# settings

Tag: settings

Configures some important Ivy behaviour: default resolver, latest strategy, conflict manager and some others.

The default resolver is used whenever nothing else is configured in the modules section of the settings file. It should give the name of a dependency resolver defined in the resolvers section of the settings file.

The default latest strategy and conflict manager can also be configured here.

validate indicates if Ivy files should generally be validated against the Ivy XSD or not. This setting is only a default value, and can be overridden:

1. in Ant tasks

2. in resolvers

So if there is a setting in the resolver, it always wins against all other settings.

## Attributes

Attribute | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
defaultResolver | the name of the default resolver to use | No, but all modules should be configured in the modules section if not provided
defaultLatestStrategy | the name of the default latest strategy to use | No, defaults to latest-revision
defaultConflictManager | the name of the default conflict manager to use | No, defaults to latest-revision
defaultBranch | the default branch to use for all modules, except if they have a module specific branch setting. (since 1.4) | No, defaults to no default branch
defaultResolveMode | the default resolve mode to use for all modules, except if they have a module specific resolve mode setting. (since 2.0) | No, defaults to 'default'
circularDependencyStrategy | the name of the circular dependency strategy to use (since 1.4) | No, defaults to warn
validate | Indicates if Ivy files should be validated against ivy.xsd or not. | No, defaults to true
useRemoteConfig | true to configure ivyrep and ibiblio resolver from a remote settings file (updated with changes in those repository structure if any) (since 1.2) | No, defaults to false
httpRequestMethod | specifies the HTTP method to use to retrieve information about an URL. Possible values are 'GET' and 'HEAD'. This setting can be used to solve problems with firewalls and proxies. (since 2.0) | No, defaults to 'HEAD'
defaultCache | a path to a directory to use as default basedir for both resolution and repository cache(s). Deprecated, we recommend using defaultCacheDir on the caches tag instead | No, defaults to .ivy2/cache in user home
checkUpToDate | Indicates if date should be checked before retrieving artifacts from cache. Deprecated, we recommend using overwriteMode on the retrieve task instead | No, defaults to true
cacheIvyPattern | a pattern to indicate where Ivy files should be put in cache. Deprecated, we recommend using ivyPattern on the caches tag instead | No, defaults to [organisation]/[module]/ivy-[revision].xml
cacheArtifactPattern | a pattern to indicate where artifact files should be put in cache. Deprecated, we recommend using artifactPattern on the caches tag instead | No, defaults to [organisation]/[module]/[type]s/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]