[GRADLE-2470] Circular dependency between tasks reported if java plugin not applied before declaring dependency Created: 10/Sep/12  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 1.1, 1.2-rc-1
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Rob Winch Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0

Attachments: Zip Archive gradle-circular-dep.zip    

 Description   

The build.gradle below

subprojects {
// Uncomment below to fix it
//    apply plugin: 'java'
}
configure(allprojects) {
    apply plugin: 'java'

    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        testCompile "junit:junit:4.10"

        if(project.name != 'core') {
            testCompile project(':core').sourceSets.test.output
        }
    }
}

project('core') {

}

project('another') {
    dependencies {
        compile project(":core")
    }
}

produces the following error:

* What went wrong:
Circular dependency between tasks. Cycle includes [task ':compileTestJava', task ':testClasses'].

If the java plugin is applied before hand the circular dependency error goes away (i.e. uncomment as instructed in the build.gradle above).

I have attached a demo project that illustrates the problem.

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

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 10/Feb/17 ]

Thanks again for reporting this issue. We haven't heard back from you after our inquiry from November 15th. We are closing this issue now. Please create an issue on GitHub if you still feel passionate about getting it resolved.

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