Run Gradle While Excluding Tests

There are times when you want to run a Gradle command while excluding the test task.

Excluding with a Command Option

The following command runs the build task while excluding the test task.

$ gradle build --exclude-task test

You can also shorten the option as follows.

$ gradle build -x test

Excluding in the Configuration File

You can also write the following in the build.gradle file to exclude tests by package. The file range can be configured with a wildcard (*).

Use the following format.

test {
    exclude '**/*'
}

test {
    exclude 'com/example/demo**'
}