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Use

app:assemble

instead of

app:build

? (and then

:app:test

,

:app:spotlessCheck

, etc.)

He's getting this execution from :build -> :check -> :spotlessKotlinCheck dependency chain, right?

That said, there's apparently a way to disable spotless as a dependency of the

check

task: https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/tree/main/plugin-gradle#disabling-warnings-and-error-messages

ooh. didn't know that build is assemble + check TIL