[GRADLE-1628] Clean task doesn't delete classes directory if classesDir was set Created: 21/Jun/11  Updated: 25/Jan/17  Resolved: 25/Jan/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 1.0-milestone-3
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Benjamin Muschko Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 1


 Description   

This problem was discussed on the mailing list. In case you change the default classes directory the clean task doesn't delete the directory. Apparently, it only works on build/classes.

sourceSets.main.classesDir = file('../build/out/classes')

As a workaround it has to be cleaned "manually":

clean {
   delete sourceSets*.classesDir
}

Gradle should do this work automatically.

 Comments   
Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 25/Jan/17 ]

The `clean` task only deletes the build directory so there shouldn't be any issue. Setting the classes directory to a directory outside of buildDir is custom and will need to be added to the clean task.

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