Explain the binary breakage of 0.9

README.adoc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ security processes to be applied to the binary files before committing them to a
 
 == Gradle minimum versions
 
-* As from 0.9 the minimum supported Gradle version is 5.0.
+* As from 0.9 the minimum supported Gradle version is 5.0. I have very little time to maintain this low usage plugin, so trying to make it compatible with 4.0 as well is too much effort. There is no feature change from 0.8, so if you need to use Gradle 4.x, stay with 0.8.
 * As from 0.7 the minimum supported Gradle version is 4.0. (Required if you want Google repository support).
 * As from 0.5 the minimum supported Gradle version in 2.8.
 

build.gradle

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 
 // PLEASE NOTE: Integration Tests and Gradle Compatibility tests download a number of files.
-import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 
 plugins {
     id 'groovy'
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
 ext {
     groovyLongVer = GroovySystem.version
-    groovyShortVer = GroovySystem.version.replaceAll(/\.\d+$/,'')
+    groovyShortVer = GroovySystem.version.replaceAll(/\.\d+$/, '')
 
     ivyJar = fileTree("${gradle.gradleHomeDir}/lib/plugins") {
         include 'ivy*.jar'
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile localGroovy()
 
     testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:1.2-groovy-${groovyShortVer}", {
-        exclude module : 'groovy-all'
+        exclude module: 'groovy-all'
     }
     testCompile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.13'
     testCompile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.13'
@@ -65,13 +64,13 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 test {
-    systemProperties DONT_LOOK_FOR_IVY_JAR : 1
+    systemProperties DONT_LOOK_FOR_IVY_JAR: 1
 }
 
 integrationTest {
-    systemProperties TESTROOT : buildDir
+    systemProperties TESTROOT: buildDir
 
-    if(gradle.startParameter.isOffline()) {
+    if (gradle.startParameter.isOffline()) {
         systemProperties OFFLINE: 1
     }
 }
@@ -81,18 +80,18 @@ license {
     strictCheck = true
     ignoreFailures = false
     mapping {
-        groovy ='DOUBLESLASH_STYLE'
+        groovy = 'DOUBLESLASH_STYLE'
     }
     ext.year = '2013-2018'
-    excludes(['**/*.ad', '**/*.asciidoc', '**/*.adoc', '**/*.md','**/*.properties','**/*CompatibilitySpec.groovy'])
+    excludes(['**/*.ad', '**/*.asciidoc', '**/*.adoc', '**/*.md', '**/*.properties', '**/*CompatibilitySpec.groovy'])
 }
 
 pluginBundle {
     description = 'A plugin that keeps a local repository for offline of isolated environments'
-    website     = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/ivypot-gradle-plugin'
-    vcsUrl      = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/ivypot-gradle-plugin.git'
+    website = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/ivypot-gradle-plugin'
+    vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/ivypot-gradle-plugin.git'
 
-    tags = ['repositoryManagement','repositories']
+    tags = ['repositoryManagement', 'repositories']
 
     plugins {
         ivypotPlugin {
@@ -124,8 +123,8 @@ gradleTest {
         println "  ${it.name}"
     }
 
-    if(OS.windows) {
-        gradleArguments '-g', file("${buildDir}/gradleTest/userHome").absolutePath
+    if (OS.windows) {
+        gradleArguments '-g', file("${buildDir}/gradleTest/userHome").absolutePath.replaceAll(~$/\\/$, '/')
     }
 }