failure.assertHasCause("Failed to publish publication 'mavenCustom' to repository 'maven'")
        failure.assertHasCause("Invalid publication 'mavenCustom': artifact file is a directory")
    }

    def "artifact coordinates are evaluated lazily"() {
        given:
        createBuildScripts("""
            publications.create("mavenCustom", MavenPublication) {
                artifact customJar
            }

            publishing {
                repositories {
                    ivy(url = "${ivyRepo.uri}")
                }
                publications {
                    create<IvyPublication>("mavenCustom") {
                        descriptor {
                            status = "custom-status"
                            branch = "custom-branch"
                            license {

        createBuildScripts("""
            def customJar = tasks.register("myJar", Jar) {
                archiveClassifier = 'classy'
            }
            publications {
                mavenCustom(IvyPublication) {
                    artifact(customJar)
                }
            }
        """)

        when:
        succeeds(":publish")

        then:

            version = '1.0'

            publishing {
                repositories {
                    maven { url "${mavenRepo.uri}" }
                }
                publications {
                    mavenCustom(MavenPublication) {
                        pom {
                            packaging = "custom-packaging"
                            name = "custom-name"
                            description = "custom-description"

            publishing {
                repositories {
                    maven(url = "${mavenRepo.uri}")
                }
                publications {
                    create<MavenPublication>("mavenCustom") {
                        pom {
                            packaging = "custom-packaging"
                            name.set("custom-name")
                            description.set("custom-description")