Try another approach

felipecsl · felipecsl · commit 10f50a629250 · 2018-09-06T17:04:40.000-07:00
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class ShadowApplicationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         ApplicationPluginConvention pluginConvention = (
                 ApplicationPluginConvention) project.convention.plugins.application
 
+        jar.inputs.property('mainClassName', "${-> pluginConvention.mainClassName }")
         jar.doFirst {
-            jar.inputs.property('mainClassName', pluginConvention.mainClassName)
             manifest.attributes 'Main-Class': pluginConvention.mainClassName
         }
     }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class ShadowApplicationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {`
`43`	`43`	`ApplicationPluginConvention pluginConvention = (`
`44`	`44`	`ApplicationPluginConvention) project.convention.plugins.application`
`45`	`45`
	`46`	`+ jar.inputs.property('mainClassName', "${-> pluginConvention.mainClassName }")`
`46`	`47`	`jar.doFirst {`
`47`		`- jar.inputs.property('mainClassName', pluginConvention.mainClassName)`
`48`	`48`	`manifest.attributes 'Main-Class': pluginConvention.mainClassName`
`49`	`49`	`}`
`50`	`50`	`}`