With the new <DSL for launching JVM apps>, is there a way to run proguard on the jar for launch and ...

# gradle

[Carter]

With the new DSL for launching JVM apps, is there a way to run proguard on the jar for launch and distribution? Looking at the DefaultKotlinJvmBinariesDsl source, I’m not sure the necessary hooks are currently public (e.g. jarTask) although I wanted to see if someone else has explored this.

I’ve got a working series of custom tasks for building a fat jar, then a proguard jar from the fat jar, and was curious if this new DSL could simplify things down.

[tapchicoma]

for launch you may try finalizedBy(proguardTask) approach on Jar task

[tapchicoma]

or create a separate `JavaExec`/`Distribution` entries based on the base one created by KGP

[Carter]

If I try finalizedBy(proguardTask) , what task specifically should I be finalizing? Is this something where I need to do tasks.named("X") ?

[tapchicoma]

I would say Jar task. Though there is no API to get either task name or TaskProvider sad panda

[Carter]

So maybe I should file a YouTrack feature request?