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.gitignore

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 *.pyc
+bin
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock

Rakefile

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+require 'date'
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Helper functions
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+def name
+  @name ||= Dir['*.gemspec'].first.split('.').first
+end
+
+def version
+  line = File.read("lib/#{name}.rb")[/^\s*VERSION\s*=\s*.*/]
+  line.match(/.*VERSION\s*=\s*['"](.*)['"]/)[1]
+end
+
+def date
+  Date.today.to_s
+end
+
+def rubyforge_project
+  name
+end
+
+def gemspec_file
+  "#{name}.gemspec"
+end
+
+def gem_file
+  "#{name}-#{version}.gem"
+end
+
+def replace_header(head, header_name)
+  head.sub!(/(\.#{header_name}\s*= ').*'/) { "#{$1}#{send(header_name)}'"}
+end
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Standard tasks
+#
+#############################################################################
+
 task :default => :test
 
-desc "Run tests"
-task :test do
-  Dir['test/**/*_test.rb'].each { |file| require file }
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  test.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  test.verbose = true
 end
 
+desc "Open an irb session preloaded with this library"
+task :console do
+  sh "irb -rubygems -r ./lib/#{name}.rb"
+end
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Custom tasks (add your own tasks here)
+#
+#############################################################################
+
 desc "Kick it"
 task :kick do
   exec "kicker -e rake test lib"
 end
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Packaging tasks
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+desc "Create tag v#{version} and build and push #{gem_file} to Rubygems"
+task :release => :build do
+  unless `git branch` =~ /^\* master$/
+    puts "You must be on the master branch to release!"
+    exit!
+  end
+  sh "git commit --allow-empty -a -m 'Release #{version}'"
+  sh "git tag v#{version}"
+  sh "git push origin master"
+  sh "git push origin v#{version}"
+  sh "gem push pkg/#{name}-#{version}.gem"
+end
+
+desc "Build #{gem_file} into the pkg directory"
+task :build => :gemspec do
+  sh "mkdir -p pkg"
+  sh "gem build #{gemspec_file}"
+  sh "mv #{gem_file} pkg"
+end
+
+desc "Generate #{gemspec_file}"
+task :gemspec => :validate do
+  # read spec file and split out manifest section
+  spec = File.read(gemspec_file)
+  head, manifest, tail = spec.split("  # = MANIFEST =\n")
+
+  # replace name version and date
+  replace_header(head, :name)
+  replace_header(head, :version)
+  replace_header(head, :date)
+  #comment this out if your rubyforge_project has a different name
+  replace_header(head, :rubyforge_project)
+
+  # determine file list from git ls-files
+  files = `git ls-files`.
+    split("\n").
+    sort.
+    reject { |file| file =~ /^\./ }.
+    reject { |file| file =~ /^(rdoc|pkg)/ }.
+    map { |file| "    #{file}" }.
+    join("\n")
+
+  # piece file back together and write
+  manifest = "  s.files = %w[\n#{files}\n  ]\n"
+  spec = [head, manifest, tail].join("  # = MANIFEST =\n")
+  File.open(gemspec_file, 'w') { |io| io.write(spec) }
+  puts "Updated #{gemspec_file}"
+end
+
+desc "Validate #{gemspec_file}"
+task :validate do
+  unless Dir['VERSION*'].empty?
+    puts "A `VERSION` file at root level violates Gem best practices."
+    exit!
+  end
+end
+

