What is the syntax for a gradle subproject task depending on a parent project's task?

Question

I need some help with a Gradle build file. I have some subprojects which depend on tasks in the top folder. I just need to take a test task and split it into two se

Answer 1

There are a few syntax solutions here:

runDifferentTests.dependsOn (":bTask")

runDifferentTests.dependsOn rootProject.bTask

task runDifferentTests(type : Test, dependsOn: [":bTask"]) {
...
}

task runDifferentTests(type : Test) {
dependsOn rootProject.bTask
...
}

//in the root build.gradle to apply to all subprojects at once.
subprojects {
    runDifferentTests.dependsOn (":bTask")
}

runDifferentTests.dependsOn {
    tasks.findAll { task -> task.name.startsWith('bTask') }
}

: can be used to go a level up instead of rootProject depends on the preference and the project structure

Answer 2

Just remove the declaration in subprojects and declare your dependency directly in the subproject, in C.gradle:

runDifferentTests.dependsOn rootProject.bTask