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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2016, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Wrapper script for running gradle.
+# Will make sure we pulled down gradle before running, and will use the pulled
+# down version to have a consistent developer experience.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import utils
+
+GRADLE_DIR = os.path.join(utils.REPO_ROOT, 'third_party', 'gradle')
+GRADLE_SHA1 = os.path.join(GRADLE_DIR, 'gradle.tar.gz.sha1')
+GRADLE = os.path.join(GRADLE_DIR, 'gradle', 'bin', 'gradle')
+
+def PrintCmd(s):
+  if type(s) is list:
+    s = ' '.join(s)
+  print 'Running: %s' % s
+  # I know this will hit os on windows eventually if we don't do this.
+  sys.stdout.flush()
+
+def EnsureGradle():
+  if not os.path.exists(GRADLE):
+    # Bootstrap gradle, everything else is controlled using gradle.
+    utils.DownloadFromGoogleCloudStorage(GRADLE_SHA1)
+  else:
+    print 'gradle.py: Gradle binary present'
+
+def RunGradle(args):
+  EnsureGradle()
+  cmd = [GRADLE]
+  cmd.extend(args)
+  utils.PrintCmd(cmd)
+  with utils.ChangedWorkingDirectory(utils.REPO_ROOT):
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+def Main():
+  RunGradle(sys.argv[1:])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(Main())