is there a way to declare global variables in a build.gradle.kts? Trying to do something like this

val kotlinVersion: String = "1.4-M2"
// fun Project.kotlinVersion(): String = "1.4-M2"

plugins {
   kotlin("multiplatform").version(kotlinVersion)

this doesn't show any red lines in the IDE, but neither does it compile, i doesn't know what Version is

object Version {
    const val kotlin = "1.4-M2"
}

plugins {
    kotlin("multiplatform").version(Version.kotlin)

any reason why not to use

gradle.properties

for defining those?

variables defined in the build file are not available in the plugin block. you can define them in buildSrc or gradle.properties

ah yeah I think that part might be confusing concrete example - we ended up defining all properties in

gradle.properties

and then defining plugin versions in

settings.gradle.kts

under plugin management section (https://github.com/ExpediaGroup/graphql-kotlin/blob/master/settings.gradle.kts#L1, i.e. you can read those

by settings

) so we just reference the plugins in build file. All other properties are read in

build.gradle.kts

through

by project

gradle.properties is certainly an option, thanks for the input!