How to print task name in gradle?

gradle, groovy

Solution

Not sure if it's what you want, but you can get the taskNames that were used when Gradle was called by accessing the `project.gradle` object.

ie: given the following `build.gradle`

task someTask << {
    println project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames
}

Then running:

gradle someTask someTask

Gives the output:

:someTask
[someTask, someTask]

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Total time: 4.34 secs

Update; if anyone needs actual-check instead of just logging, try:

def myTaskName = 'someTask'

if (project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains(myTaskName)) {
    println "Handle ${myTaskName} here."
}

Problem

I have a question about gradle. I'am a newbie in this build system and want to know about how to print task name or save it in a variable. Something like this: ``` > gradle someTask someTask ``` i think code is like this ``` task someTask { print ($arg[0]) } ``` but it is not. Thank you!

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