The build state is managed by the `BuildState` class.
An instance is created for each build in the build definition, once per build execution and is discarded at the end of the execution. 

The build state also includes what is currently called the "Gradle state". The Gradle state is being merged into the build state and is mostly empty.

### Project state

## Build state model

As Gradle executes, it acts on various pieces of the build definition, such as each project in the build.
Gradle tracks the state of each piece and transitions each piece through its lifecycle as the build runs.

A central part of the Gradle architecture is the "build state model", which holds the state for each piece and coordinates state transitions and other mutations. 

import java.io.File


private
val dirVersionPattern = "\\d+\\.\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(-\\w+)*(-\\d{14}[+-]\\d{4})?".toRegex()


val logger = Logging.getLogger("gradlebuild.cleanup")


/**
 * Removes state for versions that we're unlikely to ever need again, such as old snapshot versions.
 */
fun FileSystemOperations.removeOldVersionsFromDir(dir: Directory, shouldDelete: Spec<GradleVersion>, dirPrefix: String = "", dirSuffix: String = "") {

The platforms and modules are defined using a DSL in [settings.gradle.kts](../settings.gradle.kts)

            (candidateVersion.isSnapshot && candidateVersion < gradleVersion)
                || candidateVersion.version.endsWith("-snapshot-1")
        }

        // Remove state for old versions of Gradle that we're unlikely to ever require again
        fileSystemOperations.removeOldVersionsFromDir(workerDir.dir("caches"), expireDistributionCache)

        // Remove scripts caches

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