How can I change the description of an existing Gradle task?

Question

How can I change the description of an existing Gradle task? I have tried

tasks.idea.doFirst {
    description = "asda"
}

and

tasks.idea.doLast {
    description = "asda"
}

but neither change the decription listed when I run gradle tasks.

Answer 1

You have to set the description in the configuration phase:

tasks.idea {
    description = "asda"
}