Gradle File Resolution

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Overview

The Project API exposes methods for file resolution inside a project:

Project.file(Object path) and Project.files(Object... paths)

Many methods that accept files as arguments mention that the inputs will be "evaluated as per:

Project.files(Object... paths)

TODO: https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.Project.html#org.gradle.api.Project:files(java.lang.Object[])

CoypSpec

https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/CopySpec.html

org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection

https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/FileCollection.html

Organizatorium

output = new File(buildDir, "test.txt")