createClone.onlyIf(task -> this.gitExtension.getCheckoutDir().get().exists() == false);
            createClone.setCommandLine(asList("git", "clone", project.getRootDir(), gitExtension.getCheckoutDir().get()));
        });

        TaskProvider<LoggedExec> findRemoteTaskProvider = tasks.register("findRemote", LoggedExec.class, findRemote -> {

        gitExtension.setBwcVersion(versionInfoProvider.map(info -> info.version));
        gitExtension.setBwcBranch(versionInfoProvider.map(info -> info.branch));
        gitExtension.getCheckoutDir().set(checkoutDir);

        // we want basic lifecycle tasks like `clean` here.
        project.getPlugins().apply(LifecycleBasePlugin.class);