AT START: 1. Set configuration #!/usr/bin/env sh echo "---" > $HOME/.bundle/config echo "BUNDLE_GEM__COC: true" >> $HOME/.bundle/config echo "BUNDLE_GEM__MIT: true" >> $HOME/.bundle/config echo "BUNDLE_GEM__TEST: rspec" >> $HOME/.bundle/config /usr/bin/env ruby <<-EORUBY StringInFile.replace("0.1.0", "0.0.0", (lib/gem name/version.txt)) EORUBY 2. bundle gem (name of gem) 3. Make bin/setup and bin/console executable chmod +x bin/setup chmod +x bin/console 4. Add gem_test file echo "#!/bin/bash" > gem_test.sh echo "" >> gem_test.sh echo "# Run this script to test this gem." >> gem_test.sh echo "bin/setup" >> gem_test.sh echo "rake" >> gem_test.sh chmod +x gem_test.sh 5. Add gem_console file echo "#!/bin/bash" > gem_console.sh echo "" >> gem_console.sh echo "# Run this script to test this gem in an irb shell." >> gem_console.sh echo "bin/console" >> gem_console.sh chmod +x gem_console.sh 6. gemspec: Add rspec to development dependency list, replace "\nend" with ' spec.add_development_dependency "rspec"\nend' 7. Rakefile: require "bundler/gem_tasks" require "rspec/core/rake_task" RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new task :default => :spec task :test => :spec 8. *_spec.rb: expect(false).to eq(true) -> expect(true).to eq(true) 9. .gitignore include tmp, tmp*, and .DS_Store