build.gradle: distributions task: artifact should place contents at a…

…rtifact root, not in folder within artifact

build.gradle

@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ distributions {
         contents {
             from(deploymentJar)
             from { 'lib/runtime/' }
+            // "into" is the destination dir within the distribution artifact, not the
+            // destination for the artifact.  so the jar files will all end up in the root
+            // of the artifact (instead of a directory named after artifactVersionString, which
+            // is the default).  e.g. "dlss-wowza-v0.4.1.tar" would contain "dlss-wowza-v0.4.1.jar"
+            // (as opposed to "dlss-wowza-v0.4.1/dlss-wowza-v0.4.1.jar").
+            // https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/distribution/Distribution.html
+            // https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/CopySpec.html
+            into { '/' }
         }
     }
 }