ok, first time here, swineherd should be a gem

.gitignore

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+## OS
+.DS_Store
+Icon?
+nohup.out
+.bak
+
+## EDITORS
+\#*
+.\#*
+*~
+*.swp
+REVISION
+TAGS*
+tmtags
+*_flymake.*
+*_flymake
+*.tmproj
+.project
+.settings
+
+## COMPILED
+a.out
+*.o
+*.pyc
+*.so
+
+## OTHER SCM
+.bzr
+.hg
+.svn
+
+## PROJECT::GENERAL
+coverage
+rdoc
+doc
+pkg
+.yardoc
+*private*
+
+## PROJECT::SPECIFIC
+
+*.rdb

Rakefile

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+
+require 'jeweler'
+Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+  # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for more options
+  gem.name = "swineherd"
+  gem.homepage = "http://github.com/Ganglion/swineherd"
+  gem.license = "MIT"
+  gem.summary = %Q{Flexible data workflow glue.}
+  gem.description = %Q{Swineherd is for running scripts and workflows on filesystems.}
+  gem.email = "jacob.a.perkins@gmail.com"
+  gem.authors = ["Jacob Perkins"]
+  # Include your dependencies below. Runtime dependencies are required when using your gem,
+  # and development dependencies are only needed for development (ie running rake tasks, tests, etc)
+  #  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'jabber4r', '> 0.1'
+  #  gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '> 1.2.3'
+  gem.add_development_dependency "yard", "~> 0.6.0"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "jeweler", "~> 1.5.2"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rcov", ">= 0"
+  gem.add_dependency 'configliere'
+  gem.add_dependency 'gorillib'
+  gem.add_dependency 'erubis'
+  gem.add_dependency 'right_aws'
+end
+Jeweler::RubygemsDotOrgTasks.new
+
+
+require 'yard'
+YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new