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            publishing {
                publications {
                    mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                        from components.java
                    }
                }
            }

            signing {
                ${signingConfiguration()}
                sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
                sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
            }

                MavenPublication mainPublication = addMainPublication(publishing, mainComponent);
                addMarkerPublications(mainPublication, publishing, pluginDevelopment);
            }
        });
    }

    private MavenPublication addMainPublication(PublishingExtension publishing, SoftwareComponent mainComponent) {
        MavenPublication publication = publishing.getPublications().maybeCreate("pluginMaven", MavenPublication.class);

    @Issue("https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/12259")
    def "when publishing to maven then name and description from plugin block can be overriden by the publishing block when writing pom"() {
        given:
        plugin('foo', 'com.example.foo', 'pluginName', 'pluginDesc')
        publishToMaven()

        and:
        buildFile << """
            publishing {
                publications.withType(MavenPublication) {

Here's a simple example of defining a publishing repository:

.Declaring repositories to publish to
====

                id("java-library")
                id("maven-publish")
            }
            publishing {
                publications {
                    maven(MavenPublication) {
                        from(components.java)
                    }
                }
            }
            publishing.publications.maven.artifacts // Realize publication component

Here's a simple example of defining a publishing repository:

.Declaring repositories to publish to
====

    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:3.0.21'
}

publishing {
    publications {
        library(MavenPublication) {
            from components.java
        }
    }
    repositories {
        maven {
            url = layout.buildDirectory.dir("publishing-repository")
        }
    }

}

dependencies {
    implementation("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:3.0.21")
}

publishing {
    publications {
        create<MavenPublication>("library") {
            from(components["java"])
        }
    }
    repositories {
        maven {
            url = uri(layout.buildDirectory.dir("publishing-repository"))
        }
    }

// limitations under the License.

[[publishing_portal]]
= Publishing Plugins to the Gradle Plugin Portal
:portal: Gradle Plugin Portal
:plugin: Greeting Plugin
:publishplugin: Plugin Publishing Plugin
:plugin-reference-documentation: https://plugins.gradle.org/docs/publish-plugin[reference documentation of the {publishplugin}]

Publishing a plugin is the primary way to make it available for others to use.