How can I define the teamcity['build.number'] property in gradle from command line

Question

Is there a way to define teamcity[\'build.number\'] property from command line? I tried -Pteamcity.build.number=1 but it didn\'t work.

I have a build.gradle file wit

Answer 1

this works from the command line

task hello << {
  println project.ext['teamcity.build.number']
}

and you call it

gradle hello -Pteamcity.build.number=1.45

hopefully that'll work also in your script