Grails - Understanding Profiles

Description

A profile is a set of directories which contains the "commands", "skeleton" and "templates" defined by the profile. It also contains a directory that contains a profile.yml file. The profile.yml file consists of elements that will describe the profile and control how the build is configured.

The following table shows the child elements ofprofile.yml file.

S.N.Name & DescriptionExample
1 repositories
This represents list of Maven repositories to be included in generated build. 
repositories:
    - "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core"
2 build.repositories
This represents list of Maven repositories to be included in the buildscript section of generated build. 
build:
    repositories:
        - "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core"
3 build.plugins
It represents list of Gradle plugins to configure in the generated build. 
build:
    plugins:
        - eclipse
        - idea
        - org.grails.grails-core
4 build.excludes
It represents list of Gradle plugins to be excluded from being inherited from the parent profile. 
build:
    excludes:
        - org.grails.grails-core
5 dependencies
It represents scope and dependencies to be configured and to be exculded. 
dependencies:
    excludes:
        - "org.grails:hibernate"
    build:
        - "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsVersion"
    compile:
        - "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging"
        - "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
6 features.defaults
It is a list of features to be used by default, if no features are specified. 
features:
    defaults:
        - hibernate
        - asset-pipeline
7 skeleton.excludes
It is a list of files which should not be included from parents profile. 
skeleton:
    excludes:
        - gradlew
        - gradlew.bat
        - gradle/
8 skeleton.parent.target
It represents the folder into which parent profile’s skeleton should be copied. 
skeleton:
    parent:
        target: app
9 skeleton.binaryExtensions
It indiactes the file extensions should be copied from the profile as binary. 
skeleton:
    binaryExtensions: [exe, zip]
10 skeleton.executable
This represents file pattern which are marked as executable in application. 
skeleton:
    executable:
      - "**/gradlew*"
      - "**/grailsw*"
11 instructions
It is user manual instructions to user after creating application. 
instructions: Here are some instructions
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