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DerM
DerM

Reputation: 1526

Gradle copy task after build

In Gradle it is easy to define tasks to run after the build.

task finalize1 << {
    println('finally1!')
}
build.finalizedBy(finalize1)

This works as expected. But now I want to execute a copy task at the end.

task finalize (type: Copy) {
    def zipFile = file('data/xx.zip')
    def outputDir = file("data/")
    println('Unzip..')
    from zipTree(zipFile)
    into outputDir
}
build.finalizedBy(finalize)

This does not work anymore. I see the "Unzip" output at the beginning of the build (I need the extract at the end).

Unzip..
:clean
:compileJava
:processResources
:classes
:findMainClass
:jar
:bootRepackage
:assemble
...

<< does the trick it seems but how I can I merge these two?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 9047

Answers (1)

AdamSkywalker
AdamSkywalker

Reputation: 11609

You don't have to. You see Unzip... at the beginning of the build, but it does not mean that Gradle is executing your task at that moment.

This message is printed in console when Gradle starts to configure your copy task, e.g. adding paths to inputs and outputs. Real execution is done after build. To verify that you can use doLast closure:

task finalize (type: Copy) {
   doLast { println 'running now' }
   ...
}

Code inside doLast block will be executed after build.

P.S. Don't move the rest of your task code (from zipTree(zipFile), etc) inside doLast closure, it won't work.

Upvotes: 3

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