Sync Method

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1

Is there a way to execute a Sync within a function (same as copy method)?

i.e. with copy method we can do:

def myFunc() {
 ...
 copy {
  from 'here'
  into 'there'
 }
 ...
}

I want to do something like:

def myFunc() {
 ...
 sync {
  from 'here'
  into 'there'
 }
 ...
}

Thanks!

2

Gradle doesn’t currently offer a ‘Project.sync()’ method. The current implementation of the ‘Sync’ task does a delete followed by a copy, which you can “reimplement” using the ‘Project.delete()’ and ‘Project.copy’ methods.

Note that methods should only be preferred over tasks when there is a very good reason, as tasks have a number of advantages (up-to-date check, task autowiring, etc.).

3

Thanks for the reply. 1. I think I’ll go with the sync task because of the advantages you mentioned. 2. You said that the sync task runs delete and then copy. I thought it leaves files that are identical between source and destination in place which is more efficient especially for large files. I have a situation where I need to sync two large folders where most files are the same so I thought using a sync would be faster.

4

It won’t currently be faster. It may be faster in the future.