Hi! I am having trouble getting my project to comp...

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[Sam]

Hi! I am having trouble getting my project to compile using the Kotlin compiler I have built from source. I have created a kotlin starter project with gradle init --type kotlin-application and I have added these lines (found [here](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/#including-into-composite-build)) to my `settings.gradle`:

includeBuild('/path/to/kotlin') {
    dependencySubstitution {
        substitute module('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler') with project(':include:kotlin-compiler')
    }
}

When I do a ./gradlew build --info in my starter project, I can see that the there are :kotlin:* tasks running (though they re-run only after I do a ./gradlew dist in the kotlin compiler repo) but the changes I've made to the Kotlin compiler (I've added some print/logging statements) are not showing up when compiling the code in my project.

Any suggestions on how I can get my project to compile with a built-from-source Kotlin compiler using Gradle?

[Ilmir Usmanov [JB]]

./gradlew dist install publish publishes kotlin version 1.3-SNAPSHOT to maven local.
Thus, after doing this, use mavenLocal() repo in buildscript and set $kotlin_version to 1.3-SNAPSHOT.

[ilya.gorbunov]

@Ilmir Usmanov [JB] install is enough for such usage.

[ilya.gorbunov]

⬆️ @Sam note that this way kotlin-compiler is taken from the maven local repository and you don't need to include it in composite build.

[Sam]

Thank you both! Very helpful