Inputs, Outputs and task order - Could not find property 't1' on task ':t2'

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Hi,

Is it possible to use “t1.outputs.files” before defining task t1?

For below build.gradle configuration I have error “Could not find property ‘t1’ on task ‘:t2’.”.
When I change order (task t1 before t2) of tasks it works fine.

`task t2 (type:Exec) {
inputs.files t1.outputs.files
workingDir '.'
commandLine 'date’
FileTree tree = fileTree(dir: ‘.’, include: ‘**/.’)
outputs.files tree
}

task t1(type:Exec) {
workingDir '.'
commandLine 'date’
FileTree tree = fileTree(dir: ‘.’, include: ‘**/.’)
outputs.files tree
}
`