Gradle 8.5

What's new in this version:

Fixed:
- Clean up categories reported via Problems API
- Bug in Tutorial Apply Plugin section
- Rename `Problems#createProblem` to `Problems#create`
- Rename Problem.getWhere() to Problem.getLocations()
- Expand list of file extensions used by cpp-library public headers
- Add Maven test fixture to test POMs generated by Gradle
- Update verfication-metadata to 1.3
- Broken link in "Declaring Repositories" page
- Published source tarballs expect a git repository to build
- In Gradle 8.4, Project.getConfigurations() is marked unstable again
- Generation of Kotlin extensions of the Gradle API is not reproducible
- Upgrade embedded Kotlin to 1.9.20 when available
- unable to create task based on code in documentation
- Wrong Windows instruction
- Pull out test suites to its own project
- Add Version to Version Catalog Javadoc
- Add location information to problem reports for version catalog problems
- The -all distribution is missing the resource files from the src folder
- Usage of GRADLE_HOME for ephemeral builds is wrong
- Problems-api subproject should be java 6 compatible
- Drop :wrapper-shared dependency in :build-cache-packaging
- Wrapper project should output final gradle-wrapper.jar to libs folder
- Let generated Kotlin extensions for the Gradle API be included in the binary compatibility check
- Ensure that the internal problems API can be used in TAPI model builders
- Make IDEA Gradle plugin Isolated Projects compatible
- 8.4 KotlinDsl: ConfigurationContainerScope.detachedConfiguration allows nullable Dependency but will throw NPE
- 8.4 - New configuration shortcut: DependencyScopeConfiguration.invoke isn't available
- add --java-version parameter to gradle init task
- Set visible=false on consumable Configurations
- Binary changes are sometimes not auto-accepted for upgraded properties
- Implement basic location types
- Ignore help task execution request during model building
- Ship the Gradle API Kotlin DSL Extensions JAR within the Gradle distribution
- Add more NowInAndroid based performance tests
- NowInAndroid project is not building with current `master` branch
- Anticipating named Configurations with different allowed usages can cause unexpected behaviors
- Ear Plugin: XML Schema / xmlns in Ear Descriptor for Java EE 8, Jakarta EE 9 and Jakarta EE 10 is missing / invalid
- Hashing a file with upgraded properties fails due to incorrect hashing
- Don't share stateful codecs
- TestLauncher should be able to support test debugging while reusing CC cache entry
- Don't invalidate the cache upon Kotlin DSL `cid` project property changes
- Configuration cache fails when using filtered FileCollection
- Dependency configuration testRuntime still exists in docs
- Reduce log level of directory watcher
- `getDependenciesForVariant` produces duplicate results when a dependency is reachable through two paths
- Tests in gradle/gradle build should not make use of the Foojay Toolchains Plugin
- Clean up next gen build cache prototype
- Move ConsistentResolution code into JavaComponent
- Gradle doesn't expose a comparison failure in test exception causes
- Automatically accept binary changes for Upgraded properties
- Error message when attempting to create a configuration that already exists is confusing
- Continuous Build - changes to task inputs, or changes to input files?
- Gradle not noticing file changes when source files is behind symlink on macOS
- Clarify what "Gradle installation directory" means for `gradlew`
- Generate list of upgraded properties during build
- Provide better diagnostics for the "Unable to delete directory... Failed to delete some children..." error
- Improve error message if value derived from property that does not provide any value
- Clean up internal flags for persistent Java compiler daemon
- Use GroovyCoverage/CheckstyleCoverage/etc pattern for ScalaCoverage
- MavenPublicationErrorChecker can have a more helpful error message
- org.gradle.api.tasks.WriteProperties.setOutputFile deprecated but no suggested alternative
- Support running with Java 21
- Warn if project in settings.gradle has a non existent project directory
- `compileKotlin` task of build with `kotlin-dsl` applied emits warnings when configuration-cache is enabled
- Unpublish :wrapper-shared for Maven
- Make Java plugin compatible with Project Isolation
- Some implicit imports for .gradle.kts are package private
- Alert Plugins of Special Case Exceptions Suppressing Deprecation Warnings
- Update gradle init to provide an option create and use a version catalog
- Document GRADLE_LIBS_REPO_OVERRIDE
- Project isolation: class not found exception if a model is queried twice
- Have a public API to tell if project isolation is enabled.
- Investigate implications of using DefaultJvmVariantBuilder in component-centric model.
- Confusing Licensing Information in Gradle User Manual
- ResolvedArtifact returns incorrect extension for certain artifacts
- Nag for deprecation of BasePluginExtension members
- `VersionCatalogExtension` not added to the `gradle-kotlin-dsl-accessors` during `generatePrecompiledScriptPluginAccessors`
- Add deprecation logging to org.gradle.util.VersionNumber
- Add an option to only generate plaintext and not binary for `--export-keys`
- Corrupt plugin jars end up in Gradle's local caches
- Use the same case for dependency verification metadata and keyring
- Outgoing artifacts as provider of a task output cause the failure
- Resolve dependencies around ValidationProblemId enum
- Wrong licensing legal advice in application plugin documentation?
- Dependency verification's trusted keys is case sensitive
- Settings scripts and plugins should provide APIs to create RegularFile and Directory instances according to the settings layout
- Please include LICENSE in gradle-wrapper.jar
- There should be a public API for creating CopySpec instances at execution time
- DirectoryProperty cannot be used with @Option, throws an obscure exception
-Sync task doesn't handle "." as an "into" subpath correctly
- FileComparisonTestAssertionFailure don't represent AssertionFailueError with one FileInfo
- Duplicated BOM imports in generated POMs
- `CalculateTaskGraphBuildOperationType` build operation should be consistent between `store` and `load` builds