# Jacoco task should depend on test task

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jacoco-task-should-depend-on-test-task/11931>\
**Category:** Plugin Portal\
**Created:** [September 29, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jacoco-task-should-depend-on-test-task/11931 "2015-09-29T22:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcandre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/mcandre/32/3087_2.png) [@mcandre](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/mcandre)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jacoco-task-should-depend-on-test-task/11931/1 "2015-09-29T22:04:20Z")

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The `jacoco` code coverage task should automatically depend on the `test` task. `gradle test jacoco` is redundant, compared to `gradle cobertura`.