Hello devs I m migrating all my gradle scripts from groovy t

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Hello devs I m migrating all my gradle scripts from groovy to kotlin and finding myself in a dead end it seems Most of it is working well but I used to have a single script to configure specific plugins eg `detekt gradle` that would apply the same detekt config to all projects needing it Now when I try to do that I can still use the `apply from path to detekt settings gradle kts ` but apparently anything I put in the settings script doesn t have the usual imports and cannot resolve any of the extensions

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

My `detekt settings gradle kts` have this inside ```detekt version = 1 0 1 input = files $projectDir src main kotlin config = files $project rootDir script config detekt yml reports xml enabled = true destination = file build reports detekt xml ```

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

And if I copy paste it directly in a module s script it works but through the apply from it doesn t and I get a gt Unresolved reference detekt

tapchicoma · Answer

I would advice you to move logic to `buildSrc` module And create extension function for `Project` something like this

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

That does make sense to use `buildSrc` for that

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Thanks < tapchicoma>

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Well unfortunately to be able to configur especific plugins I need to be able tu use the dsl generated by them which is not possible at compile time from the `buildSrc` folder

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Or there is a trick to do that

tapchicoma · Answer

I think you need to add 3rd party plugin as a dependency to your `buildSrc`

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Indeed that does work slightly smiling face

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Thanks

pg · Answer

< Xavier F Gouchet> can you share gist or something how you setup `detekt` in `buildSrc` It s exactly what I tried to achieve yesterday without success sweat

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Sure thing here s how I did it in your `buildSrc build gradle kts` ```dependencies compile io gitlab arturbosch detekt detekt gradle plugin 1 0 1 ```

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

And inside the `buildSrc src main kotlin com example DetektConfig kt` ``` package com example import io gitlab arturbosch detekt extensions DetektExtension import org gradle api Project fun Project detektConfig val ext DetektExtension = extensions findByType DetektExtension class ext apply version = 1 0 1 input = files $projectDir src main kotlin config = files $ project rootDir script config detekt yml reports xml enabled = true destination = file build reports detekt xml ```

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Then you can just call `detektConfig ` from any `build gradle kts` script in any module

tapchicoma · Answer

as alternative you can create a plugin in `buildSrc` that configures detekt and some other common stuff and apply it to all modules

pg · Answer

< Xavier F Gouchet> ah that was the trick Initially I tried to use approach in your first post failed of course I didn t think about creating project extension which seems nice < tapchicoma> I thought about it but something was telling me that creating wrapper plugin on 3rd party plugin isn t right sweat smile

tapchicoma · Answer

it is not so bad as it sounds slightly smiling face

tapchicoma · Answer

but yeah for simple logic just go with `Project` extension functions in the `buildSrc`

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Yeah I found that just to add a configuration a full Plugin might be overkill slightly smiling face

pg · Answer

I will experiment a bit with it For now I created 2 plugins one for `<http android app|android app>` with `android kotlin` and one for pure kotlin library both with default configs and core deps Effect is lovely

henrik · Answer

< Xavier F Gouchet> Do you need an import in your build gradle kts files to gain access to `detektConfig `

Xavier F. Gouchet · Answer

Yes you need to import the method

henrik · Answer

ah after some trial and error I figured out that I didn t actually have to import it slightly smiling face