When <import> is given the same path twice, it skips the second import. However, if <import> is given a path to the original (top-level) build-file, it does not consider it a duplicate import, and imports it (again) ... unless ant is invoked as "ant -f /full/path/to/build.xml" - then import does recognize that the file has already been imported.
I would expect that import should not (ever) import the top-level build file again. Is this a bug? I can submit a bug report and try to fix it. Why import the top-level file? In a (parent, subproject1, subproject2, subproject3) setup, my parent project imports the subprojects and the subprojects import the parents - subprojects do not import each other. When the parent is built, the top-level project imports subproject A, and subproject A imports the parent. The import of the parent is not suppressed because the top-level build was not invoked with a full-path to the build file, and confusion ensues. Example: $ cat build.xml <project name="test"> <echo message="test-top" /> <import file="./build.xml" /> <echo message="test-bottom" /> </project> $ ant Buildfile: build.xml [echo] test-top [echo] test-top [echo] test-bottom [echo] test-bottom BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds $ ant -f $PWD/build.xml Buildfile: /a/vallon/tmp/tmp.20080128/build.xml [echo] test-top [echo] test-bottom BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds $ ant -version Apache Ant version 1.7.0 compiled on December 13 2006 -Justin office 8-383-6725, 212-272-6725; cell 917-861-6042
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