diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+*.gem
+coverage
+pkg
+tmp
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diff --git a/MIT-LICENSE b/MIT-LICENSE
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+++ b/MIT-LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2009 Winton Welsh
+
+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.markdown b/README.markdown
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+++ b/README.markdown
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+GemTemplate
+===========
+
+A gem template for new projects.
+
+Setup
+-----
+
+
+git clone git://github.com/winton/gem_template.git my_project
+cd my_project
+rake setup
+git remote add origin git@github.com:winton/my_project.git
+
+
+A project wide find-replace occurs on file names and contents.
+
+Edit gemspec.rb and MIT-LICENSE, and your project is ready for its first commit.
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diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+require 'gemspec'
+
+desc "Generate gemspec"
+task :gemspec do
+ File.open("#{Dir.pwd}/#{GEM_NAME}.gemspec", 'w') do |f|
+ f.write(GEM_SPEC.to_ruby)
+ end
+end
+
+desc "Install gem"
+task :install do
+ Rake::Task['gem'].invoke
+ `sudo gem uninstall #{GEM_NAME} -x`
+ `sudo gem install pkg/#{GEM_NAME}*.gem`
+ `rm -Rf pkg`
+end
+
+desc "Package gem"
+Rake::GemPackageTask.new(GEM_SPEC) do |pkg|
+ pkg.gem_spec = GEM_SPEC
+end
+
+desc "Setup project"
+task :setup do
+ name = File.basename(Dir.pwd)
+ `rm -Rf .git`
+ begin
+ dir = Dir['**/gem_template*']
+ from = dir.pop
+ if from
+ rb = from.include?('.rb')
+ to = File.dirname(from) + "/#{name}#{'.rb' if rb}"
+ FileUtils.mv(from, to)
+ end
+ end while dir.length > 0
+ Dir["**/*"].each do |path|
+ next if path.include?('Rakefile')
+ if File.file?(path)
+ `sed -i "" 's/gem_template/#{name}/g' #{path}`
+ end
+ end
+ `git init`
+end
+
+desc "Run specs"
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
+ t.rcov = true
+ t.spec_opts = ["--format", "specdoc", "--colour"]
+ t.spec_files = FileList["spec/**/*_spec.rb"]
+end
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diff --git a/bin/gem_template b/bin/gem_template
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+$:.push File.expand_path("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib")
+require 'gem_template'
diff --git a/gemspec.rb b/gemspec.rb
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+++ b/gemspec.rb
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+GEM_NAME = 'gem_template'
+GEM_FILES = FileList['**/*'] - FileList['coverage', 'coverage/**/*', 'pkg', 'pkg/**/*']
+GEM_SPEC = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+ # == CONFIGURE ==
+ s.author = "Winton Welsh"
+ s.email = "mail@wintoni.us"
+ s.homepage = "http://github.com/winton/#{GEM_NAME}"
+ s.summary = ""
+ # == CONFIGURE ==
+ s.executables << GEM_NAME
+ s.extensions << "install"
+ s.extra_rdoc_files = [ "README.markdown" ]
+ s.files = GEM_FILES.to_a
+ s.has_rdoc = false
+ s.name = GEM_NAME
+ s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+ s.require_path = "lib"
+ s.version = "0.1.0"
+end
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diff --git a/install b/install
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+++ b/install
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+$:.push File.expand_path("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/lib")
+require 'gem_template'
diff --git a/lib/gem_template.rb b/lib/gem_template.rb
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+++ b/lib/gem_template.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/gem_template/gem_template"
diff --git a/lib/gem_template/gem_template.rb b/lib/gem_template/gem_template.rb
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diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
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+++ b/spec/spec.opts
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+--color
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
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+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
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+$TESTING=true
+SPEC = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+$:.unshift File.expand_path("#{SPEC}/../lib")
+
+require 'gem_template'
+require 'pp'
+
+Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
+end
+
+# For use with rspec textmate bundle
+def debug(object)
+ puts ""
+ puts object.pretty_inspect.gsub('<', '<').gsub('>', '>')
+ puts ""
+end