For a year I've used the following code to copy my changelog to another directory, for Dev and Alpha flavors specifically (not Beta/Prod):

android.applicationVariants.configureEach {
    if (name.toDefaultLowerCase().contains("dev") || name.toDefaultLowerCase().contains("alpha")) {
        preBuildProvider.configure {
            dependsOn("copyChangelog")
        }
    }
}

tasks.register<Copy>("copyChangelog") {
    from("$rootDir/docs/CHANGELOG.md")
    into("src/devsettings/assets")
    rename("CHANGELOG.md", "DevSettingsChangelog.md")
    doFirst {
        // Delete the existing CHANGELOG.md in the destination directory
        // This code can be removed again soon!
        file("$destinationDir/CHANGELOG.md").delete()
    }
}

Now I've upgraded to gradle 9.0, and I have to implement it a little differently.
I've also combined both sections in a single one, see below.
However, it doesn't compile Cannot infer type for type parameter 'FileTypeT'. Specify it explicitly.

androidComponents {
    onVariants { variant ->
        if (variant.flavorName !in setOf("dev", "alpha")) return@onVariants

        val copyTaskName = "copy${variant.name.replaceFirstChar { it.titlecase() }}Assets"

        val copyTask = project.tasks.register<Copy>(copyTaskName) {
            from("$rootDir/docs/CHANGELOG.md")
            into("src/devsettings/assets")
            // into("${project.buildDir}/generated/assets/${variant.dirName}")
            rename { "DevSettingsChangelog.md" }
        }

        variant.artifacts.use(copyTask)
            .wiredWith { task -> task.destinationDir }
            .toReplace(ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY, Artifact.Category.OUTPUTS, "MERGED_ASSETS")
    }
}

This alternative for the last few lines of code doesn't work either:

variant.mergeResourcesProvider.configure {
    dependsOn(copyTask)
}

What can I do to fix this?

Note:
android-gradle-plugin = { module = "com.android.tools.build:gradle", version.ref = "9.0.1" }
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-bin.zip