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

With newer versions of gradle-git (0.7.0 and up), you would create the task like this:

import org.ajoberstar.grgit.*

task clone << {
  Grgit.clone(dir: file('build/repo'), uri: 'git@github.com:user/repo.git')
}