}

		if len(results) != 2 {
			t.Errorf("Incorrect users length, expects: 2, got %v", len(results))
		}

		for idx := range results {
			results[idx].Name = results[idx].Name + "_new"
		}

		if err := tx.Save(results).Error; err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("failed to save users, got error %v", err)
		}

		return nil
	}); result.Error != nil || result.RowsAffected != 6 {

For this purpose, you can just add `--dry-run`:

----
gradle --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run
----

Then instead of generating the `verification-metadata.xml` file, a _new file_ will be generated, called `verification-metadata.dryrun.xml`.

NOTE: Because `--dry-run` doesn't execute tasks, this would be much faster, but it will miss any resolution happening at task execution time.