Gradle Settings script/code that allows you to have any (*matching*) directory structure for your gradle modules

auto-project-dir.gradle.kts

val ProjectDescriptor.descendants: Sequence<ProjectDescriptor>
  get() = children.asSequence().flatMap { sequenceOf(it) + it.descendants }
  
gradle.settingsEvaluated {
  rootProject.descendants.forEach {

    // Given path - :tooling:idea-plugin OR :tooling-idea-plugin
    val path = it.path

    // after splitting - [tooling, idea, plugin]
    val splitPath = path.trim(':').replace(':', '-').split('-')

    // path candidates - /tooling/idea/plugin, /tooling/idea-plugin, /tooling-idea-plugin
    val filePathCandidates = generateSequence(splitPath) {
      if (it.size <= 1) null else it.dropLast(2) + it.takeLast(2).joinToString("-")
    }

    // first directory that exists becomes project path
    // todo: maybe first directory with a build.gradle.kts?? 🤔
    filePathCandidates
      .map { file(it.joinToString(File.separator)) }
      .firstOrNull(File::isDirectory)
      ?.let { project(path).projectDir = it }
  }
}