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<@U0BUH9FRD> which feature, `gradle.properties` or `ext['kotlin.version]`? i’d prefer the latter, since it centralized the kotlinVersion definition

actually it's not, if you're using `plugins {}` syntax you do not have access to project properties and will end up declaring it both in `plugins {}` block _and_ in `gradle.properties`.

with the `plugins {}` syntax, the version has to be literal, so it won’t accept any variable anyways. and with `ext['kotlin.versino']` it at least works with the current spring boot gradle script

I tend to use `plugins{}` with literal and in other places I just resolve from the plugin:
```plugins {
	val kotlinVersion = "1.1.61"
	java
	id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version kotlinVersion
	id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.jpa") version kotlinVersion
}

val kotlinVersion: String? by extra {
	buildscript.configurations["classpath"]
			.resolvedConfiguration.firstLevelModuleDependencies
			.find { it.moduleName == "kotlin-gradle-plugin" }?.moduleVersion
}```

imho, this reads way more complicated, and i’d much prefer the current spring boot gradle script

yeah, well, then you have version in two places

why? without using `plugins{}`, the version is centralized to the `kotlinVersion`

For dependencies - yes, for plugin itself - no.

Oh, sorry, without `plugins {}` I actually don't know, but I doubt spring plugin can control kotlin plugin's version even with `apply plugin` syntax. Again, I'm not sure, so best check.

By the way, by not using `plugins {}` you're tying yourself to legacy method of declaring plugins, which is already being discouraged by gradle team.

yeah, myself still prefer using the ‘legacy’ method of applying plugins, at least until the plugins DSL is more powerful or the gradle kotlin-dsl is mature :slightly_smiling_face:

<@U0CP8EBRV> with gradle 4.4 released, the reported kotlin plugin module name seems changed from `kotlin-gradle-plugin` to `org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm.gradle.plugin`

Thanks, I'll take this into account when time comes to upgrade. But my next upgrade will probably be to a higher version. I don't do this often, it was 3.5, then 4.0.1, now 4.3.1, so probably I won't upgrade until something like 4.5 or even higher :slightly_smiling_face:

:+1: i was looking at gradle 4.4 only because i heard it supports the settings.gradle.kts