Show help

./gradlew --help

Set JVM system property: -D, --system-prop

./gradlew -Dmyprop=myvalue
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./gradlew --system-prop myvalue

Set project property for the build script: -Pmyprop=myvalue

./gradlew -Pmyprop=myvalue
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./gradlew --project-prop myvalue

Specifies the Gradle startup directory. The default value is the current directory.

./gradlew -p ~/src/next_startup
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./gradlew --project-dir ~/src/next_startup

Override the 'param_component' property via the command line:

./gradlew -Pparam_component=CUSTOM_VALUE

Add a folder to a source-set in a normal project with kotlin dsl

sourceSets {
    getByName("test"){
        java.srcDir("src/scripts/groovy")
    }
    getByName("test"){
        java.srcDir("src/scripts/kscript")
    }
    getByName("test"){
        java.srcDir("src/test/javascript")
    }
}

Add a folder to a source-set in an android project with groovy dsl

android {
    sourceSets {
        main.java.srcDirs += "src/main/../../../../ceelo/domain/src/main/java/"
        test.java.srcDirs += "src/test/../../../../ceelo/domain/src/test/java/"
    }
}

Avoid building and testing a sub-module

gradle build -x :excluded-module:check -x :excluded-module:assemble -x :excluded-module:build

Move files
tasks.register("moveWebappNode") {
    doLast {
        ant.withGroovyBuilder {
            "move"(
                "webapp/node_modules" to "$rootDir/webapp-src/node_modules",
            )
        }
    }
}

Tar a folder

tasks.register<Tar>("tarWebapp") {
    dependsOn("moveWebappNpm")
    group = WEBAPP
    description = "tar webapp"
    doLast {
        setOf(
            "build",
            "target",
            "node_modules"
        ).forEach { dir -> exclude { it.name .dir } }
        archiveFileName.set("webapp.tar")
        destinationDirectory.set(File("${rootDir.absolutePath}$sep$WEBAPP_SRC"))
    }
}

Show build dependencies

tasks.register("printDependencies") {
    description = "print project dependencies"
    group = WEBAPP
    doLast {
        println("${project.name} dependencies")
        mutableMapOf<String, Map<String, String>>(
            "buildDependencies" to buildDependencies,
            "domainDeps" to domainDeps,
            "domainTestDeps" to domainTestDeps,
        ).apply { putAll(appModules) }
            .forEach { module ->
                if (module.value.isNotEmpty()) {
                    println("${module.key}:")
                    module.value.forEach { println(dependency(it)) }
                    println()
                }
            }
    }
}

Example of using reduce: concatenating a list into a string

tasks.register("printWebappSrc") {
    description = "print webapp sources"
    group = WEBAPP
    doLast {
        webAppSrc
            .reduce { acc, s -> "$acc\n\t$s" }
            .run { println("$WEBAPP_SRC: $this\n") }
    }
}

Retrieve the description of a specific task

./gradlew -q help --task foo

To run a task from the root workingDir, prefix the task with a :

./gradlew :foo

To rerun failed tasks, use the --rerun-tasks option

./gradlew check --rerun-tasks

Run a task in a specific project from another directory

The option`-p` (ou --project-dir) allows specifying the path to a Gradle project and executing a task there, even if the current directory is different.

For example, to run the task`build`of the project located in`~/projets/mon-autre-projet`while being in another directory:

./gradlew -p ~/projets/mon-autre-projet build

This is particularly useful for scripting actions across multiple projects from a central location.

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