Parallel: ensure project dependencies are built before

[richarddd (Richard Davison)]

Hi,

I have a setup where one project depends on the build of other projects.

Dependencies:
/projectA/build.gradle.kts
/projectB/build.gradle.kts

Other project
/projectC/build.gradle.kts

In “projectC” I have dependencies on A and B like so

api(project(":projectA"))
api(project(":projectB"))

This works fine but when I enable org.gradle.parallel=true not all tasks in project A and B have completed before project C runs its tasks.

Is there some way to force this? Or to preserve ordering?

Regards
Richard

[jjustinic (James Justinic)]

@richarddd

not all tasks in project A and B have completed before project C runs its tasks

This is the expected behavior. Tasks should be small discrete units of work. Only tasks in C that have an explicit or implicit dependency on a task/output in A or B would necessarily run after that task in A/B, and only that specific task, not all tasks in the project. You can add dependencies (dependsOn) task ordering requirements/hints (mustRunAfter/shouldRunAfter), but this almost always a bad practice if there’s not an actual dependency.