* Otherwise, creates a new dependency scope configuration with the given name.
     *
     * <p>If {@code verifyPrexisting} is false, the normal deprecation warning will not be emitted. Setting this to false
     * should be avoided except in edge cases where it may emit deprecation warnings affecting large third-party plugins.</p>
     *

[.screenshot]
image::build-cache/build-cache-performance.png[build cache performance]

This page details which tasks were able to be avoided by cache hits, and which missed.
It also indicates the hits and misses for the local and remote caches individually.

// ticksPerSecond returns a conversion rate between the cputicks clock and the nanotime clock.
//
// Note: Clocks are hard. Using this as an actual conversion rate for timestamps is ill-advised
// and should be avoided when possible. Use only for durations, where a tiny error term isn't going
// to make a meaningful difference in even a 1ms duration. If an accurate timestamp is needed,

Instead of relying on the `-x` parameter, defining a suitable lifecycle task for the desired action is recommended.

====

----
$ gradle -q hi
include::{snippetsPath}/customPlugins/customPlugin/tests/customPluginScript.out[]
----

**Script plugins should be avoided.**

[[sec:precompile_script_plugin]]
== Precompiled script plugins

*Precompiled script plugins* are compiled into class files and packaged into a JAR before they are executed.

	{31, "EMLINK", "too many links"},
	{32, "EPIPE", "broken pipe"},
	{33, "EDOM", "numerical argument out of domain"},
	{34, "ERANGE", "numerical result out of range"},
	{35, "EDEADLK", "resource deadlock avoided"},
	{36, "ENAMETOOLONG", "file name too long"},
	{37, "ENOLCK", "no locks available"},
	{38, "ENOSYS", "function not implemented"},
	{39, "ENOTEMPTY", "directory not empty"},

	{31, "EMLINK", "too many links"},
	{32, "EPIPE", "broken pipe"},
	{33, "EDOM", "numerical argument out of domain"},
	{34, "ERANGE", "numerical result out of range"},
	{35, "EDEADLK", "resource deadlock avoided"},
	{36, "ENAMETOOLONG", "file name too long"},
	{37, "ENOLCK", "no locks available"},
	{38, "ENOSYS", "function not implemented"},
	{39, "ENOTEMPTY", "directory not empty"},

	{31, "EMLINK", "too many links"},
	{32, "EPIPE", "broken pipe"},
	{33, "EDOM", "numerical argument out of domain"},
	{34, "ERANGE", "numerical result out of range"},
	{35, "EDEADLK", "resource deadlock avoided"},
	{36, "ENAMETOOLONG", "file name too long"},
	{37, "ENOLCK", "no locks available"},
	{38, "ENOSYS", "function not implemented"},
	{39, "ENOTEMPTY", "directory not empty"},

	{31, "EMLINK", "too many links"},
	{32, "EPIPE", "broken pipe"},
	{33, "EDOM", "numerical argument out of domain"},
	{34, "ERANGE", "numerical result out of range"},
	{35, "EDEADLK", "resource deadlock avoided"},
	{36, "ENAMETOOLONG", "file name too long"},
	{37, "ENOLCK", "no locks available"},
	{38, "ENOSYS", "function not implemented"},
	{39, "ENOTEMPTY", "directory not empty"},

    destinationDir(file('/dir'))
}
----

You may have seen usage of the link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/TaskContainer.html[`TaskContainer.create(java.lang.String)`] method *which should be avoided*:

[source]
----
tasks.create<Zip>("zip-reports") {
    from 'Reports/'
    include '*'
    archiveName 'Reports.zip'
    destinationDir(file('/dir'))
}
----