add support for specifying the gradle distribution in the gradle-version argument

Author: rmarma

src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/CommandLineParser.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public InvocationSettings parseSettings(String[] args) throws IOException, Setti
         parser.nonOptions("The scenarios or task names to run");
         ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<File> projectOption = parser.accepts("project-dir", "The directory containing the build to run")
             .withRequiredArg().ofType(File.class).defaultsTo(new File(".").getCanonicalFile());
-        ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<String> gradleVersionOption = parser.accepts("gradle-version", "Gradle version or installation to use to run build")
+        ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<String> gradleVersionOption = parser.accepts("gradle-version", "Gradle version, distribution or installation to use to run build")
             .withRequiredArg();
         ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<File> gradleUserHomeOption = parser.accepts("gradle-user-home", "The Gradle user home to use")
             .withRequiredArg()

src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/gradle/DefaultGradleBuildConfigurationReader.java

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ private GradleBuildConfiguration doResolveVersion(String versionString) {
             if (versionString.matches("\\d+(\\.\\d+)+(-.+)?")) {
                 return probe(connector().useGradleVersion(versionString));
             }
+            try {
+                URI distributionUri = URI.create(versionString);
+                return probe(connector().useDistribution(distributionUri));
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                // do nothing because versionString is not gradle distribution uri
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Could not locate Gradle distribution for requested version '" + versionString + "'.", e);
         }