diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in capistrano-composer.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# capistrano-npm
+
+capistrano-npm is a [Capistrano](https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano) extension that will let you run [npm](https://npmjs.org/) during your deploy process.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Install the Gem
+
+```bash
+gem install capistrano-npm
+```
+
+Or if you're using Bundler, add it to your `Gemfile`:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'capistrano-npm', github: 'swalkinshaw/npm'
+```
+
+2. Add to `Capfile` or `config/deploy.rb`:
+
+```ruby
+require 'capistrano/npm'
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Add the task to your `deploy.rb`:
+
+```ruby
+after 'deploy:finalize_update', 'npm:install'
+```
+
+To speed up your deployments, you should also add `node_modules` to Capistrano's `shared_children` variable:
+
+```ruby
+set :shared_children, shared_children + %w{node_modules}
+```
+
+This will symlink `node_modules` from the `shared` directory so it isn't re-created from scratch each deploy.
+
+Ideally when using npm, you should add `node_modules` to your `.gitignore` file to keep them out of your repository.
+
+Since `npm install` does not guarantee that you will get the same package versions when deploying, you should use `npm shrinkwrap` (https://npmjs.org/doc/shrinkwrap.html) first.
+
+Running `npm shrinkwrap` will created a `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file that locks down the dependency versions. Check this file into your repository.
+
+Now when deploying, `npm install` will detect the `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file and use that to install the packages.
+
+### Tasks
+
+* `npm:install`: Runs `npm install`.
+
+### Configuration
+
+* `npm_path`: Path to npm bin on the remote server. Defaults to just `npm` as its assumed to be in your `$PATH`.
+* `npm_options`: Options for `npm` command. Defaults to an empty string.
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+require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
diff --git a/capistrano-npm.gemspec b/capistrano-npm.gemspec
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+# coding: utf-8
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+
+require 'capistrano/npm/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name          = 'capistrano-npm'
+  s.version       = Capistrano::Npm::VERSION
+  s.authors       = ['Scott Walkinshaw']
+  s.email         = ['scott.walkinshaw@gmail.com']
+  s.homepage      = 'https://github.com/swalkinshaw/capistrano-npm'
+  s.summary       = %q{Capistrano extension for npm (Node Packaged Modules)}
+  s.license       = 'MIT'
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split($/)
+  s.require_paths = %w(lib)
+
+  s.add_dependency 'capistrano', '>= 2.5.5'
+end
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/npm.rb b/lib/capistrano/npm.rb
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+Capistrano::Configuration.instance(true).load do
+  set :npm_path,    'npm'
+  set :npm_options, nil
+
+  namespace :npm do
+    desc 'Runs npm install.'
+    task :install, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
+      try_sudo "cd #{latest_release} && #{npm_path} #{npm_options} install"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/npm/version.rb b/lib/capistrano/npm/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/capistrano/npm/version.rb
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+module Capistrano
+  module Npm
+    VERSION = '0.0.1'
+  end
+end