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Version: 1.21.0

Run detekt using Gradle Task

  1. Add following lines to your build.gradle file.
  2. Run gradle detekt
Groovy DSL
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

configurations {
detekt
}

def detektTask = tasks.register("detekt", JavaExec) {
main = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.cli.Main"
classpath = configurations.detekt

def input = "$projectDir"
def config = "$projectDir/detekt.yml"
def exclude = ".*/build/.*,.*/resources/.*"
def params = [ '-i', input, '-c', config, '-ex', exclude]

args(params)
}

dependencies {
detekt 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-cli:1.21.0'
}

// Remove this line if you don't want to run detekt on every build
check.dependsOn detektTask
Kotlin DSL
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

val detekt by configurations.creating

val detektTask = tasks.register<JavaExec>("detekt") {
main = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.cli.Main"
classpath = detekt

val input = projectDir
val config = "$projectDir/detekt.yml"
val exclude = ".*/build/.*,.*/resources/.*"
val params = listOf("-i", input, "-c", config, "-ex", exclude)

args(params)
}

dependencies {
detekt("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-cli:1.21.0")
}

// Remove this block if you don't want to run detekt on every build
tasks.check {
dependsOn(detektTask)
}