# include Tag: include Parent: configurations [since 1.3] Include configurations specified in another file. The included file should have a `configurations` tag as root tag, which follow the same specification as the configurations tag of the Ivy file. This means that it can contain conf declarations, other file inclusions, and have attributes controlling conf mapping. When delivering an Ivy file with such an inclusion, the included descriptor file is inlined, i.e. Ivy removes the dependency on the external file. [since 2.5] Attributes inherited through included file are set on `dependencies` element due to the way module descriptor updater works currently. ## Attributes
Attribute | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
file | the file to include | Yes
## Examples
    <ivy-module version="1.0">
      <info organisation="myorg"
             module="mymodule"/>
      <configurations>
        <include file="path/to/included-configurations.xml"/>
        <conf name="conf3"/>
      </configurations>
      <dependencies>
        <dependency name="mymodule1" rev="1.0"/>
        <dependency name="mymodule2" rev="2.0" conf="conf2,conf3->*"/>
      </dependencies>
    </ivy-module>
with `included-configurations.xml` like this:
    <configurations defaultconfmapping="*->@">
      <conf name="conf1" visibility="public"/>
      <conf name="conf2" visibility="private"/>
    </configurations>
Defines 3 configurations, `conf1`, `conf2` and `conf3`. `mymodule1` is required in each configuration, with for each the same configuration (`conf1` is needed in `conf1`, `conf2` in `conf2`, and `conf3` in `conf3`) due to the `defaultconfmapping` defined in the included file.