Gradle: how to clone a git repo in a task?

Question

Suppose I have a gradle build script and want to write a task to clone a remote git repository. How do I do that?

Answer 1

The cloning can be done using the Gradle-git plugin. To use the plugin you should download it first:

buildscript {
  repositories { mavenCentral() }
  dependencies { classpath 'org.ajoberstar:gradle-git:0.2.3' }
}

Then write a task like this one:

import org.ajoberstar.gradle.git.tasks.*

task cloneGitRepo(type: GitClone) {
        def destination = file("destination_folder")
        uri = "your_git_repo_uri"
        destinationPath = destination
        bare = false
        enabled = !destination.exists() //to clone only once
}