Gradle : how can I call a 'def' from an imported script? - gradle

Question

I am currently modularizing our gradle build in order to have a libs/commons.gradle file containing a lot of global stuff. I need this because of various branches of the software beeing developed in parallel and we'd like to avoid to spread every scriptfile change among all branches.
So I created that lib file and used "apply from" to load it :
apply from: 'gradle/glib/commons.gradle'
Inside commons.gradle I define the svnrevision function :
...
def svnRevision = {
ISVNOptions options = SVNWCUtil.createDefaultOptions(true);
SVNClientManager clientManager = SVNClientManager.newInstance(options);
SVNStatusClient statusClient = clientManager.getStatusClient();
SVNStatus status = statusClient.doStatus(projectDir, false);
SVNRevision revision = status.getCommittedRevision();
return revision.getNumber().toString();
}
...
I am calling the function from my including build.gradle:
...
task writeVersionProperties {
File f = new File(project.webAppDirName+'/WEB-INF/version.properties');
if (f.exists()) { f.delete(); }
f = new File(project.webAppDirName+'/WEB-INF/version.properties');
FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(f);
os.write(("version="+svnRevision()).getBytes());
os.flush();
os.close();
}
...
But I end up in :
...
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* Where:
Build $PATH_TO/build20.gradle
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'DEV_7.X.X_GRADLEZATION'.
> Could not find method svnRevision() for arguments [] on root project 'DEV_7.X.X_GRADLEZATION'.
...
So my queston is : How can I call a subfunction in gradle, which is defined in an included script?
Any help appreciated!

Answer 1

From http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/writing_build_scripts.html:
13.4.1. Local variables
Local variables are declared with the def keyword. They are only
visible in the scope where they have been declared. Local variables
are a feature of the underlying Groovy language.
13.4.2. Extra properties
All enhanced objects in Gradle's domain model can hold extra
user-defined properties. This includes, but is not limited to,
projects, tasks, and source sets. Extra properties can be added, read
and set via the owning object's ext property. Alternatively, an ext
block can be used to add multiple properties at once.
If you declare it as:
ext.svnRevision = {
...
}
and don't change the call, I expect it will work.