Adding Gradle config to publish to the Maven Central Repository.

.gitignore

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 .settings/
 .classpath
 .project
+bin/

MAVEN-REPO.md

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+# Releasing to the Maven Central Repository
+
+## GPG Keys
+
+Summary of commands for GPG2 keys preparation...
+
+Generate key:
+
+```bash
+$ gpg2 --gen-key
+```
+
+Publish key on public key server:
+
+```bash
+$ gpg2 --list-keys
+$ gpg2 --list-secret-keys
+$ gpg2 --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-keys <key-id>
+```
+
+Extract secret key for the Gradle signing plugin:
+
+```bash
+$ gpg2 --export-secret-keys > secring.gpg
+```
+
+## Build and publish to Central Repository
+
+Ensure full build passes:
+
+```bash
+$ ./gradlew clean test javadoc assemble
+<...lots of stuff, primarily Javadoc issues...>
+BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 3s
+13 actionable tasks: 13 executed
+```
+
+Upload:
+
+```bash
+$ ./gradlew uploadArchives
+
+BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 10s
+10 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 9 up-to-date
+```
+
+Then follow "releasing the deployment" below.
+
+## Tag and publish on GitHub
+
+Just a reminder!
+
+# References
+
+* http://central.sonatype.org/pages/gradle.html
+* http://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html
+* For all the other little pieces, Google is your friend. ;-)

README.md

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 This project is a direct off-shoot of the AppleCommander project and implements a pure Java API to manipulate ShrinkIt (NuFX) 
 archives ([Apple File Type Note $E0/8002](http://www.apple2online.com/web_documents/ft_e0.8002_shrinkit.pdf)).
 
+*Developers*
+
+Being new to Gradle, all of the Maven release components are in the `build.gradle` file.  More a warning than anything, just in case it causes issues.  Please make more portable and submit a PR.

build.gradle

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 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'application'
+apply plugin: 'maven'
+apply plugin: 'signing'
 
 repositories {
     jcenter()  
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     )
   }
 }
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
+    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    from javadoc
+}
+
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
+    classifier = 'sources'
+    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    archives javadocJar, sourcesJar
+}
+
+signing {
+    sign configurations.archives
+}
+
+uploadArchives {
+  repositories {
+    mavenDeployer {
+      beforeDeployment { MavenDeployment deployment -> signing.signPom(deployment) }
+
+      repository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/") {
+        authentication(userName: ossrhUsername, password: ossrhPassword)
+      }
+
+      snapshotRepository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/") {
+        authentication(userName: ossrhUsername, password: ossrhPassword)
+      }
+
+      pom.project {
+        name archivesBaseName
+        packaging 'jar'
+        description 'A Java library for managing Apple II ShrinkIt archives.'
+        url 'https://applecommander.github.io/'
+
+        scm {
+          url 'https://github.com/AppleCommander/ShrinkItArchive'
+        }
+
+        licenses {
+          license {
+            name 'The GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991'
+            url 'https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html'
+          }
+        }
+
+        developers {
+          developer {
+            id 'robgreene'
+            email 'robgreene@gmail.com'
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

gradle.properties

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+# Universal ShrinkItArchive version number.  Used for:
+# - Naming JAR file.  
+# - The build will insert this into a file that is read at run time as well.
+version=1.1.0
+
+# Maven Central Repository G and A of GAV coordinate. :-)
+group=net.sf.applecommander
+archivesBaseName=AppleCommander