Gradle difference between test and check

Question

My build.gradle is as follows:

group \'groupName\'
version \'version\'

apply plugin: \'java\'
apply plugin: \'idea\'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

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Answer 1

The Gradle check task depends on the test task which means test is executed before check is run. The documentation states that check performs all verification tasks in the project, including test and also tasks plugins add to the project:

If you for example add the checkstyle plugin to your project you can either run its tasks checkstyleMain and checkstyleTest individually or execute a full project verification using check. In this case the tasks test, checkstyleMain and checkstyleTest would be run.
Whereas test always just executes your unit tests.