Gradle has a set of standard tasks provided by common plugins, but also allows defining custom tasks. A gradle task is an atomic unit of work that is scheduled before or other after tasks depending on task ordering constraints.
Questions tagged [gradle-task]
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How do I implement "application run" task in Gradle?
I'm using Gradle and I wonder how I can implement a run task so I can run the program from the command "./gradlew run". I have a project named "demo" and it have the task "application run". Then I created the project "HouseObserver" and it have not…
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Reference spring-boot assembled jar in gradle ssh plugin
I would like to create a custom task in gradle, that will upload assembled jar to a remote server.
My best working result is
doLast {
ssh.run {
def jarFile = "${jar.baseName}-${version}.jar"
session(remotes.role('qa')) {
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How to start spring boot application with a gradle task on a forked process?
I have a spring boot application with a dummy endpoint on which I wanna execute a gatling load test.
gradle task:
task testLoad(type: JavaExec) {
description = 'Test load the Spring Boot web service with Gatling'
group = 'Load Test'
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Gradle: where are task dependencies defined for distZip task
I am using the gradle application plugin.
I noticed that:
distZip task get's run before the assemble task.
And I can see
from the docs (link above), and confirmed during my gradle run, that
the distZip tasks depends on: jar, startScripts…
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Gradle HTTP Plugin
I need to upload file with HTTP post in gradle build.
I found HTTPPlugin which could make the deal. I made a simple build but it gives me error:
Caused by: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: Could not get unknown
property 'HttpTask' for root…
Jarno Lahtinen
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Task and plugin conflict in Gradle (Failed to apply plugin [class 'org.gradle.langu...)
I tried to run a task from build.gradle using the following command:
gradle footype
However the build failed and displayed these two error messages that I want to fix:
> Configure project :
The Task.leftShift(Closure) method has been deprecated…
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How execute a task inside doLast in Gradle?
I am trying to create a zip using gradle task but while running inside doLast{} , it's throwing error saying : > Cannot call Task.dependsOn(Object...) on task ':app:testZip' after task has started execution.
MyCode :
doLast {
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Test App
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How to run gradle tasks from specific ".gradle" file with terminal in android studio?
I am new to writing gradle tasks.
I have added a .gradle file into root of my project in this gradle file there are some tasks, my question is how to run these tasks via Terminal in android studio?
When i run a task with Terminal in android studio…
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Why do we need doFirst block in the gradle tasks?
From my testing, both
task taskA {
doFirst {
println("$name first")
}
doLast {
println("$name second")
}
}
and
task taskB {
doLast {
println("$name first")
println("$name second")
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Trying to get the group name and version of my build.gradle dependencies in a custom gradle task
I'm trying to do something which I feel should be relatively straightforward but nothing on the internet seems to be giving me what I'm after.
Basically, I want to take the compile/testCompile dependencies from my build.gradle (I don't want any of…
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Gradle equivalent to 'grails -Dgrails.env=production run-app'
I'm upgrading my Grails 2.5.1 web-app to Grails 3.1.1.
To run the app locally with production as active environment I used
grails -Dgrails.env=production run-app
Now I'm using Gradle tasks, in particular gradle bootRun.
What's the easiest…
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Dependencies for custom incremental Gradle compile task
I'm wondering about the best approach for managing a custom compile step with files that have transitive dependencies if want my compile task to be incremental. Here's the specific use case: I have a directory full of templates (handlebars templates…
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Why is my custom Gradle task running even when the input is unchanged
I've created a custom Gradle task in Java (just put within buildSrc, so a local custom task)
public class ImageMergerTask extends DefaultTask{
public File directory;
@TaskAction
public void greet() {
System.out.println("hello…
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Gradle copy task runs on clean
I have a gradle Copy task that copies assets from the project directory into the build directory:
tasks.register("copyAssets", Copy) {
def fromDir = "${project.projectDir.toString()}/../assets"
def toDir =…
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A gradle project compiles successfully, how to replicate this success if it is included in another project?
The project I intend to include is the latest version of splain:
https://github.com/tek/splain
Which is built with gradle, and has the following extra task definition (in gradle kts):
// invoke
task("dependencyTree") {
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