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[[codenarc_plugin]]
= The CodeNarc Plugin

The CodeNarc plugin performs quality checks on your project's Groovy source files using https://codenarc.org/[CodeNarc] and generates reports from these checks.

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== Usage

To use the CodeNarc plugin, include the following in your build script:

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include::sample[dir="snippets/reference/core-plugins/codeQuality/kotlin",files="build.gradle.kts[tags=use-codenarc-plugin]"]
include::sample[dir="snippets/reference/core-plugins/codeQuality/groovy",files="build.gradle[tags=use-codenarc-plugin]"]
====

The plugin adds a number of tasks to the project that perform the quality checks when used with the <<groovy_plugin.adoc#groovy_plugin, Groovy Plugin>>. You can execute the checks by running `gradle check`.

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== Tasks

The CodeNarc plugin adds the following tasks to the project:

`codenarcMain` — link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.CodeNarc.html[CodeNarc]::
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Runs CodeNarc against the production Groovy source files.

`codenarcTest` — link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.CodeNarc.html[CodeNarc]::
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Runs CodeNarc against the test Groovy source files.

`codenarc__SourceSet__` — link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.CodeNarc.html[CodeNarc]::
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Runs CodeNarc against the given source set's Groovy source files.

=== Dependencies added to other tasks

The CodeNarc plugin adds the following dependencies to tasks defined by the Groovy plugin.

`check`::
_Depends on_: All CodeNarc tasks, including `codenarcMain` and `codenarcTest`.

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== Project layout

The CodeNarc plugin expects the following project layout:

[source,text]
----
<root>
└── config
    └── codenarc           // <1>
        └── codenarc.xml   // <2>
----
<1> CodeNarc configuration files go here
<2> Primary CodeNarc configuration file

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== Dependency management

The CodeNarc plugin adds the following dependency configurations:

.CodeNarc plugin - dependency configurations
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|===
| Name
| Meaning

| `codenarc`
| The CodeNarc libraries to use
|===

[NOTE]
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If CodeNarc requires a different Groovy version than that used to compile Groovy source,  you can supply one using the `codenarc` configuration.
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include::sample[dir="snippets/reference/core-plugins/codeQuality/kotlin",files="build.gradle.kts[tags=specify-groovy-version]"]
include::sample[dir="snippets/reference/core-plugins/codeQuality/groovy",files="build.gradle[tags=specify-groovy-version]"]
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== Configuration

See the link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.CodeNarcExtension.html[CodeNarcExtension] class in the API documentation.
