Gradle: how to clone a git repo in a task?

Question

Suppose I have a gradle build script and want to write a task to clone a remote git repository. How do I do that?

Answer 1

The cloning can be done using the Gradle-git plugin. To use the plugin you should download it first:

buildscript {   repositories { mavenCentral() }   dependencies { classpath 'org.ajoberstar:gradle-git:0.2.3' } } 

Then write a task like this one:

import org.ajoberstar.gradle.git.tasks.*  task cloneGitRepo(type: GitClone) {         def destination = file("destination_folder")         uri = "your_git_repo_uri"         destinationPath = destination         bare = false         enabled = !destination.exists() //to clone only once }