v2.0.0

This is the initial release of gradle-build-action@v2, which brings significant performance and usability improvements over v1. A few key improvements are outlined here, but see the project README for more details.

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Usability improvements:

The gradle-build-action has been redesigned from the ground up to work well with minimal configuration, avoiding the need for most users to tweak multiple configuration options to benefit.

Highlights:

• Simplified and improved configuration options, with better support for more Gradle builds "out of the box".
• More robust capture of Build Scan™ links, which are now added directly as Notice annotations to your workflow run.
• Support for multi-line arguments in workflow definitions.

Performance improvements:

A key benefit of gradle-build-action over other solutions is the sophisticated support for saving and restoring relevant Gradle state between build invocations. This caching support speeds up build invocations and is designed to work in most scenarios without further tweaking.

Highlights:

• Support for caching of more state between Gradle invocations, including compiled build scripts and generated Gradle API jars as well as downloaded dependencies and Gradle distributions.
• Common files such as downloaded dependencies and wrapper distributions are cached in a more efficient manner, with the goal to cut cache-entry size and reduce eviction pressure.
• Detailed reporting of cache usage and cache configuration options allow you to optimize the use of the GitHub actions cache.