The build process state also includes state that is tied to a particular Gradle user home directory.
When that directory changes between Gradle invocations, the state is discarded and recreated.
Typically, the Gradle user home directory does not change for a given process, so this is effectively process state.

# Gradle architecture documentation

This directory contains documentation that describes Gradle's architecture and how the various pieces fit together and work.

## Architecture decision records (ADRs)

The Gradle team uses ADRs to record architectural decisions that the team has made.

See [Architecture decisions records](standards) for the list of ADRs.

import org.gradle.process.internal.JavaExecHandleFactory;
import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Serves the given directory with a simple HTTP server.
 */
@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "This task starts a HTTP server and should not be cached.")
public abstract class ServeDocs extends DefaultTask {
    @InputFiles

platforms/documentation/docs/src/docs/userguide/jvm/                                          @gradle/bt-devrel-education @gradle/bt-jvm
platforms/documentation/docs/src/docs/userguide/reference/directory_layout.adoc               @gradle/bt-devrel-education @gradle/bt-jvm

         * Not clean up global Gradle processes (i.e. classpath in ~/.gradle/...).
         */
        KILL_LEAKED_PROCESSES_FROM_PREVIOUS_BUILDS,
        /**
         * Run at the end of each build. Kill potentially leaked processes in the current build.
         * Only kill local Gradle processes (classpath in checkout directory).

### Documentation

Provides cross-cutting Gradle documentation and samples, along with the infrastructure to write, test, publish and host the documentation.

## Structure

Each platform and module has its own source directory under [platforms/](../platforms).
In these source directories, you will find the Gradle projects that make up the platform or module.

* What test cases should it have? What could go wrong?
* How will it roughly be implemented? We'll happily provide code pointers to save you time.

We may ask you to answer these questions directly in the GitHub issue or (for large changes) in a shared Google Doc.