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

# gradle

[janvladimirmostert]

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)

[Dariusz Kuc]

any reason why not to use gradle.properties for defining those?

[christophsturm]

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

[Dariusz Kuc]

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

[janvladimirmostert]

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