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apply from

is the mechanism to invoke another script.

ok thanks, I’ll see if I can find some example f tht

how are you applying the plugin in your subprojects?

normally I use apply because the plugin is declared in the root build file however I am trying to write the plugin within a subproject so I have added plugins:

apply(plugin = "kotlin")
apply(plugin = "com.google.cloud.tools.jib")
plugins {
    id("greet")
}

using

plugins

is the correct way to reference it. buildSrc should be at the root of the project to compile and expose that plugin.

ok

Yes, the plugins would go in buildSrc (or, alternately, in an includeded ‘build-logic’ project, but the effect is largely the same). Typically you’d have a plugin for each convention - for example, a “java library” always has these settings (JVM version, javadoc settings, etc), and applying those conventions to relevant subprojects.

it could get a bit messy

If you already know that, don't do it. I usually never use

buildSrc

nowadays, but always included builds. And you can easily have one build you include per plugin you want to write or group a few in one build or however you like the buildtree to look like.