diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.sw?
+.DS_Store
+coverage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2008 S. Brent Faulkner
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
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+sinatra-helpers===============
+Description goes here.
+
+COPYRIGHT
+=========
+
+Copyright (c) 2008 S. Brent Faulkner. See LICENSE for details.
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diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
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+require 'rake'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+    s.name = "sinatra-helpers"
+    s.summary = %Q{TODO}
+    s.email = "brentf@unwwwired.net"
+    s.homepage = "http://github.com/sbfaulkner/sinatra-helpers"
+    s.description = "TODO"
+    s.authors = ["S. Brent Faulkner"]
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: sudo gem install technicalpickles-jeweler -s http://gems.github.com"
+end
+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title = 'sinatra-helpers'
+  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  t.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  t.verbose = false
+end
+
+begin
+  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
+  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |t|
+    t.libs << 'test'
+    t.test_files = FileList['test/**/*_test.rb']
+    t.verbose = true
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install spicycode-rcov"
+end
+
+begin
+  require 'cucumber/rake/task'
+  Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features)
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Cucumber is not available. In order to run features, you must: sudo gem install cucumber"
+end
+
+task :default => :test
diff --git a/features/sinatra_helpers.feature b/features/sinatra_helpers.feature
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+++ b/features/sinatra_helpers.feature
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+Feature: something something
+  In order to something something
+  A user something something
+  something something something
+
+  Scenario: something something
+    Given inspiration
+    When I create a sweet new gem
+    Then everyone should see how awesome I am
diff --git a/features/steps/sinatra_helpers_steps.rb b/features/steps/sinatra_helpers_steps.rb
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
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+++ b/features/support/env.rb
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+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
+require 'sinatra_helpers'
+
+require 'test/unit/assertions'
+
+require 'test/unit/assertions'
+
+World do |world|
+  
+  world.extend(Test::Unit::Assertions)
+  
+  world
+end
diff --git a/lib/sinatra_helpers.rb b/lib/sinatra_helpers.rb
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/sinatra_helpers_test.rb b/test/sinatra_helpers_test.rb
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index 0000000..ec0dfb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sinatra_helpers_test.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test_helper'
+
+class SinatraHelpersTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_something_for_real
+    flunk "hey buddy, you should probably rename this file and start testing for real"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
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+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'mocha'
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'sinatra_helpers'
+
+class Test::Unit::TestCase
+end