Remove resolveDependencies target (#6775)

build.gradle

@@ -79,26 +79,6 @@ 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

@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ 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 resolveDependencies || \
-     (echo "./gradlew resolveDependencies failed; sleeping before trying again." && \
+(TERM=dumb timeout 300 ./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run --quiet || \
+     (echo "./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run --quiet failed; sleeping before trying again." && \
       sleep 1m && \
-      echo "Trying again: ./gradlew resolveDependencies" && \
-      TERM=dumb timeout 300 ./gradlew resolveDependencies))
+      echo "Trying again: ./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run --quiet" && \
+      TERM=dumb timeout 300 ./gradlew --write-verification-metadata sha256 help --dry-run --quiet))
 
 echo Exiting checker/bin-devel/clone-related.sh in "$(pwd)"