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Eclipse 2023-09: implementing Gradle Build Cache Not Invalidation for Incremental Builds

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Eclipse Gradle IncrementalBuild Groovy

I'm converting an old project and I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock. I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I'm a bit lost with I've been banging my head against this for hours... I'm working with an scenario with Eclipse 2023-09 where the Gradle build cache doesn't seem to invalidate correctly for incremental builds. I have a multi-module Gradle project, and I expected that when I change a file in one of the modules, only that module would rebuild, but instead, it rebuilds everything every time. I've checked the build.gradle settings and everything seems configured properly with `org.gradle.caching=true`. Here's a snippet of my `build.gradle` for one of the submodules: ```groovy plugins { id 'java' } repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1.1-jre' } tasks.withType(JavaCompile) { options.incremental = true } ``` When I run the build from the terminal, I can see the expected output indicating that only changed files are being compiled. However, in Eclipse, I always get the following output: ``` > Task :moduleA:compileJava > Task :moduleB:compileJava > Task :moduleC:compileJava ``` It rebuilds all modules instead of just the changed ones. I've tried invalidating caches in Eclipse, refreshing the Gradle project, and even deleting the `.gradle` directory to force everything to rebuild from scratch, but nothing seems to work. Is there a specific setting I might be missing in Eclipse or a known scenario with this version? Any guidance on how to troubleshoot or resolve this would be greatly appreciated. How would you solve this? Thanks in advance! I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning Groovy. Has anyone dealt with something similar? I'm on macOS using the latest version of Groovy. Is there a better approach? This is happening in both development and production on Debian. I'd be grateful for any help. I've been using Groovy for about a year now.