build.gradle

plugins {
    id 'maven-publish'
    id 'de.undercouch.download' version '3.1.0'
    id 'distribution'
}

version = '1.0'

ext.gradleVersion = '2.13'

task downloadGradle(type: de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.Download) {
    onlyIfNewer true
    
    src "http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${gradleVersion}-bin.zip"
    dest "${buildDir}/download/gradle.zip"
}

task gradleDistribution(type: Zip, dependsOn: downloadGradle) {
    from zipTree(downloadGradle.dest)
    into "gradle-${gradleVersion}/init.d", {
        from 'src/init.d'
    }
    archiveName "sample-gradle-bin.zip"
    destinationDir file("${buildDir}/distribution")
}

publishing {
    publications {
        gradle(MavenPublication) {
            groupId    'sample'
            artifactId 'sample-gradle-distribution'
            
            artifact gradleDistribution
        }
    }
}