Update annotations so they don't require a `@get:` prefix in Kotlin about gradle HOT 5 OPEN

Just as additional information as I had a cursory look already.
I think to support something like that, you would need annotations that are written in Kotlin so that they can have the property target.
And additionally the description of that target says "annotations with this target are not visible to Java", so you would most probably also need the consuming code in Kotlin so that it can see those annotations with "property" target.

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If you read it as

private val _a2: Property<String> = objects.property()

@get:Input
val a2: Provider<String> get() = _a2

it makes more sense.

Besides that as you have a getter, you could actually annotate the getter directly instead of the property already like

private val _a2: Property<String> = objects.property()
val a2: Provider<String> @Input get() = _a2

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We should do this. Not sure when.

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Another question that might be interesting on this topic is: How will these annotations work with Java Records?

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Note that a2 in the example snippet doesn't make sense as a new property would be returned each time a2 is accessed.

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