Access providers in EnterpriseRepositoryPlugin in init.gradle

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in my init.gradle i use EnterpriseRepositoryPlugin with System.properties['someValue'] which is discouraged due to configuration caching ( Configuration cache )

Now my issue is using providers.environmentVariable('someValue') inside void apply does not work, it cannot be accessed. On the global level in init.gradle it is accessible.

class EnterpriseRepositoryPlugin implements Plugin<Gradle> {
    void apply(Gradle gradle) {
        gradle.settingsEvaluated { settings ->
            // old variant
            // System.properties['someValue']

            // not working
            providers.environmentVariable('someValue')
        }
    }
}

Any ideas how to access providers?

Set pluginManagement.repositories in init.gradle
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should be accessible via settings.providers.environmentVariable(...).forUseAtConfigurationTime()

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Thank you a lot, this indeed has worked with

settings.providers.environmentVariable()
settings.providers.systemProperty()

This one is followed up by a new problem Set pluginManagement.repositories in init.gradle which really lets me think about what changes in the first place. Any clues?

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Maybe as an important notice, this does only work with gradle 7.x - it is not functional for gradle 6.x

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Just in case someone still finds this post, Provider#forUseAtConfigurationTime() has been deprecated in Gradle 8, does nothing, and got removed from Gradle 9:

https://docs.gradle.org/8.14.3/javadoc/org/gradle/api/provider/Provider.html#forUseAtConfigurationTime()

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