Ant target won't execute.

So I have been trying to alter my Ant build script but can't figure out how to properly execute a target.

Here is an example of my build.xml script:


Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="X" default="netbeans" basedir=".">
    <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project X.</description>
    
    <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>  
    
    <target name="-pre-init" unless="netbeans">
        <property name="project.name" value="X" />

        <tstamp>
            <format property="NOW" pattern="1.0.yyMMddHHmm" />
        </tstamp>

        <manifest file="MANIFEST.MF">
            <attribute name="OpenIDE-Module" value="${project.name}" />  
            <attribute name="OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version" value="${NOW}" />
        </manifest>
    </target>

</project>



So the above target called "-pre-init" won't run after I build the module. But if I remove the <target ..></target> then the script runs fine.  I'm pretty sure that removing the <target> tag is not a good practice, so I'm wondering how to trigger this target on build action. I tried writing the target definition as


Code:
 <target name="-pre-init" depends="netbeans"> ... </target> 



but nothing happened. [Rolling Eyes] 

Any idea on how to trigger this target when I build the module?