Is there a way to split/factor out common parts of Gradle build

Question

We have several independent builds (each independent build is a multi-project build). The main build scripts become quite big as we have a set of common tasks reused by subprojects as well as there is a lot of repeation between indepedent builds. What we are looking for is:

1. A way to split main build file into smaller files
2. A way to reuse some parts of the build in other independent builds

What is the best way to achieve that in Gradle?

Answer 1

Gradle 0.9 allows you to import a build script from another build script. Have a look at: http://gradle.org/0.9-preview-1/docs/userguide/tutorial_this_and_that.html#sec:configuring_using_external_script

One thing the user guide doesn't mention is that the 'from' parameter can be a URL, so you can make your shared scripts available via HTTP somewhere (eg your subversion repository), and import them from multiple builds.