Minecraft Forge build.gradle in somewhat detail

build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        // Adds the jcenter repository
        jcenter()
        // Add minecraft forge repositories
        maven { url = "http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven" }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.3-SNAPSHOT'
    }
}
// Applies the forge plugin
apply plugin: "net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge"

minecraft {
    // Any version from http://files.minecraftforge.net
    version = "1.12-14.21.1.2387"

    // Can be any date (snapshot_YYYYMMDD)
    // Can append new Date().format("yyyMMdd") to 'snapshot_' if you always want the current date.
    mappings = "snapshot_20170827"

    // Where to save configs, game settings, etc.
    runDir = "run"

    // Obfuscate your class files.
    // An Srg named sources jar is made by default.
    makeObfSourceJar = false
}

// The group id of your mod.
// With name: com.name.modid
// With domain: domain.my.modid # if the original domain was my.domain
// More info can be found at http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-naming-conventions.html
group = "com.ocpu.myMod"

// The unique id of your mod.
// Used as artifactId in maven publishing.
archivesBaseName = "myMod"

// The version of your mod.
// It is recommended to use semver but not necessary. http://semver.org/
version = "0.0.0"

// Specify all your dependencies.
// Any jars in './libs' is automatically added
dependencies {
    // You define dependencies like this
    //compile "some.group:artifact:version:classifier"
    //compile "some.group:artifact:version"

    // Adds buildcraft to the dev env
    //compile 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'

    // Adds ejml to the dev env
    //compile 'com.googlecode.efficient-java-matrix-library:ejml:0.24'

    // the 'provided' configuration is for optional dependencies that exist at compile-time but might not at runtime.
    //provided 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'

    // the deobf configurations:  'deobfCompile' and 'deobfProvided' are the same as the normal compile and provided,
    // except that these dependencies get remapped to your current MCP mappings
    //deobfCompile 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'
    //deobfProvided 'com.mod-buildcraft:buildcraft:6.0.8:dev'

    // for more info...
    // http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/artifact_dependencies_tutorial.html
    // http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/dependency_management.html
}

processResources {
    // This will ensure that this task is redone when the versions change.
    inputs.property "version", project.version
    inputs.property "mcversion", project.minecraft.version

    // replace stuff in mcmod.info, nothing else
    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
        include 'mcmod.info'
                
        // Replaces ${version} and ${mcversion} in mcmod.info
        expand 'version':project.version, 'mcversion':project.minecraft.version
    }
        
    // copy everything else except the mcmod.info
    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
        exclude 'mcmod.info'
    }
}