There is a directory called gradle in my Android Studio project. They don't say it should be excluded from version control. What is in this directory?
Update #1.
Android Studio bug. It updates gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties every time I run it.
The directory gradle having a Gradle Wrapper inside it
The wrapper is something you should check into version control. By distributing the wrapper with your project, anyone can work with it without needing to install Gradle beforehand.
Even better, users of the build are guaranteed to use the version of Gradle that the build was designed to work with. Of course, this is also great for continuous integration servers (i.e. servers that regularly build your project) as it requires no configuration on the server.
That is why it is not excluded from version control.
