plugin zips shouldn't be in source control
dependencies.groovy shouldn't be in source control
generated docs shouldn't be in source control
generated files in the target folder shouldn't be in source control
plugin.xml shouldn't be in source control
removed unused files
deleted empty test classes
added .gitignore
cleanup
moved plugins from application.properties to BuildConfig.groovy and configured dependency exclusions
dropped min Grails version to 2.0
added license and scm properties, and left issueManagement, organization, and developers commented out as optional TBDs