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Hey guys using kotlin dsl how can I define a variable in root build.gradle to be used by sub module build.gradles?

found it <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62959191/how-to-define-a-variable-for-all-gradle-subprojects-using-gradle-kotlin-dsl>

You can use the same `ext` trick you used in Groovy, just with Kotlin syntax.
That is to initially define the variable, you use `extra` explicitly, so `val foo by extra("bar")`, in the root project
and just get it from the subproject to use it, so `val foo: String by project`

But the question is whether you should do it.
In almost all cases using `ext` or `extra` is a work-around and one should feel dirty when using it.
Most often there is a better way, like for example adding a properly typed extension to the project instead.