build.gradle

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'

buildDir = file('output')
project.ext.fixedLibDir = file('lib')
project.ext.stagingDir = file('staging')
project.ext.toStagingDir = file(new File(buildDir, project.name))
project.ext.toStagingLibsDir = file(new File(toStagingDir, 'lib'))
project.ext.scriptsDir = file('src/scripts')

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
	//compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.5'
        testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11'
        testCompile 'org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.13'
	compile fileTree(dir: 'lib', include: '*.jar')
}

//let's at least copy all jars to a single directory to use in creating an application...
task syncJars(type: Copy) {
    from(configurations.compile) {}
    from(fixedLibDir) {}
    from(jar.destinationDir) {}
    into toStagingLibsDir
}

task syncScripts(type: Copy) {
    from(scriptsDir) {}
    into toStagingDir
}

assemble.dependsOn('syncJars', syncScripts)