pluginRepositories block does not recognize properties from gradle.properties

Bugs
,
1

Gradle Version: 2.14

Operating System: Windows 8.1

Is this a regression? If yes, which version of Gradle do you know it last worked for?

Not a regression

Description

With this gradle.properties file:

someUrl=http://some-server.net

…this settings.gradle file will produce an unknown property error for someUrl, originating on line 3:

pluginRepositories {
    maven {
        url "$someUrl/libs-local"
    }
    gradlePluginPortal()
}
println "Here's someUrl: $someUrl"

…but this one will not produce any errors, successfully resolving the property on line 7:

pluginRepositories {
    maven {
        url "http://some-server.net/libs-local"
    }
    gradlePluginPortal()
}
println "Here's someUrl: $someUrl"

Expected behavior

Neither settings.gradle should produce any errors. The pluginRepositories block should resolve gradle.properties properties just like any other content in settings.gradle.

2

This will be fixed in Gradle 3.0

3

For the record, if the property has dots in it, you can refer to it in the following way:

pluginRepositories {
    maven {
        url this."some.url"
    }
}