Gradle subproject name different than folder name

Question

I have a couple of subprojects that are part of a multi-project build (flat hierarchy). I want to set the name on them to be different than their folder name. However in include

Answer 1

Project names can only be changed in settings.gradle. For example:

include "foo" // or `includeFlat`, doesn't matter

// always good to nail down the root project name, because
// the root directory name may be different in some envs (e.g. CI)
// hence the following even makes sense for single-project builds
rootProject.name = "bar" 

// change subproject name
project(":foo").name = "foofoo"

Alternatively, you can use the desired project name in the include statement, and later reconfigure the project directory:

include "foofoo"

project(":foofoo").projectDir = file("foo")

To give some background, the only difference between include and includeFlat is that they use different defaults for the project's projectDir. Otherwise they are the same.

For further information, check out Settings in the Gradle Build Language Reference.