def taskX = tasks.register('taskX') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskX'
    }
}
def taskY = tasks.register('taskY') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskY'
    }
}
def taskZ = tasks.register('taskZ') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskZ'
    }
}
taskX.configure { dependsOn(taskY) }
taskY.configure { dependsOn(taskZ) }

def taskX = tasks.register('taskX') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskX'
        throw new RuntimeException()
    }
}
def taskY = tasks.register('taskY') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskY'
    }
}

val taskX by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskX")
    }
}
val taskY by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskY")
    }
}
val taskZ by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskZ")
    }
}
taskX { dependsOn(taskY) }
taskY { dependsOn(taskZ) }

tasks.register('taskX') {
    dependsOn 'taskY'
    doLast {
        println 'taskX'
    }
}
tasks.register('taskY') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskY'
    }

val taskX by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskX")
    }
}

val taskY by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskY")
    }
}

taskX {
    dependsOn(taskY)

val taskX by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskX")
    }
}
val taskY by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskY")
    }
}
taskY {
    mustRunAfter(taskX)

val taskX by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskX")
        throw RuntimeException()
    }
}
val taskY by tasks.registering {
    doLast {
        println("taskY")
    }
}

So if you only run `taskY` with `mustRunAfter`, you won't cause `taskX` to run.
This is expressed as `taskY.mustRunAfter(taskX)`.

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include::sample[dir="snippets/tasks/mustRunAfter/kotlin",files="build.gradle.kts[]"]
include::sample[dir="snippets/tasks/mustRunAfter/groovy",files="build.gradle[]"]

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$ gradle -q taskY taskX

def taskX = tasks.register('taskX') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskX'
    }
}
def taskY = tasks.register('taskY') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskY'
    }
}
taskY.configure {
    mustRunAfter taskX

def taskX = tasks.register('taskX') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskX'
    }
}
def taskY = tasks.register('taskY') {
    doLast {
        println 'taskY'
    }
}
taskY.configure {
    shouldRunAfter taskX