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Steps to Reproduce

1. Use an existing Java project using the JReleaser Gradle plugin version 1.15.
2. Upgrade the plugin to version 1.16.
3. Try running any of the Gradle JReleaser tasks that extend AbstractJReleaserTask. It will fail.

The project where I found out about this issue is on GitHub and it's this one.
Logs from the failure.

Expected Behaviour

The task runs successfully, as it used to before upgrading the JReleaser Gradle plugin.

Actual Behaviour

The following error is thrown for any of the Gradle JReleaser tasks that extend AbstractJReleaserTask.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem was found with the configuration of task ':jreleaserDeploy' (type 'JReleaserDeployTask').
  - In plugin 'org.jreleaser' type 'org.jreleaser.gradle.plugin.tasks.JReleaserDeployTask' property 'outputDirectory' specifies directory '/home/runner/work/arconia/arconia/build/jreleaser' which doesn't exist.
    
    Reason: An input file was expected to be present but it doesn't exist.
    
    Possible solutions:
      1. Make sure the directory exists before the task is called.
      2. Make sure that the task which produces the directory is declared as an input.
    
    For more information, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.12/userguide/validation_problems.html#input_file_does_not_exist in the Gradle documentation.

Environment Information

• Operating System: macOS/Ubuntu
• JReleaser Version: 1.16.0
• JDK Version: 23
• Gradle Version: 8.12

Since all tasks fail, the [out|build|target]/jreleaser/trace.log file is not produced.