EclipseProject subprojectA = rootProject.children.find {EclipseProject project -> project.name == "subprojectA"}
        then:
        subprojectA.linkedResources.size() == 4
        subprojectA.sourceDirectories.size() == 5

        subprojectA.linkedResources[0].name == 'src-sibling'
        subprojectA.linkedResources[0].type == '2'

<7> The project's <<settings_file_basics.adoc#sec:settings_file_script, settings file>> where the list of subprojects is defined.
<8> Usually, a project is organized into one or multiple subprojects.
<9> Each subproject has its own Gradle build script.

Consult the <<directory_layout.adoc#dir:project_root,Gradle Directories reference>> to learn more.

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    def sharedFile = layout.buildDirectory.file("some-subdir/shared-file.txt")
    outputs.file(sharedFile)
    doFirst {
        sharedFile.get().asFile << "This file is shared across Gradle subprojects."
    }
}

configurations {
    sharedConfiguration {
        canBeResolved = false
    }
}

artifacts {
    sharedConfiguration(makeFile)

        delegate.copy(action)

    override fun getDescription(): String? =
        delegate.description

    override fun subprojects(action: Action<in Project>) =
        delegate.subprojects(action)

    override fun subprojects(configureClosure: Closure<*>) =
        delegate.subprojects(configureClosure)

    override fun getBuildscript(): ScriptHandler =
        delegate.buildscript

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1s
16 actionable tasks: 5 executed, 11 up-to-date
----

So far, we have looked at tasks in individual subprojects, which is useful for local development when you work on code in one subproject.

With this setup, developers only need to know that they can call Gradle with `:subproject-name:tasks` to see which tasks are available and useful for them.

[[sec:global_lifecycle_tasks]]
== Global lifecycle tasks

subprojects {
    apply plugin: "groovy"

    dependencies {
        implementation localGroovy()
    }

    compileJava.options.fork = true

    // force creation of multiple daemons for Java compilation by alternating between two distinct sets of JVM args
    def count = (project.name - "project") as int
    compileJava.options.forkOptions.jvmArgs = count % 2 ? ["-dsa"] : ["-esa"]

import org.gradle.integtests.fixtures.build.BuildTestFile

class CompositeBuildRootProjectIntegrationTest extends AbstractCompositeBuildIntegrationTest {

    def "root of a composite build cannot refer to own subprojects by GA coordinates by default"() {
        given:
        def buildB = multiProjectBuild("buildB", ['c1', 'c2', 'c3']) {
            buildFile << """
            allprojects {
                apply plugin: 'java-library'

plugins {
    id("gradlebuild.build-logic.kotlin-dsl-gradle-plugin")
}

description = "Provides plugins to configure Kotlin DSL and patch the Kotlin compiler for use in Kotlin subprojects"

dependencies {
    implementation("gradlebuild:basics")

    implementation(project(":dependency-modules"))
    implementation(project(":jvm"))
    implementation(project(":kotlin-dsl-shared-runtime"))

plugins {
    id("gradlebuild.distribution.api-java")
}

description = """Base for test suites.

This project is a implementation dependency of many other testing-related subprojects in the Gradle build.

This project is separate from testing-base to avoid needing to be Java 6 compatible.
"""

dependencies {
    api(projects.stdlibJavaExtensions)
    api(project(":base-services"))
    api(project(":core-api"))

import org.gradle.api.tasks.options.Option
import org.gradle.api.tasks.options.OptionValues

subprojects{
    task hello(type: CustomTask)
}

class CustomTask extends DefaultTask {
    @TaskAction
    void doSomething() {
    }

    @Option(option = "stringValue", description = "Configures a string value in CustomTask.")
    public void setStringValue(String value) {
    }

    @OptionValues("stringValue")