diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ 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 "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in continuum.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
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+require 'bundler'
+Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
diff --git a/continuum.gemspec b/continuum.gemspec
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+++ b/continuum.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "continuum/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "continuum"
+  s.version     = Continuum::VERSION
+  s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  s.authors     = ["Josh Kleinpeter"]
+  s.email       = ["josh@kleinpeter.org"]
+  s.homepage    = ""
+  s.summary     = %q{A Ruby gem that interfaces with OpenTSDB.}
+  s.description = %q{A Ruby gem that interfaces with OpenTSDB.}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "continuum"
+  s.add_dependency 'hugs'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'vcr'
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+end
diff --git a/lib/continuum.rb b/lib/continuum.rb
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+++ b/lib/continuum.rb
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+module Continuum
+  # Your code goes here...
+end
diff --git a/lib/continuum/version.rb b/lib/continuum/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/continuum/version.rb
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+module Continuum
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end