Publish experimental versions to maven

.github/workflows/publish-exp.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Publish
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'exp/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container:
+      image: eclipse-temurin:17-jdk
+      options: --user root
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+
+      # Generate the build number based on tags to allow per branch build numbers, not something github provides by default.
+      - name: Generate build number
+        id: buildnumber
+        uses: onyxmueller/build-tag-number@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+          prefix: "build/exp/${{ github.ref }}"
+
+      - run: ./gradlew build publish -x test --stacktrace
+        env:
+          MAVEN_URL: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_URL }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+          EXPERIMENTAL: true

build.gradle

@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ def baseVersion = '1.7'
 
 def ENV = System.getenv()
 if (ENV.BUILD_NUMBER) {
-	version = baseVersion + '.' + ENV.BUILD_NUMBER
+	if (ENV.EXPERIMENTAL) {
+		version = baseVersion + '.0-alpha.' + ENV.BUILD_NUMBER
+	} else {
+		version = baseVersion + '.' + ENV.BUILD_NUMBER
+	}
 } else {
 	version = baseVersion + '.local'
 }