Working Directory for Gradle Configure is the extension, not the project folder

[mattjhussey]

Extension Name: vscode-gradle
Extension Version: 3.16.4 (but tested back to 3.7.0)
OS Version: Windows 11
VSCode version: 1.93.1

Describe the bug
The working directory when configuring a gradle build is incorrect and set to: "c:\Users<user>.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.16.4\lib. This means that having script that accesses files for capturing versions or running git in the repo fail.

To Reproduce
Add a file like this to the root:

plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
}

android {
    namespace = "things"
    compileSdk = 34

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId = "things"
        minSdk = 21
        targetSdk = 34

        println("Current working directory: ${System.getProperty("user.dir")}")

        versionName = "1.0"
        versionCode = 1
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            isMinifyEnabled = false
            proguardFiles(
                getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                "proguard-rules.pro"
            )
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
    buildFeatures {
        viewBinding = true
    }
}

dependencies {

    implementation(libs.androidx.core.ktx)
    implementation(libs.androidx.appcompat)
    implementation(libs.material)
    implementation(libs.androidx.constraintlayout)
    implementation(libs.androidx.navigation.fragment.ktx)
    implementation(libs.androidx.navigation.ui.ktx)
    testImplementation(libs.junit)
    androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
    androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.espresso.core)
}

Expected behavior
The working directory should be the working directory of the project. I have tested and this is the behaviour of intellij and the CLI when running the same gradle project.

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Output from "Gradle for Java"
You can find this by clicking on the "Output" panel, then selecting the "Gradle for Java" channel from the dropdown.

[error] Error getting build for c:\Users\<user>\Documents\workspace\thing: The supplied build action failed with an exception.
[info] Found 0 tasks
[error] [gradle-server] The supplied build action failed with an exception.
[info] Build file changed: c:\Users\<user>\Documents\workspace\thing\app\build.gradle.kts
[debug] Refreshing tasks
[info] Java Home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.5
[info] JVM Args: --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED,--add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED,-Xmx2048m,-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8,-Duser.country=GB,-Duser.language=en,-Duser.variant
[info] Gradle User Home: C:\Users\<user>\.gradle
[info] Gradle Version: 8.9
[info] > Configure project :app
Current working directory: c:\Users\<user>\.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.16.4\lib

Does the bug still exist if you disable all other extensions?
Yes

Additional context
Does not match the standard behaviour of a gradle build.

[jdneo]

Looks like the same issue as #1572