Done GRADLE-985 Philip
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Adam Murdoch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16/06/10 12:19 AM, Philip Crotwell wrote: >> >> I wonder is some of this can be cleared up by simply giving the java >> plugin a default task (likely "assemble") and making the error message more >> verbose in the case of either no build.gradle, or a build.gradle without a >> src directory. In some sense a new user types "gradle" and expects either >> something useful to happen, or at least a Usage that will point them in the >> correct direction. Currently you get a message about "No tasks", telling you >> to run gradle -t, which then says "No Tasks". Not terribly helpful someone >> new to gradle. >> >> >> Perhaps in the case of no build.gradle you should get: >> >> FAILURE: Unable to find 'build.gradle' in current directory. >> >> * What went wrong: >> There is not a build.gradle file in the current directory and one was not >> specified on the command line. >> >> * Try: >> Create a build.gradle file in the current directory. The simplest >> instance, for a java project is: >> >> apply plugin: 'java' >> >> See http://www.gradle.org/bla/bla/bla for more information on getting >> started with gradle. >> >> >> >> And in the case of a build.gradle with apply plugin: 'java', but without a >> source directory, you currently get a successful build, with an empty jar >> file. Seems like the java plugin should make sure there is at least one >> source file, or maybe just a src/main/java before proceeding to the jar >> task. Maybe an error message like: >> >> FAILURE: Could not find a source directory. >> >> * What went wrong: >> No source directory, usually src/main/java, exists. >> >> * Try: >> Create the src/main/java directory and place your java source files in it. >> >> >> Even if there is a "make my directories" task, I think these changes would >> be helpful. >> > > I agree. These are really good ideas. Could you put these suggestions in a > JIRA issue, so we don't forget them? > > > -- > Adam Murdoch > Gradle Developer > http://www.gradle.org > CTO, Gradle Inc. - Gradle Training, Support, Consulting > http://www.gradle.biz > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
