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can you show some code of what you’ve tried, and the errors of what doesn’t work? Are you writing code in a

build.gradle.kts

file, or are you writing a plugin? What variables do you want to operate on?

so, let's say in a conventions gradle plugin...i set the following:

object SreichTestMap {
    val mapThing = "a" to "z"
}

it's then my expectation that i can apply the plugin to say, a different project and right in my build.gradle.kts i can start typing println(SreichTestMap.mapThing), and otherwise operate on it type safely

your example should Just Work™, so long as you apply the convention plugin to a build script What will happen is your plugin will get compiled into a JAR, which will also contain

SreichTestMap

. When you apply your plugin to a project, then the JAR will be applied to the build script’s classpath. Since

SreichTestMap

is public, then it will be accessible in the build script.

Ya know, that's what I thought but it was failing. I'll try to reproduce it next week

it kind of depends, but the best way is usually to create a custom extension that uses Provider API compatible types https://docs.gradle.org/8.1.1/userguide/implementing_gradle_plugins.html#modeling_dsl_like_apis

Okay interesting,I'll take a read! Thanks for the link

Yep, extra properties are almost always just a work-around for not doing it properly. 😄