settings.gradle中include语句顺序是否重要？两种写法有差异吗？

Short answer—no, the order of include statements in your settings.gradle (or settings.gradle.kts) doesn't affect your build's behavior, including task execution order, project configuration, or dependency resolution.

Let's break down your two examples to confirm:

Case A #

A single include line listing multiple projects:

include ':con', ':conlib', 'aaa:test'

Case B #

Multiple separate include lines, in reversed order:

include 'aaa:test'
include ':con'
include ':conlib'

These two approaches are functionally identical. Here's why:

• The include statement's sole purpose is to inform Gradle which subprojects should be part of the build. It doesn't define dependencies, task execution order, or project evaluation sequence.
• Gradle evaluates and runs tasks based on project dependency relationships, not the order projects are included. For example, if :con depends on :conlib, Gradle will always process :conlib first—no matter where it shows up in your include list.
• Even for completely independent projects, Gradle may parallelize their evaluation (if your build is configured for parallelism) or process them in an arbitrary order that has nothing to do with how you listed them in include.

The only minor, non-functional difference you might see is the order projects appear in console outputs (like when running gradle projects), but that's just a cosmetic detail with no impact on the actual build outcome.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者OfusJK