How to understand gradle command dependency output?

Question

There is part of the output:

gradle dependency output

What do the characters ('+', '\', '->', '()', '(*)') mean?

Answer 1

+ , - , | and \ are used only for drawing a tree - this is a kind of ASCII art.

When it comes to (*) and -> , refer to these questions and answers.

TL; dg

(*) - used to indicate that a particular dependency is described elsewhere in the tree

-> - used to indicate a dependency that wins in a version conflict.