Reorganize and refurbish .gitignore file

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# Generally ignore hidden files
 .*
 
+# Manage some Codium configuration
 .vscode/*
 !.vscode
 !.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -7,22 +9,22 @@
 !.vscode/settings.json
 !.vscode/tasks.json
 
-build
-
-/apps
+# Ignore files created during build or run
 /bin
 /backups
-/db
+build
 /docs
-/extras
 /lib
 /licenses
 /log
+
+# Ignore files managed in src/dist
+/*.properties
+/apps
+/db
+/extras
+/launcher.jar
 /static
 
-/*.properties
+# Manage Gradle configuration
 !/gradle.properties
-
-/launcher.jar
-/passwd
-/start.*

build.gradle

@@ -147,9 +147,11 @@ installDist {
   dependsOn build
 }
 
-tasks.register('processSource', Sync) {
+def processSource = tasks.register('processSource', Sync) {
   def gitOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
 
+  outputs.dir "${project.buildDir}/src"
+
   exec {
     commandLine 'git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'
     standardOutput = gitOutput
@@ -164,9 +166,11 @@ tasks.register('processSource', Sync) {
       .replaceAll('__builddate__', new Date().format("d MMM yyyy"))
       .replaceAll('__commithash__', gitOutput.toString().trim())
       .replaceAll('__version__', version)
-  } into "${project.buildDir}/src"
+  } into outputs.files.singleFile
 }
 
+tasks.compileJava.source = processSource.map { it.outputs.files }
+
 tasks.register('update') {
   dependsOn installDist