This issue is simply here so I don't have to repeat myself too often.

gradle build may finish, it may not. Whatever the case, the current branch most likely won't compile to produce the mod you are looking for. If you want an old release, head to the forums If you want a newer release any earlier, then you'll have to help sort out the mess I've made with the obfuscated runtime environment, and the unobfuscated dev environment.

Also... I know I'm not using git appropriately. I'll probably move to a more considerate workflow where I dev in a feature-branch and merge changes back into the version-branch when it makes sense to do so. Until then, I'm probably going to keep working with the current mess I've made until I can release 1.7.10

1.7.10 is out, and the current branch needs to be cloned into a branch named 1.7.10 (because we flipped half way through). Then an attempt to resurrect something for 1.7.2 would be appropriate, as it's primarily just rewriting the mappings.

It may be worth spending the time to automate the mapping process, as long as its reliable.

I still intend to develop in a feature branch, and merge back into a running version, however don't be surprised if a mainline branch still doesn't build perfectly.

This... should be good moving forward.