// common config across all copy / archive tasks
        project.getTasks().withType(AbstractCopyTask.class).configureEach(t -> {
            t.dependsOn(project.getTasks().withType(EmptyDirTask.class));
            t.setIncludeEmptyDirs(true);
            t.setDirMode(0755);
            t.setFileMode(0644);
        });

        // common config across all archives