gpr-for-gradle (Gradle Github Packages Plugin)

GitHub Packages introduced features for hosting Maven packages for free, but these require credentials even for public ones.

This grade plugin allows you to add a maven repository from GitHub Packages in one line. It also comes with a default personal access token, allowing the use of public repositories without any extra setup (see Notes on automatic authentication).

Usage

Add the plugin

Using the plugins DSL:

plugins {
    id("io.github.0ffz.github-packages") version "1.x.x"
}

Using legacy plugin application:

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url = uri("https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/")
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath("gradle.plugin.io.github.0ffz:gpr-for-gradle:1.x.x")
  }
}

apply(plugin = "io.github.0ffz.github-packages")

You may find it on Gradle's plugin plugin portal

Groovy

Within Groovy, you may add a package repository as follows:

repositories {
    maven githubPackage.invoke("owner/repo")
   // Or for all packages under the owner/org
    maven githubPackage.invoke("owner")
}

There is currently no support for further customization in Groovy.

Kotlin

Add the GitHub repo to the repositories block:

repositories {
    githubPackage("owner/repo")
    // Or for all packages under the owner/org
    githubPackage("owner")
}

Modifying default username/key

Use the githubPackages blocks above repositories to edit the template applied to every package below. Example to change credentials of every repo:

githubPackages {
    credentials {
        username = "name"
        password = "token"
    }
}

repositories {
    githubPackage("owner/repo") //now with different credentials!
}

You may also modify each package declaration as you would a regular maven repository:

repositories {
    githubPackage("owner/repo"){
        name = "anotherName"
        credentials {
            username = "name"
            password = "token"
        }
    }
}

Notes on automatic authentication

It appears sharing a PAT is currently the encouraged solution, as seen by this post from a staff member on the GitHub community forms. In a worst case scenario, the plugin will send a detailed message explaining exactly how to set up a token.

Manual token setup

1. Generate a token at https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=read:packages&description=GPR%20for%20Gradle
2. Open your global gradle.properties file at ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
3. Add username and token:

   gpr.user=<GITHUB NAME>
   gpr.key=<GENERATED TOKEN>

4. You may need to restart your IDE

For more info see this GitHub docs page.

GITHUB_ACTOR and GITHUB_TOKEN will be used within GitHub workflows, unless the username and password are manually changed.

Plans

• Make extension functions work nicely with Groovy (feel free to open a PR for it)
• Archive this project if Github Packages improve support for maven