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Use = assignment syntax for Gradle properties

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.gradle.UsePropertyAssignmentSyntax
Artifactorg.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle

Converts deprecated Groovy DSL property assignment syntax from space/method-call form (e.g., description 'text' or description('text')) to assignment form (description = 'text'). Addresses Gradle 8.14 deprecation: "Properties should be assigned using the 'propName = value' syntax.".

Single recipeApache 2.0

Usage

You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.gradle.UsePropertyAssignmentSyntax --recipe-option "propertyName=description"

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle:8.88.0

Options

NameTypeDescription
propertyNamerequiredStringThe name of the property whose method-call or space-separated syntax should be converted to assignment syntax using =.
e.g. description

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