public class VersionPropertiesLoader {
    static Properties loadBuildSrcVersion(File input, ProviderFactory providerFactory) throws IOException {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        InputStream is = new FileInputStream(input);
        try {
            props.load(is);
        } finally {
            is.close();
        }
        loadBuildSrcVersion(props, providerFactory);
        return props;
    }

// we write this back out below to load it in the Build.java which will be shown in rest main action
// to indicate this being a snapshot build or a release build.
Properties props = VersionPropertiesLoader.loadBuildSrcVersion(project.file('version.properties'), project.getProviders())
version = props.getProperty("elasticsearch")

gradlePlugin {
  // We already configure publication and we don't need or want the one that comes