try {
            if (result.hasExceptions()) {
                return result;
            }

            result.setTopologicallySortedProjects(session.getProjects());

            result.setProject(session.getTopLevelProject());

            validatePrerequisitesForNonMavenPluginProjects(session.getProjects());

            validateRequiredProfiles(session, request.getProfileActivation());

        TestFile zipFile = file(path);
        zip.setDestFile(zipFile);
        zip.setBasedir(this);
        zip.setExcludes("**");
        zip.setProject(new Project());
        zip.execute();
        return zipFile;
    }

    public TestFile zipTo(TestFile zipFile) {
        return zipTo(zipFile, false);
    }

==== Discontinued methods
The following methods have been discontinued and should no longer be used. They will be removed in Gradle 7.0.

- `BasePluginConvention.setProject(ProjectInternal)`
- `BasePluginConvention.getProject()`
- `StartParameter.useEmptySettings()`
- `StartParameter.isUseEmptySettings()`

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