Using PropertiesFileTransformer broken with version 8.3.7

[cmuchinsky]

Expected and Results

After upgrading from com.gradleup.shadow 8.3.6 to 8.3.7, my builds started failing with a java.lang.StackOverflowError exception:

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':xxx:shadowJar'.
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.lambda$executeIfValid$1(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:130)
        at org.gradle.internal.Try$Failure.ifSuccessfulOrElse(Try.java:293)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeIfValid(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:128)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:116)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ProblemsTaskPathTrackingTaskExecuter.execute(ProblemsTaskPathTrackingTaskExecuter.java:41)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.FinalizePropertiesTaskExecuter.execute(FinalizePropertiesTaskExecuter.java:46)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskExecutionModeExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskExecutionModeExecuter.java:51)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:57)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:74)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:36)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.executeTask(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:77)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.call(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:55)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.call(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:52)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:210)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:205)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:67)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:60)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:167)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:60)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.call(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:54)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter.execute(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:52)
        at org.gradle.execution.plan.LocalTaskNodeExecutor.execute(LocalTaskNodeExecutor.java:42)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$InvokeNodeExecutorsAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:331)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$InvokeNodeExecutorsAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:318)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.lambda$execute$0(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:314)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.CurrentBuildOperationRef.with(CurrentBuildOperationRef.java:85)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:314)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareExecutionAction.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:303)
        at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.execute(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:459)
        at org.gradle.execution.plan.DefaultPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.run(DefaultPlanExecutor.java:376)
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.AbstractManagedExecutor$1.run(AbstractManagedExecutor.java:48)
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
        at java.base/jdk.internal.util.StrongReferenceKey.equals(StrongReferenceKey.java:69)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.util.ReferencedKeyMap.getNoCheckStale(ReferencedKeyMap.java:215)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.util.ReferencedKeyMap.get(ReferencedKeyMap.java:208)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.util.ReferencedKeySet.get(ReferencedKeySet.java:173)
        at org.gradle.internal.classpath.intercept.DefaultCallSiteDecorator.lambda$maybeInstrumentedDynamicCallViaMethodHandle$1(DefaultCallSiteDecorator.java:168)
        at org.gradle.internal.classpath.InstrumentedGroovyCallsHelper.withEntryPoint(InstrumentedGroovyCallsHelper.java:34)
        at org.gradle.internal.classpath.intercept.DefaultCallSiteDecorator.maybeInstrumentedDynamicCallViaMethodHandle(DefaultCallSiteDecorator.java:168)
        at org.gradle.internal.instrumentation.api.groovybytecode.MethodHandleInvocation.callNext(MethodHandleInvocation.java:64)
        at org.gradle.internal.classpath.generated.InterceptorDeclaration_ConfigCacheGroovyInterceptors$LengthCallInterceptor.intercept(InterceptorDeclaration_ConfigCacheGroovyInterceptors.java:296)
        at org.gradle.internal.instrumentation.api.groovybytecode.AbstractCallInterceptor.interceptMethodHandle(AbstractCallInterceptor.java:61)
        at com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal.CleanProperties$StripCommentsWithTimestampBufferedWriter.<init>(CleanProperties.groovy:12)
        at org.gradle.internal.instrumentation.api.groovybytecode.MethodHandleInvocation.callNext(MethodHandleInvocation.java:64)
        at org.gradle.internal.classpath.intercept.DefaultCallSiteDecorator$1.intercept(DefaultCallSiteDecorator.java:88)
        at org.gradle.internal.instrumentation.api.groovybytecode.AbstractCallInterceptor.interceptMethodHandle(AbstractCallInterceptor.java:61)
        at com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal.CleanProperties.store(CleanProperties.groovy:32)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
        at com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal.CleanProperties.store(CleanProperties.groovy:32)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
        ...

I have tracked this down to the usage of :

shadowJar {
    ...
    transform(PropertiesFileTransformer::class.java) {
        paths = listOf("foo", "bar")
        mergeStrategy = "latest"
    }
}

### Related environment and versions

Gradle 8.14.2

### Reproduction steps

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### Anything else?

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