hasProperty() returns null inside pluginManagement (in settings.gradle)

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Expected Behavior

hasProperty() (also in pluginManagement {}) returns true or false based on a property defined or not.

Current Behavior

null is always returned.

Context

I keep organization-specific internal Gradle plugins in a private GitLab repository which has to be configured in different way for local and CI-based access. For example:

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
        maven {
            name "My private GitLab package repository"
            url "https://gitlab.com/..."
            credentials(HttpHeaderCredentials) {
                name = hasProperty("gitLabPrivateToken") ? 'Private-Token' : 'Job-Token'
                value = hasProperty("gitLabPrivateToken") ? getProperty("gitLabPrivateToken") : System.getenv("CI_JOB_TOKEN")
            }
            authentication {
                header(HttpHeaderAuthentication)
            }
        }
    }
}

As hasProperty() returns null and I have to fallback to checking system environments instead, but in some cases (e.g. two different properties) it might be problematic.

On a contrary getProperty() works fine in both inside and outside pluginManagement {} in settings.gradle.

Steps to Reproduce

In settings.gradle:

pluginManagement {
    assert hasProperty("someExistingOrNotProperty") != null
}

Your Environment

Gradle 6.8.3, OpenJDK 15, Linux.

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Still a problem with 7.4.2.