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ok, related issue: how do I define a generatedBy in a multiplatform sourceset? I've got a task that generates json files into build/generated/resources which need to be picked up by commonMain. I supopse it's something along the lines of
```resources.srcDir(tasks.named<CombineJsonFiles>("combineJsonFiles"))```
but I'm getting a Task with name 'combineJsonFiles' not found in root project 'pfrpg2eKingdomCampingWeather'.

That is correct, are you sure the task is already registered?

If you do

```resources.srcDir(tasks.withType&lt;CombineJsonFiles&gt;())```
Does it work?

If this last is working, probably you are calling `register` after `named` and that is the reason it is not found.

the task is registered further down in the source file, is order important? I thought it was evaluated lazily

AFAIK register/named has that issue. You need to call register before named

I think `named { }` would work, it was added recently

```resources.srcDir(tasks.named { it == "combineJsonFiles" })```

The type argument would go in a preliminary `withType&lt;...&gt;()` before doing `named { ... }`.

But be careful.
`.named { ... }` does not work like advertised yet.
If not combined with `configureEach { ... }` it will break task-configuration avoidance, in your case for each and every task, if combined with `withType` just for all tasks of that type.

Better register the task first and then give the returned task provider to `srcDir`, then you are on the safe side.