Specify distribution via java-version-file #646

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1. tsawada

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3. v-priya-kinthali commented on Jul 18, 2024

   

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   Hello @tsawada 👋,
   Thank you for this feature request. We will investigate it and get back to you as soon as we have some feedback.
4. skateball commented on Feb 11, 2025

   

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   Hi @tsawada ,
   have you checked to not use a distribution in the yml file?

   To me the following should work and use a recent temurin 21 release

   steps:
   - uses: actions/checkout@v4
   - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
     with:
       java-version: '21'
   - run: java HelloWorldApp.java

   Regards Christian
5. lukaszgyg commented on Mar 24, 2026

   

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   Related work landed in PR #975: it makes distribution optional when java-version-file points to a .sdkmanrc that already carries the SDKMAN distribution suffix, for example java=21.0.5-tem.
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7. brunoborges commented on Jun 23, 2026

   

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   Tracked under the epic #1048 (infer Java version/distribution from project files), which groups the related file-based detection requests for consistent design. This issue stays open as the specific sub-request.
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10. Copilot

    linked a pull request that will close this issueSupport inferring distribution from .java-version and .tool-versions files #1076on Jul 7, 2026
11. brunoborges commented on Jul 7, 2026

    

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    TO my knowledge, .java-version from jEnv does not take distribution. And it is unclear if asdf supports as well. Support for SDKMAN was added recently.
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    closed this as not plannedon Jul 7, 2026