Force Task Execution

Forcing Task Execution:

You can force Gradle to execute a task even if it is up-to-date by using the --rerun-tasks flag (such as test execution):

./gradlew processData --rerun-tasks

gt.sandbox.checkout.commit 993df70 \
&& cd "${GT_SANDBOX_REPO}" \
&& cmd.run.announce "./gradlew lib:processData --console=plain --rerun-tasks && echo && echo output.txt: && cat ${GLASSTHOUGHT_SANDBOX:?}/lib/build/output.txt"

> Task :lib:processData
doLast Task executing, Processing input...
Task executed: Input processed.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 352ms
1 actionable task: 1 executed

output.txt:
2024-10-05T22:19:05.950151Z VAL-2

Key Points:

• Up-to-date checks are an optimization that skips tasks when their inputs and outputs haven’t changed.
• Gradle automatically manages these checks based on declared inputs and outputs.
• Forcing task execution can be done with --rerun-tasks when needed.

By leveraging up-to-date checks, Gradle optimizes the build process and significantly reduces unnecessary task execution, resulting in faster builds.

• UP-TO-DATE Checks (Task Avoidance)