Make it possible to use it in an external script

[AGuyNamedRichie]

Hi,

I want to use the plugin in an external (init.gradle) script so that is automatically applied to every gradle project we use.

E.g:
init.gradle

rootproject{
buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'net.researchgate:gradle-release:2.8.0'
  }
}
}
gradle.projectsEvaluated{rootProject{apply plugin: 'net.researchgate.release'}}

This works fine as the plugin is correctly applied to the project, but I am unable to produce a release with

gradle release -Prelease.useAutomaticVersion=true -Prelease.releaseVersion=1.0.0 -Prelease.newVersion=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT

because I always get a warning about an uncommmited gradle.properties file (see #237 ). It works if I apply the project directly to project, but this is cumbersome and can easily be forgotten if you have many projects. Even if I skip the uncommitedFilesCheck the task never finishes because there is an endless loop:

> Task :gr-tutorial:gr-tutorial:checkCommitNeeded
!!WARNING!! You have uncommitted files:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 M gradle.properties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Task :gr-tutorial:gr-tutorial:gr-tutorial:checkCommitNeeded
!!WARNING!! You have uncommitted files:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 M gradle.properties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Task :gr-tutorial:gr-tutorial:gr-tutorial:gr-tutorial:checkCommitNeeded
!!WARNING!! You have uncommitted files:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 M gradle.properties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How can this be fixed?

[Hillkorn]

Did you also tried to not use the projectsEvaluated and instead just apply it? Like

rootproject{
buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'net.researchgate:gradle-release:2.8.0'
  }
}
  rootProject{apply plugin: 'net.researchgate.release'}
}

[AGuyNamedRichie]

I have tried it, but this doesn't work:

* What went wrong:
Plugin with id 'net.researchgate.release' not found.

[Vampire]

Try applying it by type instead of ID.
See here for more info: gradle/gradle#1262