project.getPlugins().apply(CompileOnlyResolvePlugin.class);
        TaskProvider<DependencyLicensesTask> dependencyLicenses = project.getTasks()
            .register("dependencyLicenses", DependencyLicensesTask.class);

        // only require dependency licenses for non-elasticsearch deps
        dependencyLicenses.configure(t -> {

 * <pre>
 *   dependencyLicenses {
 *     licensesDir = getProject().file("mybetterlicensedir")
 *   }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * The jar files to check default to the dependencies from the default configuration. You
 * can override this, for example, to only check compile dependencies:
 * <pre>
 *   dependencyLicenses {
 *     dependencies = getProject().configurations.compile
 *   }

            );
            t.getConventionMapping().map("mappings", () -> {
                var depLic = project.getTasks().named("dependencyLicenses", DependencyLicensesTask.class);
                return depLic.get().getMappings();
            });
        });
    }

    /** The parent dependency licenses task to use configuration from */
    private TaskProvider<DependencyLicensesTask> parentTask;

    public UpdateShasTask() {
        setDescription("Updates the sha files for the dependencyLicenses check");
        setOnlyIf(element -> parentTask.get().getLicensesDir() != null);
    }

    @TaskAction
    public void updateShas() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException {