Why is the Gradle EvalTask marked as @UntrackedTask?

[translatenix]

The rationale given is that "Output file names are known only after execution". However, the getOutputFile and getMultipleFileOutputDir task properties seem to provide exactly the information that Gradle needs to track the task.

[holzensp]

output {
  files {
    ...someFunction(read("env:SOMEVAR"))
  }
}

^^ There's no telling what output files you'll have without evaluating the module.

[StefMa]

Aren't gradle provider/properties types for exactly this purpose? 🤔

After evaluation is not the same as after execution 🙃

[translatenix]

^^ There's no telling what output files you'll have without evaluating the module.

All output files will be located under getMultipleFileOutputDir. I don’t see how this is different from (say) the JavaCompile task, where all that’s known upfront is that all output files will be located under destinationDir.

[translatenix]

Sent: #390

[holzensp]

Resolved by #390