Hi everyone, I wrote a gradle plugin, I want to integration testing, what suggestions or simple exam...

# gradle

[Chachako]

Hi everyone, I wrote a gradle plugin, I want to integration testing, what suggestions or simple example, it is a bit difficult to get 🤯

[Javier]

gradle test kit, there are some examples in the docs but they are not working for me ootb and I have had to change things to get it working

[mbonnin]

My advice would be to not use withPluginClassPath stuff

[mbonnin]

And instead, publish your plugin to a local repo

[mbonnin]

This way you test 100% in the same conditions as your users

[mbonnin]

Besides that, GradleRunner.create() works well 👍

[Chachako]

Good idea! I seem to be stuck in the withPluginClassPath yesterday

[mbonnin]

You can declare a dependency like:

tasks.withType<Test> {
  dependsOn("publishAllPublicationsToPluginTestRepository")
}

Where pluginTest is a local repo that you also use in your test projects

[Chachako]

Thx! cheers

[Javier]

What is the difference between withPluginClassPath and not? I think it only allows to not set the version, but rest was equal 🤔

[Javier]

And I am generating/deleting the test in build folder too

[mbonnin]

withPluginClassPath somewhat bypasses the Gradle classloaders. Since classloaders can have weird behaviours, I find it reassuring to know my tests run in the same conditions as users.

[Zac Sweers]

Please take this to the gradle community slack as this doesn't have anything to do with Kotlin