Instead of an archive task, we can also use a file as an artifact. Gradle tries to extract the extension and classifier properties from the filename. We can also configure these properties ourselves when we add the file as a publication artifact.
In the following example build file, we use the src/files/README and src/files/COPYRIGHT files as publication artifacts:
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
publishing {
publications {
documentation(MavenPublication) {
// Use file name as a publication artifact.
artifact 'src/files/README'
artifact('src/files/COPYRIGHT') {
// Each file artifact must have a
// unique classifier and extension.
classifier = 'metaInformation'
}
// Alternative syntax is with
// the Map notation:
// artifact source: 'src/files/README'
// artifact source: 'src/files/COPYRIGHT',
// extension: 'metaInformation'
}
}
}