tasks.register<Zip>("createZip") {
    isPreserveFileTimestamps = false
    isReproducibleFileOrder = true
    // ...

 * limitations under the License.
 */

// Ensure the archives produced are reproducible
tasks.withType<AbstractArchiveTask>().configureEach {
    isPreserveFileTimestamps = false
    isReproducibleFileOrder = true
    dirPermissions { unix("0755") }
    filePermissions { unix("0644") }

// when using them, we get "Cannot access 'preserveFileTimestamps': it is private in 'AbstractArchiveTask'"
// tag::reproducible[]
tasks.withType<AbstractArchiveTask>().configureEach {
    isPreserveFileTimestamps = false
    isReproducibleFileOrder = true
}

    }

    @Override
    protected CopyAction createCopyAction() {
        return new TarCopyAction(getArchiveFile().get().getAsFile(), getCompressor(), isPreserveFileTimestamps());
    }

    private ArchiveOutputStreamFactory getCompressor() {
        switch(compression) {
            case BZIP2: return Bzip2Archiver.getCompressor();

        DocumentationRegistry documentationRegistry = getServices().get(DocumentationRegistry.class);
        return new ZipCopyAction(getArchiveFile().get().getAsFile(), getCompressor(), documentationRegistry, metadataCharset, isPreserveFileTimestamps());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the compression level of the entries of the archive. If set to {@link ZipEntryCompression#DEFLATED} (the default), each entry is

     * </p>
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if file timestamps should be preserved for archive entries
     * @since 3.4
     */
    @Input
    public boolean isPreserveFileTimestamps() {
        return archivePreserveFileTimestamps.get();
    }

    /**
     * Specifies whether file timestamps should be preserved in the archive.
     * <p>

Method <org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.isPreserveFileTimestamps()> does not have raw return type assignable to org.gradle.api.provider.Property in (AbstractArchiveTask.java:0)

In order to make all archive tasks in your build reproducible, consider adding the following configuration to your build file:

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