Allow source dependencies without settings file before making DeprecateUndefinedBuildWorkExecutor.execute() fail

[lacasseio]

Expected Behavior

Gradle should not report deprecated feature for "included build" from source dependencies without settings.gradle file, that is without a Gradle build.

Current Behavior

Gradle reports a deprecated feature for source dependencies without Gradle build where the entire build is configured using injected plugins.

Context

According to the deprecation warning, this will break the build using the source dependency feature to wrap other build systems in Gradle 7.0.

Steps to Reproduce

Consume a project without a Gradle build using source dependencies.

Your Environment

Build scan URL: I would love to produce one but the build scan plugin doesn't support source dependencies.

[lacasseio]

This seems to be the call stack for the deprecation warning:

Executing Gradle tasks as part of an undefined build has been deprecated. This will fail with an error in Gradle 7.0. Consult the upgrading guide for further information: https://docs.gradle.org/6.2.1/userguide/upgrading_version_5.html#executing_gradle_without_a_settings_file_has_been_deprecated
	at org.gradle.execution.DeprecateUndefinedBuildWorkExecutor.execute(DeprecateUndefinedBuildWorkExecutor.java:39)
	at org.gradle.execution.BuildOperationFiringBuildWorkerExecutor$ExecuteTasks.run(BuildOperationFiringBuildWorkerExecutor.java:57)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:402)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:394)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$1.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:165)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:250)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:158)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:92)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31)
	at org.gradle.execution.BuildOperationFiringBuildWorkerExecutor.execute(BuildOperationFiringBuildWorkerExecutor.java:42)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.runWork(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:255)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doClassicBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:164)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:140)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.executeTasks(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:120)
	at org.gradle.composite.internal.DefaultIncludedBuild$1.run(DefaultIncludedBuild.java:216)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withSharedLease(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:119)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.withSharedLease(StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.java:70)
	at org.gradle.composite.internal.DefaultIncludedBuild.execute(DefaultIncludedBuild.java:213)
	at org.gradle.composite.internal.DefaultIncludedBuildController.doBuild(DefaultIncludedBuildController.java:196)
	at org.gradle.composite.internal.DefaultIncludedBuildController.run(DefaultIncludedBuildController.java:106)
	at org.gradle.composite.internal.DefaultIncludedBuildControllers$BuildOpRunnable.run(DefaultIncludedBuildControllers.java:126)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:48)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:56)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

[lacasseio]

Any update on this issue? My understanding is this very valid use case will start failing on Gradle 7.0 which is not a good outcome for my project and the future of source dependency.

[lacasseio]

Any update on this issue? As Gradle 7.0 approaches, this becomes important to solve or at least have a workaround.

[lacasseio]

Is there any chance this will be addressed before 7.0? This would effectively introduce a regression in the next major release.

[lacasseio]

@ljacomet @big-guy Any news if this will become a regression in 7.0?

[ljacomet]

I have added this to the 7.0 RC1 milestone to make sure we give you an answer.

[jjohannes]

I agree that there should be a special handling of this case and that the deprecation warning should not be emitted.

Before we attempt to make DeprecateUndefinedBuildWorkExecutor.execute() fail for certain cases, this has to be addressed. A test case for this scenario has to be added.

If this turns out to be more difficult than expected, we can also fix this in one of the next releases and not make this a failure at all in 7.0 but keep the deprecation warning for now.

[jjohannes]

@lacasseio could you please share a minimal reproduced that triggers the deprecation message?