Depending another task on 'publishToSonatype' in multi module setup

[skuzzle]

I'm trying to combine the publish-plugin with the net.researchgate.release plugin. The latter offers a 'hook' task afterReleaseBuild that can be used to execute other tasks in the context of the release process (documented here).

In build.gradle of my root project I'm trying to hook in the publishToSonatype task like this:

plugins {
    id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
    id("io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin") version "1.2.0"
}
afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn("publishToSonatype", "...")

release {
    // ...
}

nexusPublishing {
    // ...
}

When I run the afterReleaseBuild task (either explicitly via gradlew afterReleaseBuild or implictly via gradlew release) I get the following error:

Could not determine the dependencies of task ':afterReleaseBuild'.
> Task with path 'publishToSonatype' not found in root project 'snapshot-tests'.

Directly invokig gradlew publishToSonatype on the other hand seems to work.

The full project consists of multiple modules, some of which are subject to the sonatype publication (as they contribute files via maven-publish plugin), others are not part of the publication.

I do wonder how to correctly express that the afterReleaseBuild task should depend on the successful publication of all elligible child projects.

I have a build scan available here: https://scans.gradle.com/s/53y4kncyxhqpe
The full project setup I'm trying to build can be found here: https://github.com/skuzzle/snapshot-tests/tree/dcec50e7f9021caa2c5cc2fa00b3f1b00fb7a0b6

I'm not quite sure if this question is even related to this plugin or if I'm lacking general understanding of how task dependencies in gradle work.

[szpak]

The solution is in a reply to that answer.

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The commit you mentioned uses Maven. I have found that dev uses Gradle, however, the CI build there seems to be green. Have you been able to resolve your issue in the meantime?

Update. Especially that the build scan shows The org.gradle.util.ConfigureUtil type has been deprecated. which should no longer exist with 1.2.0 which is used in the dev branch.

Btw, I migrated it from issues to the discussions.

[skuzzle]

Uh I confused some stuff here, sorry for that.

1. I indeed wanted to post a link to the dev branch
2. The build scan I posted was from a build from before I upgraded from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0. That is why the deprecation was shown there, while the dev branch already pointed to the updated version.

I think I have solved the issue with some tips I found over here :researchgate/gradle-release#138

I've modified the configuration to depend on the publishToSonatype task of only those subprojects that are elligible for publication via:

tasks.named("afterReleaseBuild").configure {
    dependsOn(provider {
        subprojects
                .findAll { it.getPluginManager().hasPlugin("snapshot-tests.publishing-conventions") }
                .collect { it.getTasks().named("publishToSonatype") }
    })
    dependsOn("commitFilesToGit")
}

The CI gods were merciful and finally allowed me to perform a successful release after migrating the whole build to gradle 🎉

Thanks a lot for looking into this and sorry for having wasted your time here. But maybe this discussion helps some folks who are struggeling with the same issue.

[szpak]

No problem, thanks for sharing your solution. And "happy gradling" ;).