Setting up Utility classes with Gradle build

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ jobs:
           build-scan-terms-of-use-url: "https://gradle.com/terms-of-service"
           build-scan-terms-of-use-agree: "yes"
 
-      - name: Add MMRevision file
-        run: |
-          echo ${{ github.sha }} >> megamek/megamek/mm-revision.txt
-
       - name: Build with Gradle
         working-directory: megamek
         run: ./gradlew build  --stacktrace --scan

.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml

@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ jobs:
           build-scan-terms-of-use-url: "https://gradle.com/terms-of-service"
           build-scan-terms-of-use-agree: "yes"
 
-      - name: Add MMRevision file
-        run: |
-          echo ${{ github.sha }} >> megamek/megamek/mm-revision.txt
-
       - name: Build with Gradle
         working-directory: megamek
         run: ./gradlew clean build --stacktrace --scan

.github/workflows/validate-boards.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-# Validates Boards
-#
-# Jobs:
-#    - board_validator: Validate boards in MM
 name: Validate Boards
 
-# This Action Definition should be triggered only on master being updated or Pull Requests being added or updated against master.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
@@ -26,22 +21,25 @@ on:
       - "megamek/src/megamek/common/Building.java"
       - "megamek/src/megamek/common/Terrains.java"
       - "megamek/src/megamek/utilities/BoardsValidator.java"
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dscan.link.VCS=${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
 
 jobs:
   board_validator:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
-    # Run this job once for each combination in the matrix below.
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest] # For Board Validation running on *nix is sufficient
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
         java-distribution: [temurin]
         java-version: [17]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: "Check out MegaMek"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: megamek
 
-      # Setup the requested Java Distribution and Version from the matrix
       - name: Set up ${{ matrix.java-distribution }} JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
@@ -50,16 +48,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        with:
+          build-scan-publish: false
+          build-scan-terms-of-use-url: "https://gradle.com/terms-of-service"
+          build-scan-terms-of-use-agree: "yes"
 
-      - name: Build with Gradle
-        working-directory: megamek
-        run: ./gradlew jar
-
-      # Run the Boards Validator
       - name: Validate Boards
         working-directory: megamek
-        # Runs the BoardsValidator in default mode, which rips through
-        # the ./data directory of the current working directory.
-        #
-        # The -q flag tells the validator to only print the filenames that are invalid.
-        run: java -cp build/libs/MegaMek.jar megamek.utilities.BoardsValidator -q
+        run: ./gradlew boardsValidator

.github/workflows/validate-namechanges.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 name: Validate Name Changes List
 
-# This Action Definition should be triggered only on master being updated or Pull Requests being added or updated against master.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
@@ -16,19 +15,21 @@ on:
       - "megamek/data/mechfiles/**.mtf"
       - "megamek/data/mechfiles/name_changes.txt"
 
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dscan.link.VCS=${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
+
 jobs:
   name_changes_validator:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest] # For CI/CD running on *nix is sufficient
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
         java-distribution: [temurin]
         java-version: [17]
-      fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - name: "Checkout MegaMek"
+      - name: "Check out MegaMek"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: megamek
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        with:
+          build-scan-publish: false
+          build-scan-terms-of-use-url: "https://gradle.com/terms-of-service"
+          build-scan-terms-of-use-agree: "yes"
 
-      - name: Build with Gradle
-        working-directory: megamek
-        run: ./gradlew build
-
-      - name: Validate Name Changes
+      - name: Validate Boards
         working-directory: megamek
-        run: java -cp build/libs/MegaMek.jar megamek.utilities.NameChangesValidator
+        run: ./gradlew nameChangesValidator

.gitignore

@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@ megamek/userdata/**
 /megamek/Entity Issues.txt
 /megamek/apidocs/
 #End MegaMek Other Outputs
+
+/megamek/docs/mm-revision.txt
+/megamek/MegaMek.l4j.ini
+OfficialUnitList.txt
+equipment.txt

build.gradle

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' version '5.2.2'
     id 'java'
 }
 
@@ -19,15 +18,6 @@ subprojects {
     version = '0.50.0-SNAPSHOT'
 }
 
-ext {
-    mmGitRoot = 'https://github.com/MegaMek/megamek.git'
-    // Work on MML or MHQ sometimes requires changes in MM as well. The maven publishing tasks use
-    // these properties to append the branch name to the artifact id if the repo is not in the master
-    // branch, making it available separately to the child project.
-    mmBranch = grgit.branch.current().name
-    mmBranchTag = mmBranch.equals('master') ? '' : '-' + mmBranch
-}
-
 // A properties_local.gradle file can be used to override any of the above options. For instance,
 // rootProject.ext.mmGitRoot = 'file:///path/to/local/repo' will cause the release target to clone a
 // local copy of the repository rather than downloading it.

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

gradlew

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.