Added a new task to resolve dependencies

build.gradle

@@ -79,6 +79,26 @@ task installGitHooks(type: Copy, dependsOn: 'setLocalRepo') {
   into localRepo + '/hooks'
 }
 
+tasks.register('resolveDependencies') {
+  // Copied from here:
+  // http://www.jonathanpearlin.com/2014/10/28/gradle_resolve_all_dependencies.html
+  description 'Resolves all dependencies.'
+  doLast {
+    project.rootProject.allprojects.each { subProject ->
+      subProject.buildscript.configurations.each { configuration ->
+        if (configuration.canBeResolved) {
+          configuration.resolve()
+        }
+      }
+      subProject.configurations.each { configuration ->
+        if (configuration.canBeResolved) {
+          configuration.resolve()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 spotless {
   // Resolve the Spotless plugin dependencies from the buildscript repositories rather than the
   // project repositories.  That way the spotless plugin does not use the locally built version of

checker/bin-devel/clone-related.sh

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ echo "... done: (cd ${AT} && ./.build-without-test.sh)"
 ## Compile
 
 # Download dependencies, trying a second time if there is a failure.
-(TERM=dumb timeout 300 ./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run || \
-     (sleep 1m && ./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run))
+(TERM=dumb timeout 300 ./gradlew resolveDependencies || \
+     (sleep 1m && ./gradlew resolveDependencies))
 
 echo Exiting checker/bin-devel/clone-related.sh in "$(pwd)"