private final boolean extractedAssembleSupported;

        DistributionProject(String name, String baseDir, Version version, String classifier, String extension, File checkoutDir) {
            this.name = name;
            this.checkoutDir = checkoutDir;
            this.projectPath = baseDir + "/" + name;
            this.expandedDistDirSupport = version.onOrAfter("7.10.0") && (name.endsWith("zip") || name.endsWith("tar"));

        String test = "10_basic.yml"
        //add the compatible test and api files, these are the prior version's normal yaml rest tests
        file("distribution/bwc/minor/checkoutDir/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/" + api) << ""
        file("distribution/bwc/minor/checkoutDir/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/" + test) << ""

        when:
        def result = gradleRunner("yamlRestTestV${compatibleVersion}CompatTest").build()

                LoggedExec.exec(execOperations, spec -> {
                    spec.workingDir(checkoutDir);
                    spec.commandLine("git", "checkout", effectiveRefSpec);
                });

                String checkoutHash = GitInfo.gitInfo(checkoutDir).getRevision();
                logger.lifecycle("Checkout hash for {} is {}", project.getPath(), checkoutHash);

    }

    // TODO: implement custom extension that allows us move around of the projects between major versions and still find them
    private Path getCompatProjectPath(Project project, Path checkoutDir) {
        return checkoutDir.resolve(project.getPath().replaceFirst(":", "").replace(":", File.separator));
    }