manifestPlugin.add("X-Compile-Elasticsearch-Version", toStringable(VersionProperties::getElasticsearch));
            manifestPlugin.add("X-Compile-Lucene-Version", toStringable(VersionProperties::getLucene));
            manifestPlugin.add(
                "X-Compile-Elasticsearch-Snapshot",
                toStringable(() -> Boolean.toString(VersionProperties.isElasticsearchSnapshot()))
            );
        });

            // such that we don't have to pass hardcoded files to gradle
            repos.mavenLocal();
        }
        repos.mavenCentral();

        String luceneVersion = VersionProperties.getLucene();
        if (luceneVersion.contains("-snapshot")) {
            // extract the revision number from the version with a regex matcher
            Matcher matcher = LUCENE_SNAPSHOT_REGEX.matcher(luceneVersion);