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+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+apply plugin: 'idea'
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'maven'
+
+version '0.1.0'
+group 'com.github.reiseburo'
+description 'A reactive wrapper around Apache Curator'
+defaultTasks 'check', 'assemble'
+
+repositories {
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    ['framework', 'recipes'].each {
+        compile "org.apache.curator:curator-${it}:[2.7.1,2.8)"
+    }
+    compile 'io.reactivex:rxjava:[1.0.14,2.0)'
+
+    testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4"
+    testCompile 'cglib:cglib-nodep:3.1'
+}
+
+idea {
+    module {
+        downloadJavadoc = true
+        downloadSources = true
+    }
+}
+
+test {
+    testLogging {
+        exceptionFormat = 'full'
+        events "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"
+    }
+}
+
+assemble.dependsOn check
+install.dependsOn assemble