Change Gradle's working directory when compiling a Groovy project

Question

When compiling a groovy project, gradle creates files in $projectRoot/build/. Is there a way to configure this to e.g. an absolute path?

Answer 1

Yes, there is. You can put the following line in your build script:

buildDir = 'your_directory'

Or in gradle.properties file (no quotes around your_directory in that case).

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Build directory is a project property. You can view all project properties available to you by typing:

gradle properties