Gradle changes repo url if group id included in url

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I found a potential bug where gradle does alter the expected repository url if all parts of a group id except the last one are in the repository url.

My repo url: http://code.company.com/api/v4/groups/myApp/-/packages/maven/

api: 'org.stuff.myApp.utils:core:1.0.0'
-> Gradle tries to download 
 https://code.company.com/api/v4/groups/myApp/-/packages/maven/org/stuff/myApp/utils/core/1.0.0/core-1.0.0.pom
-> This URL is correct

api: 'com.company.myApp.utils:core:1.0.0'
-> Gradle tries to download 
 https://code.company.com/api/v4/groups/myApp/-/packages/maven/utils/core/1.0.0/core-1.0.0.pom
-> This URL is wrong, most parts of the group id are mising from the path.
It should be 
 https://code.company.com/api/v4/groups/myApp/-/packages/maven/com/company/myApp/utils/core/1.0.0/core-1.0.0.pom

Is this a known “feature” and if so can it be deactivated? Or is it a bug?

Update:
This also happens if only a single group part is somewhere in the repo url:

api: 'myApp.utils:core.1.0.0'
-> Gradle tries to download
https://code.company.com/api/v4/groups/myApp/-/packages/maven/utils/core/1.0.0/core-1.0.0.pom

-> It should be 
https://code.company.com/api/v4/groups/myApp/-/packages/maven/myApp/utils/core/1.0.0/core-1.0.0.pom

Update 2:
Looks like gradle successfuly resolves the dependency, and after that it tries to resolve it again with a shorter group id. This only happens if a segment if the group id is also in the url:


2020-11-18T13:18:38.584+0100 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainComponentMetaDataResolver] Attempting to resolve component for myApp.utils:core:1.0.0 using repositories [MavenRepo, BintrayJCenter, CompanyRepo]
...
2020-11-18T13:18:38.592+0100 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainComponentMetaDataResolver] Attempting to resolve component for utils:core:1.0.0 using repositories [MavenRepo, BintrayJCenter, CompanyRepo]