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Any suggestions on where to look/read/ask/learn how to create gradle dependencies that are not file-based.   Examples:  tasks that produce docker images,  aws resources, send emails etc.  Things with expensive or non-idempotent side effects that should only be done if out of date.

<https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/tasks/TaskOutputs.html#upToDateWhen-groovy.lang.Closure->

It allows you to use any kind of logic you need to calculate whether a task should be considered out of date

If you're defining a custom task class, you can mark anything as an input and Gradle can consider it when deciding if to run the task

That's covered here <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/custom_tasks.html>

Maybe Gradle Community slack is better place to ask, a lot of people from Gradle who can help with such deep generic questions

This is announcement, but looks that invitation link already expired, I ask about updated one, if you want to join
<https://discuss.gradle.org/t/introducing-gradle-community-slack/26731>