applicationDefaultJvmArgs is exactly what is needed to configure the JVM when using ‘gradle run’, however it is very difficult to find this option. http://www.gradle.org/docs/1.7/release-notes#specify-default-jvm-arguments-for-the-application-plugin is the only place where I was able to find it, with quite a bit of noise along the way. Ideally this option would be documented at http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/application_plugin.html. Thanks.
Hey Chris, thanks for reporting this. Currently this option is only listed in the Gradle DSL reference (http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.Project.html#N1394A). I added a small paragraph to the userguide and the application plugin sample application
cheers, René