Added a gitignore and a simple Rakefile

.gitignore

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+rails/db/*.sqlite3
+rails/log

Rakefile

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+require 'rake'
+
+task :default => ['provider:start']
+
+desc 'Start the provider as a XMPP component cluster'
+task 'provider:start' do
+	ruby 'xmpp_component.rb'
+end
+
+desc 'Start a thin instance, in the background'
+task 'thin:start' do
+	sh 'thin start -dR rack.ru'
+end
+
+desc 'Start a thin instance, in the foreground'
+task 'thin:fg' do
+	sh 'thin start -R rack.ru'
+end
+
+desc 'Stop an instance of thin that was started in the background'
+task 'thin:stop' do
+	sh 'thin stop'
+end