README.md

Configuring properties

Properties file

Add a recipient property to the gradle.properties file in the project directory.

• Run ./gradlew hello
• Assert that the task not greets the recipient configured in the properties file

Change the hello task to greet the newly defined property

hint: "hello " + recipient

• Assert that the task greets the recipient configured in the properties file

Create a new gradle.properties file in your Gradle user directory (~/.gradle/). Define the recipient property in this file.

• Run ./gradlew hello
• Assert your user-specific value overrides the value specified globally.

Command line properties

Call ./gradlew hello, and pass in the recipient property through the command line.

hint: You can create and overwrite properties from the command line with -Pfoo=bar

• Assert your command line property overrides user and project property values

Locally defined properties

Set the recipient property to a new value in build.gradle.

• Run ./gradlew hello
• Assert the task greets your property defined in build.gradle