Refer to a task from another project (in copySpec)?

[netmikey (Mike Meessen)]

Is there a shorter way to refer to a task of another project in a multi-project build than "project(’…’).tasks.getByName(’…’)?

In project “myProject”:

  copy {
from { project(’:otherProject’).tasks.getByName(‘createStuff’) }
into stuffDir  }  

The full task path notation like in the doc:

  task taskX(dependsOn: ‘:projectB:taskY’)  

Doesn’t work in the copySpec (no error, the task’s output just isn’t taken):

  copy {
from { task(’:otherProject:createStuff’) }
into stuffDir  }  

Best regards, Mike

[luke_daley]

‘project(’:otherProject’).createStuff’

[netmikey (Mike Meessen)]

Thanks, as always, for the quick reply Luke

Any chance ‘task(’:otherProject:createStuff’)’ could return the task someday? That syntax would feel the most intuitive…

[luke_daley]

I actually quite like the idea. Best thing to do would be to raise a new “idea” topic focussed on adding this syntax. We can then see what the community thinks.

[netmikey (Mike Meessen)]

Done: http://forums.gradle.org/gradle/topics/intuitive_task_syntax_for_referring_to_a_task_from_another_project