convention.distsDirName = 'mydists'
        convention.libsDirName = 'mylibs'

        then:
        convention.distsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild/mydists')
        convention.libsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild/mylibs')
        extension.distsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild/mydists')
        extension.libsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild/mylibs')
    }

    private final Project project;
    private final DirectoryProperty distsDirectory;
    private final DirectoryProperty libsDirectory;
    private final Property<String> archivesName;

    public DefaultBasePluginExtension(Project project) {
        this.project = project;
        this.distsDirectory = project.getObjects().directoryProperty();
        this.libsDirectory = project.getObjects().directoryProperty();

plugins {
    base
}

version = "1.0"

// tag::base-plugin-config[]
base {
    archivesName = "gradle"
    distsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("custom-dist")
    libsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("custom-libs")
}
// end::base-plugin-config[]

val myZip by tasks.registering(Zip::class) {
    from("somedir")
}

val myOtherZip by tasks.registering(Zip::class) {
    archiveAppendix = "wrapper"

plugins {
    id 'base'
}

version = 1.0
// tag::base-plugin-config[]
base {
    archivesName = "gradle"
    distsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir('custom-dist')
    libsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir('custom-libs')
}
// end::base-plugin-config[]

def myZip = tasks.register('myZip', Zip) {
    from 'somedir'
}

def myOtherZip = tasks.register('myOtherZip', Zip) {
    archiveAppendix = 'wrapper'

                <tr>
                    <td>Name</td>
                    <td>Default with <literal>java</literal> plugin</td>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr>
                <td>distsDirectory</td>
                <td><literal><replaceable>${project.layout.buildDirectory}</replaceable>/distributions</literal></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>libsDirectory</td>

Provides the default link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.html#org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask:archiveBaseName[AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveBaseName()] for archive tasks.

`distsDirectory` — default: `layout.buildDirectory.dir("distributions")`::
Default name of the directory in which distribution archives, i.e. non-JARs, are created.

`libsDirectory` — default: `layout.buildDirectory.dir("libs")`::

                <tr>
                    <td>Name</td>
                    <td>Default with <literal>java</literal> plugin</td>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr>
                <td>distsDirectory</td>
                <td><literal><replaceable>${project.layout.buildDirectory}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${project.distsDirName}</replaceable></literal></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>

        someZip.destinationDirectory.get().asFile == project.distsDirectory.get().asFile
        someZip.archiveVersion.get() == project.version
        someZip.archiveBaseName.get() == project.archivesBaseName

        and:
        def someTar = project.tasks.create('someTar', Tar)
        someTar.destinationDirectory.get().asFile == project.distsDirectory.get().asFile
        someTar.archiveVersion.get() == project.version

base {
    archivesName.set("gradle")
    distsDirectory.set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("custom-dist"))
    libsDirectory.set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("custom-libs"))
}
----
=====
[.multi-language-sample]
=====
.build.gradle
[source,groovy]
----
plugins {
    id 'base'
}

base {
    archivesName = "gradle"
    distsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir('custom-dist')

Please use `ObjectFactory#fileCollection()` instead.

==== Removal of `BasePluginConvention.libsDir` and `BasePluginConvention.distsDir`

Please use the `libsDirectory` and `distsDirectory` properties instead.

==== Removal of `UnableToDeleteFileException`

Existing usages should be replaced with `RuntimeException`.

==== Properties removed in Checkstyle and PMD plugins