.solution("Annotate with @InputFile for regular files")
                    .solution("Annotate with @InputFiles for collections of files")
                    .solution("If you want to track the path, return File.absolutePath as a String and keep @Input")
            );
        }
    }

                inputFile: file(providers.gradleProperty('inputFile').get())
            )
        """
        file('inputFile.txt').text = "Test"

        expect:
        succeeds "test", "-PinputFile=inputFile.txt"

        when:
        file('different-file.txt').text = "Test"
        file("inputFile.txt").delete()
        run "test", "-PinputFile=different-file.txt"

        then:
        skipped(":test")

        when:

        when:
        task.inputFile = null

        then:
        task.inputFile == task.outputFile

        when:
        task.inputFile = inputFile

        then:
        task.inputFile == inputFile
    }

    def mergesConfigurationWhenInputFileExists() {
        def configObject = new TestConfigurationObject()
        inputFile.text = 'config'

        when:
        task.generate()

import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction

@CacheableTask
class MyCacheableTask extends DefaultTask {
    @InputFile
    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.NONE)
    File inputFile
    @OutputFile
    File outputFile

    @TaskAction

        output.text = message
        logger.quiet("Wrote '${message}' to ${output}")
    }
}

abstract class Consumer extends DefaultTask {
    @InputFile
    abstract RegularFileProperty getInputFile()

    @TaskAction
    void consume() {
        def input = inputFile.get().asFile
        def message = input.text
        logger.quiet("Read '${message}' from ${input}")
    }
}

    def workerDaemonIdentityFileName = "build/workerId"
    def workerDaemonIdentityFile = file(workerDaemonIdentityFileName)
    def inputFile = file("inputFile")

    def setup() {
        workerDaemonIdentityFile.createFile()
        buildFile << """
            $taskTypeUsingWorkerDaemon
        """
        inputFile.text = "build 1"
    }

    def "reuses worker daemons across builds in a single session"() {
        buildFile << """

                    on { displayNameOf(inputFile) } doReturn "displayNameOf(inputFile)"
                },
                ConfigurationCacheFingerprint.InputFile(
                    inputFile,
                    originalFileHash
                )
            ),
            equalTo("file 'displayNameOf(inputFile)' has been replaced by a directory")

| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/InputFile.html[InputFile]`
| `File`*
| A single input file (not directory)

| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/InputDirectory.html[InputDirectory]`
| `File`*
| A single input directory (not file)

| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/InputFiles.html[InputFiles]`
| `Iterable<File>`*
| An iterable of input files and directories

                public File getInputDirectory() {
                    return new File("input");
                }

                @InputFile
                public File getInputFile() {
                    return new File("input.txt");
                }

                @InputFiles
                public Set<File> getInputFiles() {
                    return Collections.emptySet();
                }

                @Input

        private final long offset;
        private final File inputFile;

        private Decoder decoder;
        private CompositeStoppable resources;

        public SimpleBinaryData(File inputFile, long offset) {
            this.inputFile = inputFile;
            this.offset = offset;
        }

        @Override