Use the application plugin.

Preparing for automated releases.

README.md

@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ search for multiple patterns, Ack cannot replace text in files, and I don't care
 
 ## Installation
 
+### From release
+
+Unzip/untar the release package to a directory you prefer, e.g. `~/programs/`, and rename
+`~/programs/search-<VERSION>` to `~/programs/search`.
+
+Then the executable to run is `~/programs/search/bin/search`, however, please see
+chapter _Usage_ about how to make the tool easier to use.
+
+### From source
+
 Execute the following steps:
 
 ```text
@@ -126,22 +136,24 @@ $ cd search
 $ gw assemble
 ```
 
+Then either you can unpack the distribution package in `search-app/build/distributions` as described
+in the previous section, or you can run `gw installDist` and use `search-app/build/install/search`
+as the extracted location.
+
 Optionally, to ensure you got a working revision:
 
 ```text
 $ gw test integrationTest
 ```
 
-Then to make it easier to use, see next section.
-
 ## Usage
 
 ### Usage tips
 
 1. Create a configuration file at `~/.search.conf`, then put generic file path exclude patterns
 	there. See configuration example below.
 
-2. Optionally, create a configuration file for each project, eg. under `./!local`, and
+2. *Optionally*, create a configuration file for each project, eg. under `./.local`, and
 	put your project-specific exclude patterns in there. (Exclude everything that makes your
 	results shown practically twice. Usually you want to exclude build directories.)
 
@@ -155,11 +167,11 @@ Then to make it easier to use, see next section.
 	search() {
 		local args=''
 
-		if [ -f './!local/.search.conf' ]; then
-			args='-c ./!local/.search.conf'
+		if [ -f '.local/search.conf' ]; then
+			args='-c .local/search.conf'
 		fi
 
-		~/projects/search/search-app/build/distributions/search $args "$@"
+		~/programs/search/bin/search $args "$@"
 	}
 
 	# Also add a much shorter alias because we hate typing.

search-app/build.gradle

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
 	id 'groovy'
 	id 'org.unbroken-dome.test-sets' version '3.0.1'
 	id 'codenarc'
+	id 'application'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -10,36 +11,26 @@ dependencies {
 	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.0'
 }
 
-tasks.register('fatJar', Jar) {
-	dependsOn 'jar'
-	archiveBaseName = "${project.name}-standalone"
-
-	manifest {
-		attributes 'Implementation-Title': 'Search App (Standalone)',
-				'Implementation-Version': archiveVersion,
-				'Main-Class': 'search.Search'
-	}
+application {
+	applicationName = 'search'
+	mainClass = 'search.Search'
+}
 
-	from {
-		configurations.compileClasspath.collect {
-			it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it)
+distributions {
+	main {
+		contents {
+			from("$rootDir/README.md") {
+				into 'docs'
+			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	with jar
-	duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
 }
 
-tasks.register('generateSearchScript', Copy) {
-	from 'etc/search_tmpl'
-	into "${buildDir}/${distsDirName}"
-	rename { file -> 'search' }
-	expand System: System, fatJar: fatJar
-	fileMode = 0755
-}
-
-tasks.named('assemble').configure {
-	dependsOn 'fatJar', 'generateSearchScript'
+tasks.named('jar').configure {
+	manifest {
+		attributes 'Implementation-Title': 'Search App',
+				'Implementation-Version': archiveVersion
+	}
 }
 
 testSets {