Use researchgate's release plugin

Author: debuglevel

build.gradle

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ plugins {
     // Gradle dependency update checker; run by "dependencyUpdates" task
     id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.20.0"
 
+    // Release version with "gradle release"
+    id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.6.0'
+
     // Create start scripts
     // Is executed on "build" task but not on e.g. "jar" task
     id 'application'
@@ -27,13 +30,11 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'de.debuglevel.greeting'
-version '0.0.2-SNAPSHOT'
 
 // application plugin configuration
 applicationName = "Greeting Microservice"
 mainClassName = "de.debuglevel.greeting.rest.MainKt"
 
-
 repositories {
     jcenter()
     maven {
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@ buildScan {
     publishAlways()
 }
 
+// Configuration of net.researchgate.release plugin
+release {
+    failOnCommitNeeded = false
+    failOnUnversionedFiles = false
+}
+
 test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 

gradle.properties

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+# Application version
+version=0.0.2-SNAPSHOT
+# other settings
 kotlin.code.style=official