Gradle task should not execute automatically

Question

I\'m defining a task in gradle:

task releaseCandidate(type: Exec) {
    commandLine \'git\', \'checkout\', \'develop\'

    // Increment version code in Mani         


        

Answer 1

Just to complete @Opal answer for cases when Exec is really used (for example CommandLine reference) :

task task1 << {
   exec {
        List arguments = new ArrayList()
        //..
        commandLine arguments
   }
}