* marking the file as a build logic input.
 */
fun Project.trimmedContentsOfFile(path: String): Provider<String> =
    providers.fileContents(repoRoot().file(path)).asText.map { it.trim() }

// TODO Simplify the buildTimestamp() calculation if possible
fun Project.buildTimestamp(): Provider<String> =
    providers.of(BuildTimestampValueSource::class) {
        parameters {

            final JsonNode root = objectMapper.readTree(cleanJson);
            final JsonNode node = root.get(key);
            if (node != null && node.isTextual()) {
                return node.asText();
            }
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Failed to parse JSON for key={}. error={}", key, e.getMessage());
            }