Shadow & Release plugin

build.gradle

buildscript {
  repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public"}
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:1.0.3'
    classpath 'com.github.townsfolk:gradle-release:1.2'
  }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'release'
apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'

version '1.0'
repositories {
  jcenter()
}

dependencies {
  compile 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:1.0.3'
  runtime 'com.github.townsfolk:gradle-release:1.2'
}

def versionDependency = "version_dependencies.conf"
shadowJar {
  classifier = ''
  from versionDependency
  mergeServiceFiles()
}

jar {
  manifest {
        attributes('Implementation-Title': 'Gradle',
                'Implementation-Version': version,
                'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
                'Built-Date': new Date(),
                'Built-JDK': System.getProperty('java.version'),
                'Class-Path': configurations.runtime.files.collect { it.name }.join(' '))
    }
}

version_dependencies.conf

some conf file