Hopefully figure out Maven publishing

Why does Gradle have to be like this?

Author: Alexander01998

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: Publish Release
+run-name: "Publish release from ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      distinct_id:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+
+permissions:
+  # Needed to push the tag.
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Echo distinct ID ${{ inputs.distinct_id }}
+      run: echo ${{ inputs.distinct_id }}
+
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        # Include all tags in case the new tag already exists.
+        fetch-tags: true
+
+    - name: Set up Java 25
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+      with:
+        java-version: "25"
+        distribution: "microsoft"
+
+    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+      run: chmod +x gradlew
+
+    - name: Setup Gradle
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: ./gradlew build --stacktrace --warning-mode=fail
+
+    - name: Create and push tag
+      if: ${{ github.ref_type != 'tag' }}
+      run: |
+        VERSION=$(grep "^version=" gradle.properties | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d ' \r')
+        git config --global user.name "Wurst-Bot"
+        git config --global user.email "contact.wurstimperium@gmail.com"
+        git tag "$VERSION"
+        git push origin "$VERSION"
+
+    - name: Publish to staging Maven repository
+      run: ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToStagingRepository --stacktrace
+
+    - name: Set up SSH
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+        chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+        printf '%s\n' "${{ secrets.MAVEN_DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+        chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+        printf '%s\n' "${{ secrets.MAVEN_DEPLOY_KNOWN_HOSTS }}" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+        chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+    - name: Upload to Maven server
+      run: |
+        rsync -rltvz \
+          build/maven-repo/ \
+          "${{ secrets.MAVEN_DEPLOY_USER }}@${{ secrets.MAVEN_DEPLOY_HOST }}:"

build.gradle

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ plugins {
 	id "maven-publish"
 }
 
-group = "net.wimods.gradle"
-version = "0.1.0"
-
 gradlePlugin {
 	plugins {
 		githubCompileSummary {
@@ -14,3 +11,12 @@ gradlePlugin {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+publishing {
+	repositories {
+		maven {
+			name = "staging"
+			url = layout.buildDirectory.dir("maven-repo")
+		}
+	}
+}

gradle.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+group=net.wimods.gradle
+version=0.1.0