Gant

Gant is an exceptional build tool specifically for scripting Ant tasks using Groovy to specify the build logic. The XML notation used by Ant to specify builds makes it challenging to express more than the simplest of build specifications. However, Gant offers a better way of working with all the Ant tasks, as it uses a Groovy script instead. Groovy is a powerful language that simplifies describing builds and thereby becomes the Groovy symbiote to Ant, providing all the Ant tasks without the XML limitations.

This Codehaus project has its main repository on a Subversion repository. This Launchpad project serves as a host for the Bazaar branches and mirror branches of HEAD. Most of the community activity occurs through the mailing lists that are accessible via Codehaus.

A Gant build specification is a Groovy script that can bring the full power of Groovy to bear directly, which is not possible with Ant scripts. Although Gant can be seen as a competitor to Ant, it relies on Ant tasks for many actions; thus, Gant is a distinct manner of handling builds, using Ant but with the additional functionality of programming languages to specify the build rules.

Below is an example Gant script that contains includeTargets.