How to pass arguments to Gradle task in build.gradle

Question

For example, I would like to exclude tests from build here:

task foo(dependsOn: ['clean', 'build']) {
    build.mustRunAfter clean
}

Instead of build I need build -x test.
How can I pass -x test to build in Groovy?

Why not depend on something else instead of build? Gradle doesn't work the way you're trying to use it... If you only want compilation, then just depend on `assemble` https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_plugin.html#lifecycle_tasks — tim_yates, Apr 24 '21 at 15:28
@tim_yates I need something that works exactly like `build` but without tests. `assemble` is different, see comments here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4714118/5969852. — Nikola, Apr 24 '21 at 15:31
Is it javadoc or compiling the test classes you'd miss? Why compile them if you don't run them? — tim_yates, Apr 24 '21 at 16:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '21 at 15:44

Start parameters like -x cannot be defined for single tasks. They are always part of a specific Gradle invocation.

You may however create a task that invokes Gradle from inside Gradle:

task foo(type: GradleBuild) {
    tasks = ['clean', 'build']
    startParameter.excludedTaskNames = ['test']
}

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