final ByteArrayOutputStream stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

        execOperations.exec(spec -> {
            // The redundant cast is to silence a compiler warning.
            spec.setCommandLine((Object[]) args);
            spec.setStandardOutput(stdout);
        });

        return stdout.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }

    /**
     * Updates the git repository from the specified remote

        void checkVersion(Project project, String tool, Pattern versionRegex, int... minVersion) {
            ByteArrayOutputStream pipe = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            project.exec(spec -> {
                spec.setCommandLine(tool, "--version");
                spec.setStandardOutput(pipe);
            });
            String output = pipe.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).trim();
            Matcher matcher = versionRegex.matcher(output);