java - Spring Boot Multi Module Gradle Build - Multiple "Fat Jars" -

our spring-boot project looks following

project |__ build.gradle |__ settings.gradle    |__ module_a    |__ module_b    |__ ... |__ module_a |__ module_b 

module_a contains springapplication class , file application.properties

running ./gradlew build works fine, problem is, every module (about 10) gradle generates fat jar including dependencies.

we want have 1 far jar (in module a)

buildscript {     ext {         springbootversion = '1.2.0.release'         springloadedversion = '1.2.0.release'     }     repositories {         // note: should declare repositories need here         mavencentral()         maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/release" }         maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/milestone" }         maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/snapshot" }     }     dependencies {         classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springbootversion}")         classpath("org.springframework:springloaded:${springloadedversion}")     } }   allprojects {      group = "example.group"     version = "0.0.1"      repositories() {         mavencentral()     }  }   subprojects {      apply plugin: "groovy"     apply plugin: "eclipse"      eclipse {         classpath {             containers.remove("org.eclipse.jdt.launching.jre_container")             containers "org.eclipse.jdt.launching.jre_container/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.standardvmtype/javase-1.8"         }     }      apply plugin: "idea"     apply plugin: "java"     apply plugin: "spring-boot"      mainclassname = "mainclassname"      sourcecompatibility = 1.8     targetcompatibility = 1.8      dependencies {     } }  task wrapper(type: wrapper) { gradleversion = '2.2' } 

we tried adding options jar.enabled = false bootrepackage.enabled = false

in subprojects section, after that, project wont comile longer.

rather applying spring boot plugin every sub-project, apply module_a:

project(':module_a') {     apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot' }