Excluding a task [gradle]

build.gradle

// Excluding a task

task1 {
    dependsOn taskChain
    // it will only disable task3
    // but not its dependencies
    task3.enabled = false
}

task2 {
  	// it will override task1 test.enabled config
  	task3.enabled = true
}

task2 {
  doLast {
    // ignored
    task3.enabled = true
  }
}

// Alternative 1
task3.onlyIf { project.hasProperty('withTask3') }

// Alternative 2
// From outside
./gradlew task1 -x task3