What is the Gradle counterpart to Maven archetypes? How can I give other Gradle users a template for the file and directory layout for a new project?
Use build init plugin:
~$ mkdir newproj
~$ cd newproj
~/newproj$ gradle init --type java-library
At the moment java-library
, scala-library
, groovy-library
, java-application
, pom
and basic
supported. The feature is incubating, thus it can be changed in future releases, so keep an eye on docs.
Looks like solution is available now: https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.orctom.archetype
Gradle doesn't support this (yet). There's a open feature request opened already.