build_tasks.gradle

// new Gradle build tasks
task warNoStatic(type: War) {
  // omit the version from the war file name
  version = ''
  exclude '**/assets/**'
  manifest {
    attributes
      'Manifest-Version': '1.0',
      'Created-By': currentJvm,
      'Gradle-Version': GradleVersion.current().getVersion(),
      'Implementation-Title': archivesBaseName + '.war',
      'Implementation-Version': artifact_version,
      'Implementation-Vendor': 'Gary A. Stafford'
  }
}

task warCopy(type: Copy) {
  from 'build/libs'
  into 'build/distributions'
  include '**/*.war'
}

task zipGetVersion (type: Task) {
  ext.versionfile =
    new File("${projectDir}/src/main/webapp/assets/buildinfo.properties")
  versionfile.text = 'build.version=' + artifact_version
}

task zipStatic(type: Zip) {
  from 'src/main/webapp/assets'
  appendix = 'static'
  version = ''
}