How can I set the archiveName so that it can be changed by another task?

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1

I want to do something like:

task myZip(type: Zip) {
    from 'somedir'
    archiveName = "$modowner~$modname~$version.zip"
}

But it seems the archiveName gets evaluated at the start of the script, so when the $version is changed by our release plugin, the change is not picked up, and the archive is created with the wrong name.

2

That’s correct. The archiveName is set during the configuration phase. You can still change the value of the property though. Here’s an example that emulates a release task:

task myZip(type: Zip) {
    from 'somedir'
    archiveName = "$modowner~$modname~${project.version}.zip"
}
  task release {
      finalizedBy myZip
        doLast {
       project.version = '4.0'
        myZip.archiveName = "$modowner~$modname~${project.version}.zip"
   }
}