Using Intellij to set breakpoints in gradle project

Question

Now that IntelliJ 12.1 is out, I was hoping to be able to attach the debugger to a \'gradle run\' app and have it stop at breakpoints. I\'ve tried both right-clicking run a

Answer 1

I can debug remotely by configuring the run task. Since it is a JavaExec task, it supports jvmArgs properties:

run {
    jvmArgs "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005"
}

and debug properties:

run {
    debug true
}

Right clicking to debug doesn't seem to work because IntelliJ is attaching the debugger to the wrong JVM i.e. gradle.

Answer 2

I can debug normally. I only can't debug if I use the gradle daemon ("--daemon" option).