I have a very long build (Apache Bigtop) that I need to run in an environment where each build runs on a clean VM and there is no local Maven repository cache. So, from time to time, there’s a network glitch talking to Maven central, and the build fails, and it’s time to start all over.
If I could politely ask Gradle to just do the dependency downloads, I could write a little retry loop to give that a fighting chance to succeed, and then proceed with the rest of the build. Is there a way?