Helper script that log the execution tasks graph to markdown document as a mermaid diagram. Allows easier inspection of executed tasks and better understanding the gradle build for complex projects.

task-graph-publisher.gradle

/**
 * Task Graph Publisher - Generates Mermaid format report of Gradle task graph
 * This script logs each Gradle execution with command and task graph to execution.log.md
 */

// Wait for the configuration phase to complete and task graph to be populated
gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph ->
    // Generate and log the Mermaid task graph report with execution info
    logTaskGraphExecution(taskGraph)
}

/**
 * Logs the Gradle execution with command and task graph to execution.log.md
 */
def logTaskGraphExecution(taskGraph) {
    def timestamp = new Date().format("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
    def executionCommand = getGradleExecutionCommand()
    def logFile = new File(gradle.rootProject.projectDir, "execution.log.md")
    
    // Generate the Mermaid diagram content with execution info
    def mermaidContent = generateMermaidDiagram(taskGraph)
    
    // Prepare the log entry
    def logEntry = buildLogEntry(timestamp, executionCommand, mermaidContent)
    
    // Append to log file
    logFile.append(logEntry)
    
    def executedTasksCount = taskGraph.allTasks.size()
    println "\n" + "="*80
    println "EXECUTION LOGGED TO: ${logFile.absolutePath}"
    println "TIMESTAMP: ${timestamp}"
    println "COMMAND: ${executionCommand}"
    println "EXECUTED TASKS: ${executedTasksCount}"
    println "="*80 + "\n"
}

/**
 * Builds the complete log entry for the execution
 */
def buildLogEntry(String timestamp, String command, String mermaidContent) {
    def separator = "\n" + "-"*80 + "\n"
    return """
${separator}
# Gradle Execution - ${timestamp}

## Command
```bash
${command}
```

## Task Graph
${mermaidContent}
${separator}
"""
}

/**
 * Gets the Gradle execution command with all arguments
 */
def getGradleExecutionCommand() {
    def startParameter = gradle.startParameter
    def command = "gradle"
    
    // Add task names
    if (startParameter.taskNames) {
        command += " " + startParameter.taskNames.join(" ")
    }
    
    // Add project properties
    if (startParameter.projectProperties) {
        startParameter.projectProperties.each { key, value ->
            command += " -P${key}=${value}"
        }
    }
    
    // Add system properties
    if (startParameter.systemPropertiesArgs) {
        startParameter.systemPropertiesArgs.each { key, value ->
            command += " -D${key}=${value}"
        }
    }
    
    // Add common flags
    if (startParameter.dryRun) command += " --dry-run"
    if (startParameter.refreshDependencies) command += " --refresh-dependencies"
    if (startParameter.rerunTasks) command += " --rerun-tasks"
    if (startParameter.continueOnFailure) command += " --continue"
    if (startParameter.offline) command += " --offline"
    if (startParameter.parallelProjectExecutionEnabled) command += " --parallel"
    if (startParameter.configureOnDemand) command += " --configure-on-demand"
    
    // Add log level
    switch (startParameter.logLevel) {
        case LogLevel.DEBUG:
            command += " --debug"
            break
        case LogLevel.INFO:
            command += " --info"
            break
        case LogLevel.WARN:
            command += " --warn"
            break
        case LogLevel.QUIET:
            command += " --quiet"
            break
    }
    
    // Add gradle user home if different from default
    if (startParameter.gradleUserHomeDir != gradle.gradleUserHomeDir) {
        command += " --gradle-user-home \"${startParameter.gradleUserHomeDir}\""
    }
    
    // Add project dir if different from current
    if (startParameter.currentDir != gradle.rootProject.projectDir) {
        command += " --project-dir \"${startParameter.currentDir}\""
    }
    
    return command
}

/**
 * Generates a Mermaid format diagram of the Gradle task graph with execution info
 */
def generateMermaidDiagram(taskGraph) {
    def content = new StringBuilder()
    content.append("\n```mermaid\n")
    
    // Get executed tasks from the task graph first to determine orientation
    def executedTasks = taskGraph.allTasks.toList()
    
    // Use LR orientation for small graphs (< 5 tasks), TD for larger ones
    def graphOrientation = executedTasks.size() < 5 ? "LR" : "TD"
    content.append("graph ${graphOrientation}\n")
    
    // Collect all tasks from all projects
    def allTasks = []
    gradle.rootProject.allprojects { project ->
        project.tasks.each { task ->
            allTasks.add(task)
        }
    }
    
    // executedTasks already defined above for orientation decision
    def nonExecutedTasks = allTasks.findAll { !executedTasks.contains(it) }
    
    // Get requested tasks (the ones explicitly requested by user)
    def requestedTasks = gradle.startParameter.taskNames.collect { taskName ->
        // Find the actual task objects for the requested task names
        def foundTasks = executedTasks.findAll { task ->
            task.path == ":${taskName}" || task.path == taskName || task.name == taskName
        }
        return foundTasks
    }.flatten().toSet()
    
    // Sort tasks by name for consistent output
    allTasks.sort { it.path }
    
    // Track processed dependencies to avoid duplicates
    def processedDependencies = new HashSet()
    
    // Add start and stop nodes (compatible with Mermaid v10.9.1)
    content.append("    Start((Start))\n")
    content.append("    Stop(((Stop)))\n\n")
    
    // Create subgraph for executed tasks with execution order
    if (!executedTasks.isEmpty()) {
        content.append("    subgraph executed [\"🚀 Executed Tasks (Execution Order)\"]\n")
        content.append("        direction TB\n")
        
        executedTasks.eachWithIndex { task, index ->
            def taskId = sanitizeTaskId(task.path)
            def taskLabel = task.path
            def isRequested = requestedTasks.contains(task)
            
