How can I not include a build task when I include a project in my settings.gradle file?

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My settings.gradle file looks like:

include "serverTest", "shared"

And the serverTest build.gradle file looks like:

group = 'gradle'
version = '1.0'
defaultTasks 'build'
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6

dependencies
{
  compile project(':shared')
}

The directory structure is: The top level holds the settings.gradle file and it has folders shared and serverTest in it. Then in the serverTest directory there is the build.gradle file.

When I run gradle at the top level it outputs:

:shared:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:shared:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:shared:classes UP-TO-DATE
:shared:jar UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:classes UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:jar UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:assemble UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:compileTestJava
:serverTest:processTestResources UP-TO-DATE
:serverTest:testClasses
:serverTest:test

I don't want it to execute the task :serverTest:test though. I tried changing my defaultTasks to just compileJava but that didn't work, does anyone else have any ideas?

I assume you have also declared defaultTasks for the root project? From what I can tell, only the defaultTasks of the default project (which is determined based on the directory that Gradle is invoked from) are considered. — Peter Niederwieser
Do you always want to skip the serverTest:test task, or only sometimes? — Hiery Nomus
@PeterNiederwieser but even if I did set the defaultTasks on the root project wouldn't it still execute the same tasks as it is now in the serverTest project? — Grammin
Well, if you set build as the default, that certainly includes test. What exactly are you trying to achieve? — Peter Niederwieser

rogue lad rogue lad · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10T10:19:09

Well this question has been asked in different ways , the main theme of the question is;

How to exclude sub tasks of build task?

1 . gradle build -x test

The above instruction is helpful while executing gradle build command from CLI; this exludes test task, but we want to exclude test task programmatically in build.gradle file. Look below the answer for the respective question.

2 . check.dependsOn -= test

Copy this small script in your build.gradle file. Now when you execute gradle build from CLI, your tests won't run at all.

Cheers !

How can I not include a build task when I include a project in my settings.gradle file?

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