Add an alias for multi projects on include

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1

Please add an alias for multi projects. Because we use eclipse all our projects are parallel. Our settings.gradle in the main project look like:

include '../SubA'
include '../SubB'

This result in difficult syntax like:

dependsOn(':../SubA:jar')

which also not work on every place. It will be nice if there can be set an alias for a project on the include line like:

include '../SubA' as SubA
include '../SubB' as SubB
2

You can already achieve it by changing child project directories:

include 'SubA'
include 'SubB'
  rootProject.children.each { project ->
    project.projectDir = new File(settingsDir.parentFile, project.name)
}
3

Thank you Marcin. I use now:

include ‘SubA’ include ‘SubB’

rootProject.children.each {project ->

switch( project.name ) {

case ‘SubA’: project.projectDir = new File(’…/SubA’); break

case ‘SubB’: project.projectDir = new File(’…/SubB’); break

} }

4

Why don’t you want to keep your solution generic?

include 'SubB'
rootProject.children.findAll { it.name in ['SubA', 'SubB'] }.each { project ->
    project.projectDir = new File(settingsDir.parentFile, project.name)
}

Also, you should never use the ‘File’ constructor that accepts a single ‘String’ argument because the file it points at will depend on where you run Gradle from. You should always use ‘settingsDir’ variable as your reference point.