-- Make unit tests runnable: pass the real working directory to the test JVM (the inherited user.dir
-- breaks relative test data paths) and skip tests that need network access.

--- build.gradle.orig	2026-10-18 08:58:23 UTC
+++ build.gradle
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
     systemProperties.clear()
     systemProperties.putAll( System.getProperties() )
+    systemProperties['user.dir'] = projectDir.absolutePath
     systemProperties['java.awt.headless'] = 'true'
     systemProperties['make.fail'] = 'false'
     systemProperties['include.longrunning'] = 'false'
@@ -201,6 +202,11 @@ tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
     maxHeapSize = '2g'
     maxParallelForks = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors().intdiv(2) ?: 1
     useJUnitPlatform()
+    filter {
+        // these tests need network access
+        excludeTestsMatching '*Htsget*'
+        excludeTestsMatching '*FileFormatUtilsTest.testDetermineFormat'
+    }
 }
 
 tasks.register('createDist', Copy) {