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smeeb
smeeb

Reputation: 29507

Gradle: how to copy file but keep the same build invocation?

Currently my Gradle build produces a fat JAR (via ShadowJar Plugin) under build/distributions via the following build invocation:

gradle clean build shadowJar

I now need that same exact build invocation to copy src/main/resources/myconfig.json to build/distributions as well. I followed the Gradle docs and added the following to my build:

task copyConfig(type: Copy) {
    into 'build/distributions'
    from('src/main/resources') {
        include '**/*.json'
    }
}

However running gradle clean build shadowJar doesn't produce a build/distributions/myconfig.json as expected. What can I do to keep the build invocation exactly the same, but to invoke the copyConfig task (also, I'm not even 100% sure that task is error-free)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 822

Answers (1)

JB Nizet
JB Nizet

Reputation: 691745

You have created a task, but you never execute it. In order for this task to be invoked when executing build or shadowJar, one of these tasks needs to depend on the task you created:

build.dependsOn copyConfig

or

shadowJar.dependsOn copyConfig

Upvotes: 2

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