Create a directory structure from a path in gradle/groovy

Question

I am implementing a diff package generation task in my project\'s gradle build from the git command line output. Currently I have a method which will give me a list of changed f

Answer 1

My current plan is to split the string repo/dir/file.java on the forward slash, and create directories until the last element of the split result

Rather than splitting your string manually, you could try using File.mkdirs():

File newDirectoryStructureParent = new File('some/path/to/parent/dir')

def s = 'repo/dir/file.java'
def newContainer = new File(s, newDirectoryStructureParent).getParent()
newContainer.mkdirs()