Apply plugin inside a plugin

[gavenkoa (Oleksandr Gavenko)]

Why don’t you work with detached configs?

Why use Gradle detached configurations?

I’m reading about Gradle’s detached dependency configurations and the API docs’ method description says “Creates a configuration, but does not add it to this container”. What I’d like to know is Why would I want to do this? At what point would I then use this dependency configuration? Some initial searching revealed a plugin related reason but this was not conclusive. Thanks, Fred. Note: I first posted this over on SO but then decided these forums might be a better place to ask.

Why use Gradle detached configurations?