We have [a series of blog](https://blog.gradle.org/how-gradle-works-1) that explains how Gradle works.
This may help you better understand and contribute to Gradle.

### Debugging Gradle

You can debug Gradle by adding `-Dorg.gradle.debug=true` to the command-line. Gradle will wait for you to attach a debugger at `localhost:5005` by default.

debugging information with `--config=dbg`, as issues occur on Linux if
there is too much debug info (see [this GitHub
issue](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/48919) for context). If
you want to debug a kernel, you can compile specific files with `-g` using the
`--per_file_copt` bazel option. For example, if you want to debug the Identity
op, which are in files starting with `identity_op`, you can run

```bash