Override file in Gradle build dependency jar

Question

I would like to output a jar which internally contains my dependency jar but overrides a particular file in the dependency jar with my own. I am using gradle build. Can someone help me with this? The task which build jar for me: jar { archiveName "JarName-${version}.jar" dependsOn configurations.runtime from { (configurations.runtime - configurations.provided).collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } } }

Answer 1

Well I actually stopped duplicating the file by including the following strategy: duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE

It seems like my changes becomes a part of the output jar before they are being overridden by the file in my dependency jar. So, restricting duplicacy helped in resolving the issue.