Gradle - jar file name in java plugin

Question

I am trying with Gradle first time. I am trying with a maven java project to compile and create a jar file. It is compiling and creating the jar file in build/libs directory as

Answer 1

I recently migrated to gradle 4.6 (from 3. something) and the

jar {
    baseName = 'myjarname'
}

stopped working, gradle named my jar from the folder name.

So I switched to archivesBaseName = 'myjarname' which works.

Maybe this helps somebody else too.