diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
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+plugins {
+    //id 'groovy-gradle-plugin'
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+}
+
+def log4jVersion = providers.environmentVariable("LOG4J_VERSION").getOrElse("2.25.0")
+
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+    // Test compatibility of `compileOnly` dependencies with Java 8
+    //
+    // See: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/33964
+    options.release = 8
+    options.compilerArgs.add("-Werror") // treat all warnings as errors
+    options.compilerArgs.add("-Xlint:all") // includes 'classfile' check
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation gradleApi()
+
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${log4jVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${log4jVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"    
+}
+
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
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diff --git a/buildSrc/gradle.properties b/buildSrc/gradle.properties
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diff --git a/buildSrc/settings.gradle b/buildSrc/settings.gradle
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diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/example/MyCustomTask.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/example/MyCustomTask.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.example;
+
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+
+public class MyCustomTask extends DefaultTask {
+    @TaskAction
+    public void run() {
+        System.out.println("Custom task executed!");
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/log4j-samples-gradle-metadata/settings.gradle b/log4j-samples-gradle-metadata/settings.gradle
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