How can we split a huge

build.gradle.kts

script into multiple short scripts that configure plugins and tasks? Do

buildSrc

can help while https://github.com/gradle/kotlin-dsl/issues/424 and https://github.com/gradle/kotlin-dsl/issues/427 don't get fixed?

you mean like with apply?

Don't know your specifics, but I've found it very easy to implement Gradle Plugin interface in buildSrc and apply it via

plugins {}

. This approach really helped to properly structure the builds I've got on my hands. My build.gradle.kts files are now much leaner and utility functionality which earlier littered them is now much better looking as custom plugins in buildSrc.

buildSrc doesn't even need to be applied via

plugins {}

I believe it does, when you're implementing a plugin that is. You are right that one wouldn't need that for "normal" code though, like some classes or functions to call from the script.

Thank you all for suggestions. @snowe That seems nice. It seems to be the around for those issues. @Czar It's just a huge script with

plugins {}

block and tasks configuration. Here is the file https://github.com/lucasvalenteds/responder/blob/main/responder-api/build.gradle.kts.

my workaround would be to just throw those in

buildSrc

, include the

kotlin-dsl

plugin in it, and wrap them in a plugin

apply

. you can apply the plugins using

Project.apply

and add them to the

buildSrc

classpath for versioning, which imo is a little cleaner (have your versions in one spot, usages in another)

Thank you @octylFractal. Do you mean something like this:

buildSrc/build.gradle.kts

import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile

plugins {
    `kotlin-dsl`
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.3.11"
    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "2.0.4"
}

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

fun Project.kotlinConfiguration() {
    tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
        kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
}

fun Project.shadowJarConfiguration() {
    tasks.withType<ShadowJar> {
        baseName = rootProject.name
        version = rootProject.version.toString()
        classifier = ""
        destinationDir = rootProject.projectDir
    }
}

build.gradle.kts

// Leave it empty

no, those `fun`s go in

src/main/kotlin/<pkg>

Thank you. I'll try that. 👍