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I want to programmatically pick a version from a *Version Catalog* from within the `plugins` block, but it seems like Gradles API is _juuuust_ about designed to make this impossible!?  Is there some way that I'm missing?

• A function to choose a string *key* for the version can be made available from `buildSrc` :white_check_mark: 
• The <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/platforms.html#sub:type-unsafe-access-to-catalog|type-unsafe> accessors needed to select a version by *key*, cannot be accessed from within `plugins {}` because a handle on `project` is not available. :
• `libs` _can_ be accessed through (apparently) some Gradle 'black magic' but, `libs` does not re-expose the type-unsafe accessor either from the generated `LibrariesForLibs` type or its `AbstractExternalDependencyFactory` supertype.

The `plugins` block is very restrictive on what you can do: <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/userguide_single.html#sec:constrained_syntax|https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/userguide_single.html#sec:constrained_syntax>
So even if you would be able to access the stringy API, you would probably not be allowed to call it.
If you really need such logic, write a custom plugin that has the logic and applies the respective plugin, then apply that plugin in your build script.