diff --git a/src/docs/changes/README.md b/src/docs/changes/README.md
index 9b00ab0f0..de09fb3c4 100644
--- a/src/docs/changes/README.md
+++ b/src/docs/changes/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 - Fix skipStringConstants per-relocator behavior in mapName. ([#1968](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1968))
 - Fix excluding dependencies whose versions contain `+`. ([#1597](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1597))
 - Fix relocation exclusion for file patterns like `kotlin/kotlin.kotlin_builtins`. ([#1313](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1313))
+- Fix formatting and copyright handling in `ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer`. ([#1623](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1623), [#1627](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1627), [#1628](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1628))
+- Fix ShadowJar not being re-executed after includes or excludes are changed. ([#1200](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1200))
+- Respect `executableDir` in application extension when configuring start scripts and distribution. ([#1738](https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/1738))
 
 
 **Deprecated**
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
index 9fdc54bc8..e5d7dfd43 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ShadowApplicationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         project.tasks.named(SHADOW_INSTALL_TASK_NAME, Sync).configure { task ->
             task.doFirst {
                 if (task.destinationDir.directory) {
-                    if (task.destinationDir.listFiles().size() != 0 && (!new File(task.destinationDir, 'lib').directory || !new File(task.destinationDir, 'bin').directory)) {
+                    if (task.destinationDir.listFiles().size() != 0 && (!new File(task.destinationDir, 'lib').directory || !new File(task.destinationDir, javaApplication.executableDir).directory)) {
                         throw new GradleException("The specified installation directory '${task.destinationDir}' is neither empty nor does it contain an installation for '${javaApplication.applicationName}'.\n" +
                             "If you really want to install to this directory, delete it and run the install task again.\n" +
                             "Alternatively, choose a different installation directory."
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class ShadowApplicationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             }
             task.doLast {
                 task.eachFile {
-                    if (it.path == "bin/${javaApplication.applicationName}") {
+                    if (it.path == "${javaApplication.executableDir}/${javaApplication.applicationName}") {
                         it.mode = 0x755
                     }
                 }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ShadowApplicationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 from(jar)
                 from(project.configurations.shadow)
             }
-            into("bin") {
+            into({ javaApplication.executableDir }) {
                 from(startScripts)
                 filePermissions { it.unix(493) }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java
index 1d3c26fb7..dcc522a49 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 @CacheableTask
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ public ShadowJar() {
         relocators = new ArrayList<>();
         configurations = new ArrayList<>();
 
+        this.getInputs().property("minimize", (Callable<Boolean>) () -> minimizeJar);
+        this.getInputs().property("includes", (Callable<Set<String>>) () -> getIncludes());
+        this.getInputs().property("excludes", (Callable<Set<String>>) () -> getExcludes());
         this.getOutputs().doNotCacheIf("Has one or more transforms or relocators that are not cacheable", task -> {
             for (Transformer transformer : transformers) {
                 if (!isCacheableTransform(transformer.getClass())) {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer.groovy
index f7a8add39..11e22fbde 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer.groovy
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer implements Transformer {
     @Input
     String copyright
 
+    private String fallbackCopyright
+
     /**
      * The file encoding of the <code>NOTICE</code> file.
      */
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ class ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer implements Transformer {
                 } else {
                     String ent = sb.toString()
                     if (ent.startsWith(projectName) && ent.indexOf("Copyright ") != -1) {
-                        copyright = ent
+                        fallbackCopyright = ent
                     }
                     if (currentOrg == null) {
                         entries.add(ent)
@@ -183,42 +185,40 @@ class ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer implements Transformer {
         zipEntry.time = TransformerContext.getEntryTimestamp(preserveFileTimestamps, zipEntry.time)
         os.putNextEntry(zipEntry)
 
-        Writer pow
-        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(encoding)) {
-            pow = new OutputStreamWriter(os, encoding)
-        } else {
-            pow = new OutputStreamWriter(os)
-        }
-        PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(pow)
+        String actualCopyright = copyright ?: fallbackCopyright
 
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
         int count = 0
         for (String line : entries) {
             ++count
-            if (line == copyright && count != 2) {
+            if (line == actualCopyright && count != 2) {
                 continue
             }
 
-            if (count == 2 && copyright != null) {
-                writer.print(copyright)
-                writer.print('\n')
+            if (count == 2 && actualCopyright != null) {
+                sb.append(actualCopyright).append('\n')
             } else {
-                writer.print(line)
-                writer.print('\n')
+                sb.append(line).append('\n')
             }
             if (count == 3) {
                 //do org stuff
                 for (Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> entry : organizationEntries.entrySet()) {
-                    writer.print(entry.getKey())
-                    writer.print('\n')
+                    sb.append(entry.getKey()).append('\n')
                     for (String l : entry.getValue()) {
-                        writer.print(l)
+                        sb.append(l)
                     }
-                    writer.print('\n')
+                    sb.append('\n')
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        writer.flush()
+        byte[] bytes
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(encoding)) {
+            bytes = sb.toString().stripTrailing().getBytes(encoding)
+        } else {
+            bytes = sb.toString().stripTrailing().getBytes()
+        }
+        os.write(bytes)
 
         entries.clear()
     }