Skipping dependency execution of a disabled task in Gradle?
dependencies, gradle
Solution
To get the desired behavior, you have to exclude the task from the task execution graph, rather than skipping its execution. You can do this with `-x` from the command line or programmatically with `gradle.startParameter.excludedTaskNames << "..."` or `gradle.taskGraph.useFilter { task -> ... }`.
Problem
Is it somehow possible to not execute the dependencies of a task when that task will be skipped? In the example below, I'd like `jar` (and the dependencies of `jar`) to not be executed if a server is already running when executing `runServerTests`. The server would in this case be started by another process. ``` apply plugin: 'java' task startServerIfNotRunning(dependsOn: jar) { onlyIf { isServerNotRunning() } ... } task runServerTests(dependsOn: startServerIfNotRunning) { ... } ``` I'd rather not add an `onlyIf` to the `jar` task, since other tasks that always should be executed may be depending on that one. The `jar` task also has dependencies of its own.