Gradle on WIndows: Error 206

build.gradle

task bootRun206_clean(dependsOn: clean) { }
task bootRun206_jar(dependsOn: jar) { }
task bootRun206_bootRepackage(dependsOn: bootRepackage) { }
task bootRun206_run(type: JavaExec) {
	description = "Circumvent the error 206 on Windows due to long command line"

	classpath = files('build/libs/<output name>.jar')
	classpath += sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
	main = "com.example.<main class>"
}
task bootRun206(dependsOn: [bootRun206_clean, bootRun206_jar, bootRun206_bootRepackage, bootRun206_run]) {
	description = "Circumvent the error 206 on Windows due to long command line"
	group = "application"
}

bootRun206_jar.mustRunAfter bootRun206_clean
bootRun206_bootRepackage.mustRunAfter bootRun206_jar
bootRun206_run.mustRunAfter bootRun206_bootRepackage

Gradle can reach Windows length limit on command line quite easily, resulting in a

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long.

See also: http://tuhrig.de/gradles-bootrun-and-windows-command-length-limit/ for another approach using the 'pathingJar' approach