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Don't use

Copy

for that. Just use a custom task, getting the file through class path and putting it in the destination. For example like

project.tasks.register("copyFile") {
    def outputFile = project.layout.buildDirectory.file("test.yaml")
    outputs.file(outputFile)
    doLast {
        outputFile.get().asFile << getClass().getResource("lib/test.yaml").text
    }
}

brilliant! Worked! thank you mate!