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How can you get the parent directory of a RegularFile as a Directory? Compared to Directory, RegularFile can do "nothing" except calling getAsFile.

```layout.dir(provider { file.asFile.parentFile })```
Sounds like you should post a feature request maybe :smile:

Yeah, definitely! This works and is my workaround too, but it requires a ProjectLayout and ProviderFactory. 

Sometimes because of path sensitivity you'd probably need to use the absolute file to make it work properly.
```layout.dir(provider { file.asFile.absoluteFile.parentFile })```