| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/IgnoreEmptyDirectories.html[IgnoreEmptyDirectories]`
| `File` or `Iterable<File>`+++*+++

        project.distributions {
            myDist {
                contents {}
            }
        }
    }
}
```

```groovy
configurations {
    conf
}

// Extract the script-level closure to the script root scope.
configurations.conf.incoming.afterResolve {
    distributions {
        myDist {
            contents {}
        }
    }
}
```

[[changes_7.5]]

It synchronizes the contents of a directory with its source.

This can be useful for doing things such as installing your application, creating an exploded copy of your archives, or maintaining a copy of the project's dependencies.