Gradle Build : Project API Inbuilt properties

 One can use these properties given by gradle project api, within build.gradle file.

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build.gradle

//project api properties
logger.info("Name of the project: ${project.name}")
logger.info("absolute path of the project: ${project.path}")
logger.info("description for the project: ${project.description}")
logger.info("directory containing the build script: ${project.projectDir}")
logger.info("build directory: ${project.buildDir}")
logger.info("${project.group}")
logger.info("${project.version}")

//The above properties - print same as below
//project api properties without project. prefix - implied by default
logger.info("Name of the project: ${name}")
logger.info("absolute path of the project: ${path}")
logger.info("description for the project: ${description}")
logger.info("directory containing the build script: ${projectDir}")
logger.info("build directory: ${buildDir}")
logger.info("${group}")
logger.info("${version}")

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Execution:

gradle -i build

-i for enabling logging for info level.

Output:

Name of the project: gradle-demo
absolute path of the project: :
description for the project: null
directory containing the build script: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo
build directory: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo/build

unspecified

Name of the project: gradle-demo
absolute path of the project: :
description for the project: null
directory containing the build script: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo
build directory: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo/build

unspecified

Gradle Logging Options: How to use logger in gradle build files?

 By default, there are no logs printed, because logging is disabled by default.

Option	Outputs Log Levels
no logging options	LIFECYCLE and higher
-q or --quiet	QUIET and higher
-w or --warn	WARN and higher
-i or --info	INFO and higher
-d or --debug	DEBUG and higher (that is, all log messages)

Note: reference official docs