A more-reliable way of generating assets.txt .

Thanks to Discord user "chelome." for pointing out that changing only assets wouldn't trigger a rewrite of assets.txt .

Author: tommyettinger

SquidSquad/DawnlikeDemo-beta2/build.gradle

@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ configure(subprojects) {
   compileJava {
     options.incremental = true
   }
+  
   // From https://lyze.dev/2021/04/29/libGDX-Internal-Assets-List/
   // The article can be helpful when using assets.txt in your project.
-  compileJava.doLast {
+  tasks.register('generateAssetList') {
+    inputs.dir("${project.rootDir}/assets/")
     // projectFolder/assets
-    def assetsFolder = new File("${project.rootDir}/assets/")
+    File assetsFolder = new File("${project.rootDir}/assets/")
     // projectFolder/assets/assets.txt
-    def assetsFile = new File(assetsFolder, "assets.txt")
+    File assetsFile = new File(assetsFolder, "assets.txt")
     // delete that file in case we've already created it
     assetsFile.delete()
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ configure(subprojects) {
       assetsFile.append(it + "\n")
     }
   }
+  processResources.dependsOn 'generateAssetList'
 }
 
 subprojects {