Apply from with http ignores username:password

We’ve placed a common.gradle script in our Subversion repository. We’ve added Authentication to our apache web server (this IS our source code) and I haven’t succeeded in passing the user credentials via “apply from”:

apply from “http://myUser:myPassword@my.domain.biz/repos/stuff/common.gradle

The uri works from a browser (get the popup asking for credentials with appropriate authorization realm).

Is there a better way to accomplish this?

Using STS Gradle plugin version 3.6 - I can’t find which Gradle version that maps to. I can use an external install if needed.

Thanks,

Steve Brodeur