FAILURE: Build failed with an exception: Could not read 'https://git.io/JqJiC' as it does not exist.

[Aleph]

Is this safe to remove from the code?

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Script '/home/preston/Zomboid/mods/pz-zmod-2.4.0/distribution.gradle' line: 5

• What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating script.

Could not read 'https://git.io/JqJiC' as it does not exist.

• Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

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BUILD FAILED in 1s
2:39:19 PM: Execution finished 'initModInfo'.

[Jaguar]

hello, I faced same issue with that
it's related with two issues:

• 'https://git.io/JqJiC' link owner changed their id from yooksi to matshou
• anyway git.io short link will be deprecated soon

so if you want to just solve this then replace it as below

apply from: 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/matshou/540f0c59633cd0f857a74848be7ccfc3/raw/changelog.gradle'

maybe you already solved or not working on this repo, anyway hope it helps