How to install Gradle templates plugin globally

I’ve been exposing to Gradle for a couple of weeks and really like it. As a Maven user, I found that Gradle is a refreshing methodology on how a build tool should be. But one thing I miss from the Maven land: the ability to generate the initial structure for a project (I mean the ‘archetype’ plugin of Maven). Luckily, due to the plugin architecture of Gradle, a Gradle user has developed a plugin just for that purpose. It’s called the templates plugin. The wiki page of the plugin gives you all the details you need to install, but the global installation section is confusing and did not work. Here is how I did to make it work:

• Create a file called templates.gradle in the ~/.gradle/init.d/ folder (actually you can name it whatever you want as long as it has the extension .gradle)

• Edit that file and paste this little code snippet:

  ```groovy
  gradle.beforeProject { prj ->
      prj.apply from: 'http://launchpad.net/gradle-templates/trunk/latest/+download/apply.groovy'
  }
  ```

  Now, you can create a project structure event without a build.gradle with the command:

gradle createJavaProject

Happy coding!