Gradle global variable not in scope within buildscript

Question

I have something like this in my top level build.gradle (Gradle 2.2)

ext.repo = \"https://my-artifactory-repo\"

buildscript {
    repositories          


        

Answer 1

This is happening because the buildscript {...} configuration closure is always evaluated first, so the property is not yet defined. A workaround would be to define the property outside of the build script, either by placing it in a gradle.properties file or via the command line.

Answer 2

You can define your variable as an extra property with ext in the buildscript {...}. This variable is then also accessible in the scope of allprojects {...}:

buildscript {
    ext {
        repo = "https://my-artifactory-repo"
    }
    repositories {
        maven {
            url repo // works
        }
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url repo // works
        }
    }
}