Failure to select a strategy may result in Failed to apply plugin class 'org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin'.

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id("nebula.release") version "17.1.0"

When trying the plugin to replace yet another git based versioning plugin I stumbled on this error:

* What went wrong:
Failed to apply plugin class 'org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin'.
> Could not create domain object 'test' (JvmTestSuite)

The actual issue is hidden, I found it by running the same command with --stacktrace, I believe the plugin should instead log an error rather than failing with an exception, so it can be diagnosed more easily. The actual message is ok No version strategies were selected. Run build with --info for more detail..

* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.PluginApplicationException: Failed to apply plugin class 'org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin'.
        at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultPluginManager.doApply(DefaultPluginManager.java:173)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultPluginManager.apply(DefaultPluginManager.java:151)
        at org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaLibraryPlugin.apply(JavaLibraryPlugin.java:51)
        at org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaLibraryPlugin.apply(JavaLibraryPlugin.java:40)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.ImperativeOnlyPluginTarget.applyImperative(ImperativeOnlyPluginTarget.java:43)
        ...

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not create domain object 'test' (JvmTestSuite)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultNamedDomainObjectCollection$AbstractDomainObjectCreatingProvider.domainObjectCreationException(DefaultNamedDomainObjectCollection.java:976)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.DefaultNamedDomainObjectCollection$AbstractDomainObjectCreatingProvider.tryCreate(DefaultNamedDomainObjectCollection.java:948)
        ...

Caused by: org.gradle.api.GradleException: No version strategies were selected. Run build with --info for more detail.
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectConstructorHandleAccessor.newInstance(DirectConstructorHandleAccessor.java:67)
        at nebula.plugin.release.git.base.ReleasePluginExtension$DelayedVersion.infer(ReleasePluginExtension.groovy:119)
        at nebula.plugin.release.git.base.ReleasePluginExtension$DelayedVersion.toString(ReleasePluginExtension.groovy:129)
        ...