Is it possible to configure the java-library-distribution lib directory name

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1

When I generate my distZip with the new java-library-distribution plugin, it places the dependencies in ./lib in the zip file. Is it possible to customize the name of the directory it places those in?

2

Also, does this plugin have the ability to include all of the normal dependencies into a library-distribution or does it only support manually specifying .jars (as the Gradle documentation suggests) ???

For example:

apply plugin: 'java-library-distribution'
dependencies {
    runtime files('libraries/a.jar')
   // how do I specify "all" runtime dependencies here?
}
distribution {
    name = 'MyLibraryDistribution'
}
3

If I am understanding you correctly, are you asking if you can pull in dependencies from repositories? If so, then yes, I believe it takes any artifacts in your runtime configuration and places them in the lib directory of the zip that is created.

4

More specifically, check out Example 44.4 here:

http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/dependency_management.html

You can also define project dependencies in a multi-project setup:

runtime project(':path:to:project')
5

I tried your suggestion and it didn’t work for me. I will experiment more later though and hopefully figure it out.