Ktlint: Kotlin DSL check the task issue

[nuhkocamobven]

Hi all,

I am converting my gradle files to kotlin-dsl. I have a child gradle file called ktlint.gradle.kts. In addition, I configure ktlint there as following.

val ktlint: Configuration by configurations.creating

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    ktlint(Deps.ktlint)
}

tasks.register<JavaExec>("ktlint") {
    group = "verification"
    description = "Check Kotlin code style."
    classpath = ktlint
    main = "com.github.shyiko.ktlint.Main"
    args("--android", "src/**/*.kt")
}

tasks.named("check") {
    dependsOn(ktlint)
}

tasks.register<JavaExec>("ktlintFormat") {
    group = "formatting"
    description = "Fix Kotlin code style deviations."
    classpath = ktlint
    main = "com.github.shyiko.ktlint.Main"
    args("--android", "-F", "src/**/*.kt")
}

Then I apply this configuration for all modules inside build.gradle.kts

allprojects {
    apply(from = "$rootDir/ktlint.gradle.kts")
}

When I try to compile the project I am getting the error below: -- this error is related to the check task which is placed in ktlint.gradle.kts

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script '../MultiScrollView/ktlint.gradle.kts' line: 19

* What went wrong:
Task with name 'check' not found in root project 'MultiScrollView'.

Can you please help me overcome this error. Thanks in advance.

[JLLeitschuh]

Consider using the following plugins that will give you this functionality for free:

• https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/tree/master/plugin-gradle#applying-ktlint-to-kotlin-files
• https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle#tasks-added

As to more specifically your problem, you need to add the lifecycle-base plugin for the check task to be added to your project.

plugins {
    `lifecycle-base`
}

[nuhkoca]

Hi @JLLeitschuh ,

Thanks for your answer. I will definitely take a look at these cool ones.

[mattdkerr]

Personally I use Kotlinter: https://github.com/jeremymailen/kotlinter-gradle because I had issues using Spotless (didn't support newer ktlint and Kotlin compiler versions)

[ShaunPlummer]

Consider using the following plugins that will give you this functionality for free:

• https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/tree/master/plugin-gradle#applying-ktlint-to-kotlin-files
• https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle#tasks-added

As to more specifically your problem, you need to add the lifecycle-base plugin for the check task to be added to your project.

plugins {
    `lifecycle-base`
}

Could you clarify why adding this plugin fixes it?

[JLLeitschuh]

@ShaunPlummer The lifecycle-base plugin in Gradle is the one that adds the check, build, ect... tasks to the task graph.

[romtsn]

Closing due to inactivity. Feel free to reopen if the issue is still there