Hello, friends. Gradle 8.8 release says it now <al...

# gradle

[sid]

Hello, friends.
Gradle 8.8 release says it now allows version catalog plugin aliases without a version. I've been doing:

# In libs.versions.toml
[plugins]
kotlin-dsl = { id = "org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl" }

// In build.gradle.kts
plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.dsl) apply true
}

However, when building, Gradle outputs:

* What went wrong:
Plugin [id: 'org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl'] was not found in any of the following sources:

- Gradle Core Plugins (plugin is not in 'org.gradle' namespace)
- Included Builds (No included builds contain this plugin)
- Plugin Repositories (plugin dependency must include a version number for this source)

And when I come back with the version, it works properly. I was wondering if this was about plugin management dependency resolution, so I tried the following:

// In settings.gradle.kts
pluginManagement {
    repositories { gradlePluginPortal() }
}

Yet, nothing happens. Does anyone have an ideia what I am missing? Thanks in advance

[Vampire]

If you for example have a plugin in the classpath already for some reason, you can apply it without version. You probably can also apply built-in plugins without version. But the kotlin-dsl plugin is not a built- in plugin. It has a convenience syntax that applies it with the correct version for the current Gradle version. But if you try to apply it without version, that doesn't work

[Vampire]

Also if a plugin is coming from buildSrc or an included build, it would work without version.

[sid]

hmmmmmm I get it now. I obviously need a version in my case 🤦
Thanks, @Vampire