[BUG FIX] Fix path resolution for executables

Author: rasharab

build.gradle.kts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ plugins {
     id("com.cinnober.gradle.semver-git") version "3.0.0"
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.7.10"
     id("org.gradle.test-retry") version "1.5.0"
+    `maven-publish`
 }
 
 group = "com.github.node-gradle"
@@ -59,6 +60,35 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:5.15.0")
 }
 
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("mavenJava") {
+            from(components["java"])
+            groupId = "com.github.node-gradle"
+            artifactId = "gradle-node-plugin"
+            version = project.version.toString()
+            pom {
+                name.set("Gradle Node.js Plugin")
+                description.set("Gradle plugin for executing Node.js scripts. Supports npm, pnpm, Yarn, and Bun.")
+                url.set("https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin")
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name.set("Apache License, Version 2.0")
+                        url.set("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "localMaven"
+            url = uri("${buildDir}/maven-repo")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 tasks.compileTestGroovy {
     // Should be
     // classpath += files(sourceSets.test.get().kotlin.classesDirectory)

src/main/kotlin/com/github/gradle/node/exec/ExecRunner.kt

@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@ fun computeWorkingDir(nodeProjectDir: DirectoryProperty, execConfiguration: Exec
     return workingDir
 }
 
+/**
+ * Helper function to find the best matching executable in the system PATH.
+ *
+ * @param executableName The name of the executable to search for.
+ * @return The best matching executable path as a String.
+ */
+fun findBestExecutableMatch(executableName: String): String {
+    val pathVariable = System.getenv("PATH") ?: return executableName
+    val paths = pathVariable.split(File.pathSeparator)
+    for (path in paths) {
+        val executableFile = File(path, executableName)
+        if (executableFile.exists() && executableFile.canExecute()) {
+            return executableFile.absolutePath
+        }
+    }
+    return executableName  // Return the original executable if no match is found
+}
+
 /**
  * Basic execution runner that runs a given ExecConfiguration.
  *
@@ -43,8 +61,9 @@ fun computeWorkingDir(nodeProjectDir: DirectoryProperty, execConfiguration: Exec
  */
 class ExecRunner {
     fun execute(projectHelper: ProjectApiHelper, extension: NodeExtension, execConfiguration: ExecConfiguration): ExecResult {
+        val executablePath = findBestExecutableMatch(execConfiguration.executable)
         return projectHelper.exec {
-            executable = execConfiguration.executable
+            executable = executablePath
             args = execConfiguration.args
             environment = computeEnvironment(execConfiguration)
             isIgnoreExitValue = execConfiguration.ignoreExitValue