}

    private void configureTarDefaults(Project project) {
        // common config across all tars
        project.getTasks().withType(SymbolicLinkPreservingTar.class).configureEach(t -> {
            t.getArchiveExtension().set("tar.gz");
            t.setCompression(Compression.GZIP);
        });
    }

    private void registerEmptyDirectoryTasks(Project project) {