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build.gradle

@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ import java.time.Instant
 
 buildscript {
     // load properties from custom location
-    def propsFile = Paths.get("${projectDir}/../../gradle.properties").normalize()
-    if (propsFile.toFile().canRead()) {
+    def propsFile = Paths.get("${projectDir}/../../gradle.properties").normalize().toFile()
+    if (propsFile.canRead()) {
         println("Loading custom property data from: ${propsFile}")
 
         def props = new Properties()
         propsFile.withInputStream {props.load(it)}
         props.each {key, val -> project.ext.set(key, val)}
+    } else {
+        ext.sonatypeUsername = ""
+        ext.sonatypePassword = ""
     }
 
+
     // for plugin publishing and license sources
     repositories {
         maven {url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"}
@@ -256,8 +260,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    // utilities only
-    compileOnly project.ext['utilitiesDeps']
+    // utilities dependencies compile only (this is so the IDE can compile the util source)
+    compileOnly project.ext['utilities']
 
 
     api 'com.dorkbox:ShellExecutor:1.1'