GVM – tool for managing groovy/gradle versions

Just discovered GVM – Groovy enVironment Manager ( http://gvmtool.net/ )
First impression: it’s like apt-get, but for groovy-based frameworks. Second impression: support of multiple versions is very useful thing.
Will use it at home and in office to automate installation of groovy-related stuff.

Gradle script: multiproject git-gradle management

Suppose you build your software project from many open-source components, most of which are already available via git. How to automate clone/pull/build/install cycle, especially across projects from different git-repositories? How to establish high-level inter-project dependencies?

For that I wrote gradle script, which implements multiproject git-gradle management. It works as follows: you write configuration file, name it “config.gradle”, put it to the same folder as “build.gradle” (of multiproject git-gradle) and then run “gradle build”.

Full documentation and sources are available at:

https://github.com/akhikhl/multiproject-git-gradle

Automated git-pull

Suppose you have 20 git-repositories, which you actively pull and push from/to central location (e.g. github). Don’t you think pulling them by hand is too mechanical? And what if you forget to pull some?

I wrote little gradle script capable of automated git-pull:

	buildscript {
	repositories { mavenCentral() }
	dependencies { classpath 'org.ajoberstar:gradle-git:0.5.0' }
	}
	import org.ajoberstar.gradle.git.tasks.*
	def onEachGitFolder(File folder, Closure closure) {
	File gitServiceFolder = new File(folder, ".git")
	if(gitServiceFolder.exists() && gitServiceFolder.isDirectory())
	closure(folder)
	else
	folder.eachDir { subFolder ->
	onEachGitFolder(subFolder, closure);
	}
	}
	task pull
	onEachGitFolder projectDir, { folder ->
	def taskName = folder.name + "_pull"
	project.task (taskName, type: GitPull) {
	setRepoPath folder.absolutePath
	}
	project.tasks.pull.dependsOn project.tasks[taskName]
	}
	defaultTasks "pull"

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git-pull.gradle

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Credits come to the creators of excellent gradle-git plugin:

https://github.com/ajoberstar/gradle-git