Allow using a VersionFactory/Rich Version in for neoForge.version

[Tslat]

The build.gradle line for version in the neoForge block explicitly requires a string.

This is a problem for people who use version catalogues, because it doesn't allow resolution of the version artifact from the catalogue, and forces you to explicitly type the version again as a string

E.G.

neoForge {
  version = "21.1.57" // I have to explicitly type the version string here (or use gradle properties, etc..)
}

I want to be able to use the version I already defined in my version catalogue (as is gradle's recommendation)

neoforge {
  version = libs.versions.neoForge // Version catalogue VersionFactory, same as you'd use for a dependency
}

[Matyrobbrt]

Note that you can use catalogs it by calling get() on the dependency (see https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/platforms.html#ex-using-a-version-declared-in-a-version-catalog)

neoForge {
    version = libs.neoforge.get()
}

[Tslat]

Note that you can use catalogs it by calling get() on the dependency (see https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/platforms.html#ex-using-a-version-declared-in-a-version-catalog)

neoForge {
    version = libs.neoforge.get()
}

No this returns the required version, not the preferred version

Meaning you can't specify a lower required version than preferred version (which is a problem)

I.E. Using this rich version:

Causes MDG to use 21.1.44, not 21.1.57

and worse than that, it doesn't actually return 21.1.44, it returns [21.1.44,) as this is the string equivalent of that rich version notation, so you end up having to manually parse out the symbols yourself to make it even work

Here's what it looks like when you try that:

Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index 60: https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/net/neoforged/neoforge/[21.1.44,)/neoforge-[21.1.44,)-userdev.jar