the client library team.

[KengoTODA]

Hello, thanks for your quick response! 🙌

I believe it has action items; users surely have a workaround but it is better to be fixed on the project side. Is there some reason to keep this dependency as compile scope?

And it seems that I have no permission to reopen this issue. Do I need to open another issue?

Thanks in advance!

[Neenu1995]

As recommended in the user guide for auto-value, the library imports the auto-value dependency with a provided scope. But looks like the flattening of pom before release is resulting in this dependency being listed as compile time dependency in maven central.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.