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Does it need to be a property ?

The docs are right, the advice to make it a

var

is non-sense. You probably are simply on an outdated Gradle version.

gradle version 8.5 😕

If that's not the case, please share an MCVE.

OK, thanks

did you copy the sample to a

build.gradle.kts

file, or another

.kt

file?

I copy it to a kt file in my plugin project...

The assignment syntax for lazy Gradle types needs a properly applied and configured Kotlin compiler plugin. If you would apply the

kotlin-dsl

plugin I guess it would also set this compiler plugin up properly like it does with the

sam-with-receiver

plugin. Alternatively you can use

.set()

instead of

=

I have this in my plugin module

plugins {
    `kotlin-dsl`
    `maven-publish`
}

and it still does not work... for now I am going with the

.set

. Thanks

a normal

.kt

file also doesn't get Gradle's default imports. you need

import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.assign

for the assignment operator too

Yep, can confirm, I just tried it out. With

kotlin-dsl

(or the compiler plugin applied somehow else) and the import it works in a normal kt file