libs.versions.toml: Lib alias starting with a lowercase letter followed by an uppercase letter don't work when referenced later

[programmerHaaks]

Current Behavior

Libraries (and bundles) declared with a single lowercase letter followed by an uppercase letter don't work. When referencing the lib Gradle can't find it when you build.

An observation/"workaround": If you reference the lib with an uppercase letter instead (without changing the definition to start with an uppercase letter) it works.

Expected Behavior

Using a lowercase letter as the first letter and an uppercase letter as the second letter in a variable name when declaring a library in the libs.versions.toml and referencing it later with the same name should work.

Context (optional)

Some of the libs I use start with a lowercase letter followed by an uppercase one. I wanted to do the same when declaring aliases for them in my libs.versions.toml file.

Steps to Reproduce

Declare a library alias in the libs.versions.toml file that starts with a single lower-case letter that is followed by an upper-case letter. E.g. mLib

Use this library in your build.gradle file
E.g. testImplementation libs.mLib

Build the project. It gives an error like Could not get unknown property 'mLib' for extension 'libs' of type org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs.

Gradle version

8.7

Build scan URL (optional)

No response

Your Environment (optional)

Gradle wrapper 8.7,
Java 17 Temurin,
Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

[programmerHaaks]

Should be labeled "dependency-version-catalog", but I can't add it myself.

[ov7a]

Can you share a MWE, please?

The ideal way to provide a reproducer is to leverage our reproducer template.

[ov7a]

The issue is in the backlog of the relevant team, but the existence of a workaround means it might take a while before a fix is made.

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P.S. I managed to reproduce this, but having a self-contained reproducer with multiple examples would still help.