Dynamically created task of type Copy is always UP-TO-DATE

Question

I\'ve prepared a very simple script, that illustrates the problem I see using Gradle 1.7 (need to stick with it because of some plugins not yet supporting newer versions).

Answer 1

Putting from and into as part of the doLast section does not work. An example of a working task definitions is:

task copyMyFile(type: Copy) {

    def dockerFile = 'src/main/docker/Dockerfile'
    def copyTo = 'build/docker'

    from dockerFile
    into copyTo

    doLast {
        println "Copied Docker file [$dockerFile] to [$copyTo]"
    }
}

Not the behavior I was expecting. Using gradle 3.2.1