Multi-module Gradle doesn't resolve properties set in parent build file

[kdubb]

In a multi-module Gradle project with properties (e.g. version) set for all projects in the root build.gradle.kts, dekorate doesn't resolve those properties and emits a warning.

Example /build.gradle.kts:

allprojects {
  version = "1.0"
}

This will emit the warning Could not detect project version. Using 'latest'..

[iocanel]

I am not really sure how much we can do about it, given that purposefully we avoid bring in build tool dependencies and we are parsing files ourselves. The only possible solution I could think of is navigating the directory hierarchy from module root to project root and try to detect global settings.

[kdubb]

Is this not what is done for maven?

[iocanel]

No, AFAIR for maven the version is read from the parent element.

[kdubb]

@iocanel There's any easy fix for this. Require that users define the version in gradle.properties; which is an accepted practice. Then, search up the tree until you hit a gradle.properties.

Currently the code is only looking in the current project directory, but for multi-module project it needs to search up until the root project directory.

The best solution would gather all the gradle.properties up until the root and then apply them in reverse order to mimic the overriding that happens.