How is the automatic test of buildSrc triggered?

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The documentation of buildSrc says that Gradle automatically compiles and tests this code, but for me, only the compile bit seems to happen: the build succeeds if buildSrc contains failing tests.

Is this a bug in the documentation, or is it something I’ve missed in the configuration of my build? I can make the buildSrc tests run (and fail) by running ./gradlew buildSrc:check, so it would seem to be a problem with the automatic triggering.

For reference, I’m using Gradle 8.7.

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Yeah, that’s outdated documentation.
This detail changed with 8.0 where buildSrc was made more included-build-like: Gradle 8.0 Release Notes
So yes, this is doc bug that you should PR or report.

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Thanks! I submitted Correct User Guide to remove statement that Gradle automatically tests code in buildSrc by markslater · Pull Request #28925 · gradle/gradle · GitHub

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