tasks.rat {

    // Use the default RAT license header matchers, defaults to `true`
    addDefaultMatchers.set(false)

    // Add custom substring license header matchers
    substringMatcher("family", "category", "pattern-1", "pattern-2")

    // Declare approved license families, if used, any non-declared family won't be approved
    approvedLicense("MIT")

    // Input directory, defaults to '.'
    inputDir.set("some/path")

    // List of Gradle exclude directives, defaults to ['**/.gradle/**']
    excludes.add("**/build/**")

    // RatTask 0.5.0+ implements PatternFilterable
    exclude { it.file in configurations.someConf.files }

    // Rat excludes file, one directive per line
    excludeFile.set(layout.projectDirectory.file(".rat-excludes.txt"))

    // XML, TXT and HTML reports directory, defaults to 'build/reports/rat'
    reportDir.set(file("some/other/path"))

    // Custom XSL stylesheet for the HTML report
    stylesheet.set(file("custom/rat-html-stylesheet.xsl"))

    // Fail the build on rat errors, defaults to true
    failOnError.set(false)
}