[GRADLE-817] help the build developer by listing available methods/properties Created: 09/Feb/10  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 0.8
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement
Reporter: Dierk Koenig Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0


 Description   

When programming a build, one has to know what methods are availbable, e.g.

subprojects { ... }
dependencies { ... }
mavenCentral()

It's all too easy to forget or misspell those names.

The same is true for available properties.

One approach would be to list those items in the documentation in a single place (at least for the known ones, not the tasks that are available as methods, of course).

A second approach would be a method that lists them to stdout.

Third, the --gui could lists those (beyond what it does for tasks).

Best, of course, would be IDE-internal help. For IntellijIDEA, that could be done via gdsl.



 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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