Hoe http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/ ryand-ruby@zenspider.com ** DESCRIPTION: Hoe is a simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It generates all the usual tasks for projects including rdoc generation, testing, packaging, and deployment. As an example: require './lib/hoe.rb' Hoe.new("Hoe", Hoe::VERSION) do |p| p.rubyforge_name = "seattlerb" p.summary = "Hoe is a way to write Rakefiles much easier and cleaner." end generates: % rake -T rake audit # Run ZenTest against the package rake clean # Clean up all the extras rake clobber_docs # Remove rdoc products rake clobber_package # Remove package products rake default # Run the default tasks rake docs # Build the docs HTML Files rake install # Install the package. Uses PREFIX and RUBYLIB rake multi # Run the test suite using multiruby rake package # Build all the packages rake redocs # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files rake repackage # Force a rebuild of the package files rake test # Run the test suite. Use FILTER to add to the command line. rake uninstall # Uninstall the package. rake upload # Upload RDoc to RubyForge ** FEATURES/PROBLEMS: + Really basic and rather specific to Seattle.rb/ZenSpider projects + Will become cleaner/better very quickly. + At some point it will have tests and stuff. ** SYNOPSYS: require './lib/hoe.rb' Hoe.new(projectname, version) do |p| # ... project specific data ... end # ... project specific tasks ... ** REQUIREMENTS: + rake + rubygems ** INSTALL: + sudo gem install hoe ** LICENSE: (The MIT License) Copyright (c) 2006 Ryan Davis, Zen Spider Software 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.