Settings.gradle(.kts) is missing

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Hello,

I use Gradle for flutter, just updated it to 7.2. and I am in windows.

Running the Gradle command on the Command prompt returns me an error that I don’t have the ‘settings.gradle(.kts)’ file.
Before upgrading everything was smooth except the depreciated API warning. I have deleted the old gradle build so I cant get a reference.

I have searched the web but no one is able to answer.

Here is my complete error prompt-


C:\Users\bspma>gradle

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Executing Gradle tasks as part of a build without a settings file is not supported. Make sure that you are executing Gradle from a directory within your Gradle project. Your project should have a 'settings.gradle(.kts)' file in the root directory.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1s

Will the issue be solved by downloading the Settings file from the git repo? Then where to place it?

I am sorry if I am posting the wrong things to the wrong location then please show me the right one.

Thanks for your time.

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What git repo are you referring to? If there’s one in the project’s repo then yes, you should have it.

It should be in the root project directory.
https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_6.html#executing_a_gradle_build_without_a_settings_file_is_now_an_error

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Hello Chris, thank you for responding.
Pardon my naivety, I was referring to the Git repo of Gradle itself.
The file is the second from last on the list.

Creating a gradle.settings file in the root directory ( gradle7.2>settings.gradle ) didn’t solve the issue for me. Even adding a .kts didn’t.

I have referred to this adress but failed to understand how to create the file and what to put inside that. I also missed what is the proper procedure for creating the file from scratch. Should I create a text file and the convert it to .gradle ?

I have also tried putting these lines inside below inside that self-made settings.gradle file but no progress.
rootProject.name = 'basic' println 'This is executed during the initialization phase.'

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Yes, settings.gradle is just a text file like build.gradle.

Your project’s settings.gradle should live in the same directory as the project’s build.gradle. If you have a multi-project build with projects in subdirectories then there should only be one settings.gradle file in the top-most directory of the project (the root directory of the project).

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I don’t find the build.gradle file inside my installation directory but it is inside my app directory for flutter.

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Yes, your flutter application is the project and that is what I have been talking about. You do not need to modify anything in your gradle installation directory. Every project has its own settings file.