* @return the new first entry for the table
     */
    @GuardedBy("this")
    @Nullable E removeFromChain(E first, E entry) {
      int newCount = count;
      E newFirst = entry.getNext();
      for (E e = first; e != entry; e = e.getNext()) {
        E next = copyEntry(e, newFirst);
        if (next != null) {
          newFirst = next;
        } else {
          newCount--;
        }
      }

            task.getMilestone().convention(project.getProviders().fileContents(project.getIsolated().getRootProject().getProjectDirectory().file("version.txt")).getAsText().map(String::trim));
        });

        tasks.register("updateFixedIssuesInReleaseNotes", UpdateFixedIssuesInReleaseNotes.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("release notes");

        ReferenceEntry<K, V> first, ReferenceEntry<K, V> entry) {
      int newCount = count;
      ReferenceEntry<K, V> newFirst = entry.getNext();
      for (ReferenceEntry<K, V> e = first; e != entry; e = e.getNext()) {
        ReferenceEntry<K, V> next = copyEntry(e, newFirst);
        if (next != null) {
          newFirst = next;
        } else {
          removeCollectedEntry(e);

        ReferenceEntry<K, V> first, ReferenceEntry<K, V> entry) {
      int newCount = count;
      ReferenceEntry<K, V> newFirst = entry.getNext();
      for (ReferenceEntry<K, V> e = first; e != entry; e = e.getNext()) {
        ReferenceEntry<K, V> next = copyEntry(e, newFirst);
        if (next != null) {
          newFirst = next;
        } else {
          removeCollectedEntry(e);

                    if (!first) {
                        buf.append(',');
                    }
                    first = false;

                    buf.append("{\"text\":\"").append(StringEscapeUtils.escapeJson(item.getText())).append('\"');
                    buf.append(",\"labels\":[");
                    for (int i = 0; i < item.getTags().length; i++) {
                        if (i > 0) {
                            buf.append(',');