question: public boolean syncStarted ( boolean notifyUser ) { synchronized ( myLock ) { if ( mySyncInProgress ) { LOG . info ( String . format ( "Sync already in progress for project '%1$s'." , myProject . getName ( ) ) ) ; return false ; } mySyncInProgress = true ; } LOG . info ( String . format ( "Started sync with Gradle for project '%1$s'." , myProject . getName ( ) ) ) ; addInfoToEventLog ( "Gradle sync started" ) ; cleanUpProjectPreferences ( ) ; if ( notifyUser ) { notifyUser ( ) ; } syncPublisher ( null ) ; trackSyncEvent ( ACTION_GRADLE_SYNC_STARTED ) ; return true ; }
target:  Notification that a sync has started.