Notes

Common commands

List all tasks

gradle tasks --all

Perform dry run

gradle createZip --dry-run

Force tasks to run

gradle createZip --rerun-tasks

Build Java Classes

./gradlew compileJava --console=verbose

Build Java Classes and Resources

./gradlew classes --console=verbose

Build Java Documentation

./gradlew javadocs

Show Java Dependencies

./gradlew dependencies

Show Java Dependencies In Detail

./gradlew dependencyInsight

List Gradle Projects

./gradlew projects

Run Java

Requires plugin 'application' and 'mainClass' to be defined.

./gradlew run

Command Line Script (Install Distribution)

./gradlew installDist

Publishing Jar

plugins {
  id 'maven-publish'
}

publishing {
  publications {
    maven(MavenPublication) {
      groupId = 'org.example'
      artifactId = 'main'
      from components.java
    }
  }
  
  repositories {
    maven {
      url = "$rootProject.buildDir/m2repo"
    }
  }
} 

Then run with:

java -cp build/m2Repo/com/example/main/1.0.0/main-1.0.0.jar com.example.Main