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I think this is because the `includeBuild`  is a rootProject and not a `project` for the settings delegate. But I cannot figure out how to define the projectDir for the `plugin-A`  here .

looks like I need to define the path as a part of the includeBuild itself.
something like `includeBuild("plugins/plugin-A")`

The syntax for name/path of `include()` and `includeBuild()` is unfortunately not the same and I think that is confusing you here.

For `includeBuild` you can just do `includeBuild("plugins/plugin-A")` . Here the parameter is the file path to the location of the build and nothing else.

The *name* of the included build is determined by the name defined in that project. In your case, you could change it by setting `rootProject.name` in `plugin-A/settings.gradle(.kts)`

There is this suggestion to adjust `include()` , so that you may write `include('sample/app')` and not have to do it in “two steps”. Then it would be in a way a bit closer to what `includeBuild()` does.
<https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/14561>

Yup, a similar dsl would be useful :slightly_smiling_face: . :star: ing that issue.