Publishing and reusing/applying gradle build scripts in a Jar file

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We have broken down our build scripts into several smaller, purpose-specific scripts that can be applied if a project or module needs to use them. For example, if you are using Kotlin, we apply a kotlin.gradle script that sets the project up to use Kotlin; if we use Sonarqube, same story - just apply a sonarqube.gradle script.

Currently those scripts reside in a separate repository, and we use git submodule to create a local “copy” of those scripts and share them across different projects. This works; however, I’m wondering if there is a way to package those scripts in a Jar file that we publish to a repository, and then bootstrap our main script by declaring a dependency on that Jar that would make those scripts visible, so we can apply them.

Or am I smoking something pretty hard core?

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You should have a look at precompiled script plugins.
Those work both with Kotlin DSL and also Groovy DSL and you can then easily publish them and use them just like regular plugins.

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I’ll definitely have a look. As a workaround, I’m packaging those scripts in a jar file and adding it to the classpath, but I like your suggestion better.