github-markup.gemspec

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-$LOAD_PATH.unshift 'lib'
-require "github/markup/version"
-
+## This is the rakegem gemspec template. Make sure you read and understand
+## all of the comments. Some sections require modification, and others can
+## be deleted if you don't need them. Once you understand the contents of
+## this file, feel free to delete any comments that begin with two hash marks.
+## You can find comprehensive Gem::Specification documentation, at
+## http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name              = "github-markup"
-  s.version           = GitHub::Markup::Version
-  s.date              = Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
-  s.summary           = "The code GitHub uses to render README.markup"
-  s.homepage          = "http://github.com/github/markup"
-  s.email             = "[email protected]"
-  s.authors           = [ "Chris Wanstrath" ]
-  s.has_rdoc          = false
-
-  s.files             = %w( README.md Rakefile LICENSE )
-  s.files            += Dir.glob("lib/**/*")
-  s.files            += Dir.glob("bin/**/*")
-  s.files            += Dir.glob("man/**/*")
-  s.files            += Dir.glob("test/**/*")
-
-#  s.executables       = %w( github-markup )
-  s.description       = <<desc
+  s.specification_version = 2 if s.respond_to? :specification_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.rubygems_version = '1.3.5'
+
+  ## Leave these as is they will be modified for you by the rake gemspec task.
+  ## If your rubyforge_project name is different, then edit it and comment out
+  ## the sub! line in the Rakefile
+  s.name              = 'github-markup'
+  s.version           = '0.7.0'
+  s.date              = '2011-12-07'
+  s.rubyforge_project = 'github-markup'
+
+  ## Make sure your summary is short. The description may be as long
+  ## as you like.
+  s.summary     = "The code GitHub uses to render README.markup"
+  s.description = <<desc
   This gem is used by GitHub to render any fancy markup such as
   Markdown, Textile, Org-Mode, etc. Fork it and add your own!
 desc
+
+  ## List the primary authors. If there are a bunch of authors, it's probably
+  ## better to set the email to an email list or something. If you don't have
+  ## a custom homepage, consider using your GitHub URL or the like.
+  s.authors  = ["Chris Wanstrath"]
+  s.email    = '[email protected]'
+  s.homepage = 'https://github.com/github/markup'
+
+  ## This gets added to the $LOAD_PATH so that 'lib/NAME.rb' can be required as
+  ## require 'NAME.rb' or'/lib/NAME/file.rb' can be as require 'NAME/file.rb'
+  s.require_paths = %w[lib]
+
+  ## Specify any RDoc options here. You'll want to add your README and
+  ## LICENSE files to the extra_rdoc_files list.
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = %w[README.md LICENSE]
+
+  ## List your runtime dependencies here. Runtime dependencies are those
+  ## that are needed for an end user to actually USE your code.
+  #s.add_dependency('simple_uuid', "~> 0.1.2")
+
+  ## List your development dependencies here. Development dependencies are
+  ## those that are only needed during development
+  #s.add_development_dependency("test-unit", "~> 2.3.0")
+
+  ## Leave this section as-is. It will be automatically generated from the
+  ## contents of your Git repository via the gemspec task. DO NOT REMOVE
+  ## THE MANIFEST COMMENTS, they are used as delimiters by the task.
+  # = MANIFEST =
+  s.files = %w[
+    Gemfile
+    HISTORY.md
+    LICENSE
+    README.md
+    Rakefile
+    bin/github-markup
+    github-markup.gemspec
+    lib/github/commands/asciidoc2html
+    lib/github/commands/asciidocapi.py
+    lib/github/commands/rest2html
+    lib/github/markup.rb
+    lib/github/markup/rdoc.rb
+    lib/github/markup/version.rb
+    lib/github/markups.rb
+    test/markup_test.rb
+    test/markups/README.asciidoc
+    test/markups/README.asciidoc.html
+    test/markups/README.creole
+    test/markups/README.creole.html
+    test/markups/README.markdown
+    test/markups/README.markdown.html
+    test/markups/README.mediawiki
+    test/markups/README.mediawiki.html
+    test/markups/README.noformat
+    test/markups/README.noformat.html
+    test/markups/README.org
+    test/markups/README.org.html
+    test/markups/README.pod
+    test/markups/README.pod.html
+    test/markups/README.rdoc
+    test/markups/README.rdoc.html
+    test/markups/README.rst
+    test/markups/README.rst.html
+    test/markups/README.rst.txt
+    test/markups/README.rst.txt.html
+    test/markups/README.textile
+    test/markups/README.textile.html
+    test/markups/README.txt
+    test/markups/README.txt.html
+  ]
+  # = MANIFEST =
+
+  ## Test files will be grabbed from the file list. Make sure the path glob
+  ## matches what you actually use.
+  s.test_files = s.files.select { |path| path =~ /^test\/test_.*\.rb/ }
 end
+

lib/github-markup.rb

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+module GitHub
+  module Markup
+    VERSION = '0.7.0'
+    Version = VERSION
+  end
+end