            // Mark requested tasks for styling (will be styled later)
            content.append("        ${taskId}[\"${taskLabel}\"]\n")
        }
        content.append("    end\n\n")
        
        // Connect start to first task and last task to stop with execution order
        if (!executedTasks.isEmpty()) {
            def firstTaskId = sanitizeTaskId(executedTasks[0].path)
            def lastTaskId = sanitizeTaskId(executedTasks[-1].path)
            
            content.append("    Start -->|\"Step 1\"| ${firstTaskId}\n")
            
            // Connect tasks in execution order
            for (int i = 0; i < executedTasks.size() - 1; i++) {
                def currentTaskId = sanitizeTaskId(executedTasks[i].path)
                def nextTaskId = sanitizeTaskId(executedTasks[i + 1].path)
                def stepNumber = i + 2
                content.append("    ${currentTaskId} -->|\"Step ${stepNumber}\"| ${nextTaskId}\n")
            }
            
            content.append("    ${lastTaskId} -->|\"Complete\"| Stop\n\n")
        }
    }
    
    // Create subgraph for non-executed tasks (if any and not too many)
    if (!nonExecutedTasks.isEmpty() && nonExecutedTasks.size() <= 15) {
        content.append("    subgraph available [\"📋 Available Tasks\"]\n")
        content.append("        direction TB\n")
        nonExecutedTasks.sort { it.path }.each { task ->
            def taskId = sanitizeTaskId(task.path)
            def taskLabel = task.path
            content.append("        ${taskId}[\"${taskLabel}\"]\n")
        }
        content.append("    end\n\n")
    }
    
    // Add dependency relationships (shown as dotted lines to not interfere with execution order)
    def tasksToProcess = executedTasks.isEmpty() ? allTasks : executedTasks
    tasksToProcess.each { task ->
        def taskId = sanitizeTaskId(task.path)
        
        // Process task dependencies (show as dotted dependency lines)
        task.dependsOn.each { dependency ->
            if (dependency instanceof Task && executedTasks.contains(dependency)) {
                def depId = sanitizeTaskId(dependency.path)
                def dependencyKey = "${depId} -.-> ${taskId}"
                
                if (!processedDependencies.contains(dependencyKey)) {
                    content.append("    ${depId} -.->|\"depends on\"| ${taskId}\n")
                    processedDependencies.add(dependencyKey)
                }
            } else if (dependency instanceof TaskDependency) {
                dependency.getDependencies(task).each { depTask ->
                    if (executedTasks.contains(depTask)) {
                        def depId = sanitizeTaskId(depTask.path)
                        def dependencyKey = "${depId} -.-> ${taskId}"
                        
                        if (!processedDependencies.contains(dependencyKey)) {
                            content.append("    ${depId} -.->|\"depends on\"| ${taskId}\n")
                            processedDependencies.add(dependencyKey)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        
        // Process finalizedBy dependencies
        task.finalizedBy.getDependencies(task).each { finalizer ->
            if (executedTasks.contains(finalizer)) {
                def finalizerId = sanitizeTaskId(finalizer.path)
                def dependencyKey = "${taskId} -.-> ${finalizerId}"
                
                if (!processedDependencies.contains(dependencyKey)) {
                    content.append("    ${taskId} -.->|\"finalizes\"| ${finalizerId}\n")
                    processedDependencies.add(dependencyKey)
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    // Add CSS styling (compatible with Mermaid v10.9.1)
    content.append("\n    %% Styling\n")
    content.append("    classDef requested fill:#90EE90,stroke:#006400,stroke-width:3px,color:#000000\n")
    content.append("    classDef available fill:#F0F0F0,stroke:#808080,stroke-width:1px,color:#666666\n")
    
    // Apply styling to requested tasks
    requestedTasks.each { task ->
        def taskId = sanitizeTaskId(task.path)
        content.append("    class ${taskId} requested\n")
    }
    
    // Apply styling to available tasks (if shown)
    if (!nonExecutedTasks.isEmpty() && nonExecutedTasks.size() <= 15) {
        nonExecutedTasks.each { task ->
            def taskId = sanitizeTaskId(task.path)
            content.append("    class ${taskId} available\n")
        }
    }
    
    content.append("```\n\n")
    content.append("**Legend:**\n")
    content.append("- 🚀 **Executed Tasks**: Tasks that will run in this execution (in execution order)\n")
    content.append("- 📋 **Available Tasks**: Other tasks available but not executed\n")
    content.append("- 🟢 **Green Background**: Tasks explicitly requested by user\n")
    content.append("- `-->|Step N|` : Execution order (solid arrows with step numbers)\n")
    content.append("- `-.->|depends on|` : Task dependencies (dashed arrows)\n")
    content.append("- ⭕ **Start/Stop**: Execution flow markers\n\n")
    
    // Add summary statistics
    def totalTasks = allTasks.size()
    def executedTasksCount = executedTasks.size()
    def totalDependencies = processedDependencies.size()
    
    content.append("**Summary:**\n")
    content.append("- **Executed Tasks**: ${executedTasksCount}\n")
    content.append("- **Available Tasks**: ${totalTasks}\n")
    content.append("- **Dependencies**: ${totalDependencies}\n")
    content.append("- **Projects**: ${gradle.rootProject.allprojects.size()}\n")
    
    return content.toString()
}

/**
 * Sanitizes task path to be valid Mermaid node ID
 * Replaces special characters with underscores
 */
def sanitizeTaskId(String taskPath) {
    return taskPath.replaceAll('[^a-zA-Z0-9_]', '_')
        .replaceAll('^_+', '')  // Remove leading underscores
        .replaceAll('_+$', '')  // Remove trailing underscores
        .replaceAll('_+', '_')  // Replace multiple underscores with single
}

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