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Reputation: 1679

Copy files over before jarring

I can't get my script to wait until libraries are copied over to 'src/main/resources/libs' before it starts to jar up everything. The files are copied over but the jar task I think is not waiting until the files are copied over? Because they are not added to my jar. Unless I run script again :/ How to fix this?

task copyDependencies(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.myLib
    into 'src/main/resources/libs'
}

jar.dependsOn 'copyDependencies'

jar {
   manifest {} 
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 289

Answers (1)

Peter Niederwieser
Peter Niederwieser

Reputation: 123910

To get the execution order right, processResources would have to depend on copyDependencies. However, you shouldn't copy anything into src/main/resources. Instead, the libraries should be included directly in the Jar, without any intermediate steps:

jar {
    into("libs") {
        from configurations.myLib
    }
}

This assumes that there is some custom process or class loader in place that makes use of the libraries in the Jar's libs directory. A standard JVM/class loader will ignore them.

Upvotes: 2

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