Ok - http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GRADLE-737
hdockter wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Narco wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, it works. However, I don`t see any improvements of copying task
>> from
>> gradle. It doesn`t support even filtersfile and overwrite
>> attributes. I`m
>> going to use normal project.ant instead... Why not?
>
> Ant is our friend. I don't see fundamental issues with using it. But
> Gradle's copy has important advantages depending on your use case.
>
> - It can accept Gradle's file system abstractions:
>
> copy {
> from configurations.runtime
> }
>
> - I really like the nested way of doing things and the syntax.
> - You can copy subsets from archive and the archives will be never be
> temporarily unpacked but only streamed.
> - You can set file permissions (depending on the context)
> - It is an common pattern used for copying into the file system as
> well as filling an archive (in 0.9).
> - We will listen to our user's and add the missing bits soon ;)
>
>> What is not working for me is replacing tokens in target folder
>> without
>> copying. "Copy" seems simply skipping task when source and target is
>> the
>> same.
>
> Could you file a Jira?
>
> - Hans
>
> --
> Hans Dockter
> Gradle Project Manager
> http://www.gradle.org
>
>> If Gradle could do that it will give performance and simpler scripts.
>>
>>
>> Steve Appling wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, I had only looked at the ant ReplaceTokens documentation and
>>> not at
>>> the
>>> source. It does not support a setPropertiesfile method to allow
>>> access to
>>> this
>>> feature :(
>>>
>>> But (again without having tried this myself) perhaps this is
>>> sufficient:
>>>
>>> Properties props = new Props()
>>> props.load(...)
>>>
>>> copy {
>>> from 'path_to_file_to_be_filtered'
>>> into ...
>>> filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: props)
>>> }
>>>
>>> I'm not clear why Hans had a props.each surrounding the filter in his
>>> example.
>>>
>>> Narco wrote:
>>>> on gradle0.8 filter(ReplaceTokens, propertiesfile:
>>>> 'mysettings.properties')
>>>> gives:
>>>> Cause: Error - Invalid filter specification for
>>>> org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve Appling wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hans Dockter wrote:
>>>>>> On Nov 4, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Jason Porter wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 4, 2009, at 4:43, Levi Hoogenberg
>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Jason,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know if it's the Gradle way, but in one of my projects'
>>>>>>>> build.gradle I have the following:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> processResources {
>>>>>>>> filter(org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens, tokens:
>>>>>>>> [version: project.version])
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This replaces @version@ in a property file, so that it can be
>>>>>>>> read
>>>>>>>> from the code.
>>>>>> The processResources task is of type Copy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See
>>>>>> Javadoc:
>>>>>> http://gradle.org/0.8/docs/javadoc/index.html?org/gradle/api/tasks/Copy.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What you could do in your case:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Properties props = new Props()
>>>>>> props.load(...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> copy {
>>>>>> from 'path_to_file_to_be_filtered'
>>>>>> into ...
>>>>>> props.each { key, value ->
>>>>>> filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: props) // It depends on you
>>>>>> set up
>>>>>> if this is exactly what you want.
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Hans
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Hans Dockter
>>>>>> Gradle Project Manager
>>>>>> http://www.gradle.org
>>>>> I haven't tried this, but I think the ReplaceTokens filter can
>>>>> read from
>>>>> a
>>>>> properties file all by itself so you can do:
>>>>> copy {
>>>>> from 'path_to_file_to_be_filtered'
>>>>> into ...
>>>>> filter(ReplaceTokens, propertiesfile: 'mysettings.properties')
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Levi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Jason Porter <
>>>>>>>> <http://lightguard.jp/>lightguard.jp <http://lightguard.jp/>@
>>>>>>>> <http://gmail.com/>gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In a war I've got I'd like to filter a file that ultimately
>>>>>>>> ends
>>>>>>>> up in
>>>>>>>> the WEB-INF directory (chances are I'll just put it here
>>>>>>>> under
>>>>>>>> webapp/WEB-INF anyway), but I want to replace some tokens
>>>>>>>> in it
>>>>>>>> (preferably with items that exist in a properties file). I
>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>> I'd do this in ant, but what's the gradle way of doing it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Jason Porter
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>>>>>>>> Rogue.
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>>>>>>> That would work fine, but I don't want to list the tokens and
>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>> values in the build file. I'd rather have them pulled from a
>>>>>>> properties file (so it can change from box / environment).
>>>>>>> Think stuff
>>>>>>> like user names and passwords, external locations, etc.
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