Gradle println prints when it is not called

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My goal is to have a message printed to the console whenever the `idea` task is run, but unfortunately the message is printed whenever anything is run. Why are the print lines executing when the `idea` task is not being run? How can I display a message only when the `idea` task is executed? build.gradle ``` apply plugin: 'idea' task hello << { println 'Hello world!' } tasks.idea() { println '*********************************************************' println '* You should open build.gradle as a native project from *' println '* within IntelliJ. *' println '*********************************************************' } ``` Output of the command `gradle hello` ``` ********************************************************* * You should open build.gradle as a native project from * * within IntelliJ. * ********************************************************* :hello Hello world! BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2.846 secs ``` Working Solution ``` tasks.getByPath('idea') << { println '*************…

Accepted Answer

You will need to put your `println`s into an action and add it to the `idea` task. The following example shows the use of the `doFirst` action:

```
ideaProject.doFirst {
    println '*********************************************************'
    println '* You should open build.gradle as a native project from *'
    println '* within IntelliJ.                                      *'
    println '*********************************************************'
}
```

There's a specific reason your code is executed before the `idea` task is run: It's evaluated as configuration code executed during the configuration phase of Gradle's build lifecycle. Only actions are executed during the execution phase. Your `hello` task does that.

EDIT: `idea` is `org.gradle.plugins.ide.idea.model.IdeaModel` in this context and not the task.

Gradle println prints when it is not called

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