gradle-release build and publish non-snapshot artifacts - gradle

Question

I have a multi-module project. And, I want to be able do just do gradle release and get all artifacts of all modules released.
One of the problems is that when I include the plugins, I get
Task with name 'build' not found in root project '
So, following some advice on the internet I created a build task and added a bunch of dependencies on it:
plugins {
id "net.researchgate.release" version "2.6.0"
}
defaultTasks 'clean', 'assemble'
def repoUrl = System.env.REPO ?: "https://company.jfrog.io/company/maven"
allprojects {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
maven {
url 'https://dl.bintray.com/palantir/releases'
}
maven {
credentials {
username System.env.REPO_USER
password System.env.REPO_PASS
}
url repoUrl
name 'company'
}
}
}
task build{}
subprojects { thisProject ->
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'
apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
apply plugin: 'findbugs'
build.dependsOn "${thisProject}:build"
publishing {
repositories {
maven {
credentials {
username System.env.REPO_USER
password System.env.REPO_PASS
}
url repoUrl
name 'company'
}
}
publications {
"-$thisProject.name-"(MavenPublication) {
from components.java
}
}
}
sourceCompatibility = 1.8 // java 8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
classifier = 'sources'
from sourceSets.main.allSource
}
task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
classifier = 'javadoc'
from javadoc.destinationDir
}
artifacts {
archives sourcesJar
archives javadocJar
}
}
tasks.each {println(it)}
afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn tasks.publish
when I run gradle tasks --all I get
task ':afterReleaseBuild'
task ':beforeReleaseBuild'
task ':build'
task ':checkCommitNeeded'
task ':checkSnapshotDependencies'
task ':checkUpdateNeeded'
task ':commitNewVersion'
task ':confirmReleaseVersion'
task ':createReleaseTag'
task ':createScmAdapter'
task ':initScmAdapter'
task ':preTagCommit'
task ':release'
task ':runBuildTasks'
task ':unSnapshotVersion'
task ':updateVersion'
"release" works. That is to say it bumps versions, tags, strips the "-SNAPSHOT" off, etc. But, there is a step missing here (and it could totally be my ignorance), but upon stripping the "-SNAPSHOT" from the version I need it to build the artifacts and publish them. This is like the maven release process but without the artifact upload. I am currently using gradle publish and not maven upload.
Caveats: Very new to gradle but not java
Can someone tell me what I am missing?
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Answer 1

You just can try to remove build task from the relesae plugin configuration.
buildTasks = [] works fine for me.
release {
...
tagTemplate = '${version}'
versionPropertyFile = 'gradle.properties'
buildTasks = []
...
}