});

        TaskProvider<LoggedExec> fetchLatestTaskProvider = tasks.register("fetchLatest", LoggedExec.class, fetchLatest -> {
            var gitFetchLatest = project.getProviders()
                .systemProperty("tests.bwc.git_fetch_latest")
                .forUseAtConfigurationTime()
                .orElse("true")
                .map(fetchProp -> {
                    if ("true".equals(fetchProp)) {

==== Skip fetching latest

For some BWC testing scenarios, you want to use the local clone of the
repository without fetching latest. For these use cases, you can set the system
property `tests.bwc.git_fetch_latest` to `false` and the BWC builds will skip
fetching the latest from the remote.

== Testing in FIPS 140-2 mode

We have a CI matrix job that periodically runs all our tests with the JVM configured