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Please do not split topics across several threads.
This makes following the conversation in the threads view very hard as the context of the other messages is missing.
If you have additional information either edit the original message or post to its thread.

Regarding the question, you can use any Java debugger. If you for example run a Gradle task from within IntelliJ IDEA, just use "Debug" instead of "Run" and you can debug the build logic and build scripts.

&gt; gradle only copying one or the other but not both files from an includebuild
To me it is totally unclear what you mean here.
If you seek more information, an <https://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve|MCVE> might be helpful.

&gt; I always feel so blind as to why some task is being skipped or even if it is at all.
`--info` should tell you usually.

>  Please do not split topics across several threads.
Sorry, I wasn't aware of how slack was being used here.

As for the debugger ... I guess I can try it in VSCode. I set up Eclipse yesterday in hopes that something would come out but it didn't seem obvious.

It looks like --info is helping.