Modernize gradle buildscript

build.gradle

@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ plugins {
 	id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-
 archivesBaseName = project.archives_base_name
 version = project.mod_version
 group = project.maven_group
 
 dependencies {
-	//to change the versions see the gradle.properties file
+	// To change the versions see the gradle.properties file
 	minecraft "com.mojang:minecraft:${project.minecraft_version}"
 	mappings "net.fabricmc:yarn:${project.yarn_mappings}:v2"
 	modImplementation "net.fabricmc:fabric-loader:${project.loader_version}"
@@ -31,23 +28,36 @@ processResources {
 	}
 }
 
-// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
-// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
-// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
-tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
-	options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+	// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
+	// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
+	// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
+	// If Javadoc is generated, this must be specified in that task too.
+	it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+
+	// The Minecraft launcher currently installs Java 8 for users, so your mod probably wants to target Java 8 too
+	// JDK 9 introduced a new way of specifying this that will make sure no newer classes or methods are used.
+	// We'll use that if it's available, but otherwise we'll use the older option.
+	def targetVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+		 it.options.release = targetVersion.ordinal() + 1
+	} else {
+		 it.sourceCompatibility = targetVersion
+		 it.targetCompatibility = targetVersion
+	}
 }
 
-// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
-// if it is present.
-// If you remove this task, sources will not be generated.
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
-	classifier = "sources"
-	from sourceSets.main.allSource
+java {
+	// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
+	// if it is present.
+	// If you remove this line, sources will not be generated.
+	withSourcesJar()
 }
 
 jar {
-	from "LICENSE"
+	from("LICENSE") {
+		rename { "${it}_${project.name}"}
+	}
 }
 
 // configure the maven publication
@@ -65,8 +75,18 @@ publishing {
 	}
 
 	// select the repositories you want to publish to
+	// to just publish to maven local, no extra repositories are necessary. Just use the task `publishToMavenLocal`.
 	repositories {
-		// uncomment to publish to the local maven
-		// mavenLocal()
+		// An example of a standard Nexus setup, for those wishing to publish their mod artifacts
+		// maven {
+		//	if (project.version.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) {
+		//		url = "https://nexus.myorganization.org/repository/maven-snapshots/"
+		//	} else {
+		//		url = "https://nexus.myorganization.org/repository/maven-releases/"
+		//	}
+
+		//	name = "myRepo"
+		//	credentials(PasswordCredentials) // use the ${name}Username and ${name}Password properties for authentication
+		// }
 	}
 }

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.6.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

gradlew

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-    
+
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath

gradlew.bat

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -64,21 +64,6 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
@@ -86,7 +71,7 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell

src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json

@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
     "minecraft": "1.16.x"
   },
   "suggests": {
-    "flamingo": "*"
+    "another-mod": "*"
   }
 }