Suggested DSL adaptation for publising to Bintray

publishToBintrayDSLSuggestion.gradle

// FOR THE IMPATIENT: Final solution at the end

// Classic Ivy style to publish to Bintray.
// This requires the package to be pre-created, possibly by manual process on website
// or via call such as https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/BintrayPackage.groovy
uploadArchives {
  repositories {
    ivy {
      url 'http://api.bintray.com/ysb33r/grysb33r/gnumake-gradle-plugin/0.0.3'
        credentials {
          username = 'ysb33r'
          password = bintray_api_key
        }
    }
}
  
// It would be create if everything could be combined into a single configuration
// Such a setup should be able to handle either IVY or MAVEN and also create the 
// package metadata on Bintray if it does not exist.

// Proposal #1
// bintray {} will return an IvyArtifactRepository (or a MavenArtifactRepository)
// Drawback: Specifying type=bintray.IVY looks a bit a stupid
uploadArchives {
  repositories {
    bintray {
      username = 'ysb33r'
      password = bintray_api_key
      repository = 'grysb33r'
      package = 'gnumake-gradle-plugin'
      type = bintray.IVY
      description = 'This is an example to simplifying bintray publishing'
      descUrl = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/BintrayPackage.groovy' 
      tags = ['gradle']
      // Listing version here, but should really be determined from project version
      version = '0.0.3'
    }
  }
}

// Proposal #2
// This relies on 'bintray' being a closure which is being called
// Unknowns: 
//   [1] How to get inject 'bintray' so it can be resovled by ivy. Metaclass addition?
//   [2] How to inject the dependency to call the package metdata creation task first
uploadArchives {
  repositories {
    ivy bintray {
      username = 'ysb33r'
      password = bintray_api_key
      repository = 'grysb33r'
      package = 'gnumake-gradle-plugin'
      description = 'This is an example to simplifying bintray publishing'
      descUrl = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/BintrayPackage.groovy' 
      tags = ['gradle']
      // Listing version here, but should really be determined from project version
      version = '0.0.3'
    }
  }
}

// Proposal #3
// This one is slightly simpler
// It might actually be the easiest to implement, although it will
// still require to call package metadata creation first
uploadArchives {
  repositories {
    bintrayIvyDeployer {
      username = 'ysb33r'
      password = bintray_api_key
      repository = 'grysb33r'
      package = 'gnumake-gradle-plugin'
      description = 'This is an example to simplifying bintray publishing'
      descUrl = 'https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/BintrayPackage.groovy' 
      tags = ['gradle']
      // Listing version here, but should really be determined from project version
      version = '0.0.3'
    }
  }
}
 
 
// Final solution as it has been implemented in
//  https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/tree/RELEASE_0_0_9/bintray/src/main/groovy/org/ysb33r/gradle/bintray
// and available as a plugin

uploadArchives  {
  repositories {
 
        // Publishing as ivy              
  	bintrayIvyDeployer {
			username    'someBintrayUser'
      apiKey      'SomeBinTrayUsersApiKey'
      repoOwner   'ysb33r'
      repoName    'grysb33r'
      packageName 'someNewPackageToBePublished'
      description 'This is an example to simplifying bintray publishing'
      descUrl     'https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/BintrayPackage.groovy'
      tags        'gradle','bintray'
    }
       
		// Publishing as maven
		bintrayMavenDeployer {
			username    'someBintrayUser'
      apiKey      'SomeBinTrayUsersApiKey'
      repoOwner   'ysb33r'
      repoName    'grysb33r'
      packageName 'someNewPackageToBePublished'
      description 'This is an example to simplifying bintray publishing'
      descUrl     'https://github.com/ysb33r/Gradle/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/BintrayPackage.groovy'
      tags        'gradle','bintray'
    }
  }
}